Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 5, 2019
Melbourne Victory WWWDD 2
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC LWLDL 1
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MBV112
WSW011
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Match Report

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Ola Toivonen double gives Melbourne Victory win at Western Sydney Wanderers

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
12
5
Saves
1
53.2
Possession
46.8
8
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
328
Accurate Passes
269
424
Passes
358
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
13
16
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.4
52
Long Balls
76
22
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
11
24
Effective Clearances
18
24
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WSW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Vedran JanjetovicG
  2. 5Brendan HamillCD-L
  3. 34Patrick ZieglerCD-R
  4. 21Tarek ElrichLB
  5. 33Tate RussellRB
  6. 10Alexander BaumjohannAM
  7. 8Jordan O'DohertyLM
  8. 17Keanu BaccusRM
  9. 9Oriol RieraF
  10. 28Roly BonevaciaAM-L
  11. 11Bruce KamauAM-R

MBV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 21Carl ValeriDM
  5. 3Corey BrownLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 10James TroisiAM
  8. 16Josh HopeLM
  9. 8Terry AntonisRM
  10. 11Ola ToivonenCF-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Troisi.
  2. 48' Storm Roux (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rahmat Akbari replaces Joshua Hope.
  4. 63' Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 71' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Nick Fitzgerald replaces Jordan O'Doherty.
  6. 71' Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Abraham Majok replaces Bruce Kamau.
  7. 74' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Melbourne Victory 1. Alexander Baumjohann (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 77' Oriol Riera (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Raúl Baena replaces Terry Antonis.
  10. 86' Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Melbourne Victory 2. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  11. 89' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Georg Niedermeier replaces Storm Roux.

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