Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, December 28, 2018
Wellington Phoenix LDWWW 1
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Melbourne Victory WWWWD 1
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Match Report

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Melbourne Victory, Wellington Phoenix extend unbeaten runs after draw

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
2
42.4
Possession
57.6
12
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
357
358
Passes
467
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
32
0.1
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
67
28
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
4
3
Effective Tackles
13
11
Tackles
23
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
4
29
Effective Clearances
20
29
Clearances
20

Head to Head

WEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MBV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 22Nicholas AnsellCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 21Carl ValeriDM
  5. 3Corey BrownLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 10James TroisiAM
  8. 6Leigh BroxhamLM
  9. 8Terry AntonisRM
  10. 11Ola ToivonenCF-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Matt ActonSUB
  2. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  3. 13Birkan KirdarSUB
  4. 19Rahmat AkbariSUB
  5. 16Josh HopeSUB

WEL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 19Tom DoyleCD-L
  4. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  5. 4MandiCM-L
  6. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  7. 18Sarpreet SinghAM
  8. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  9. 16Louis FentonRM
  10. 11David WilliamsCF-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Max BurgessSUB
  2. 20Oliver SailSUB
  3. 9Nathan BurnsSUB
  4. 15Michal KopczynskiSUB
  5. 5Ryan LowSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Joshua Hope replaces Nicholas Ansell because of an injury.
  2. 16' Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 19' Sarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 48' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Wellington Phoenix 1. David Williams (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sarpreet Singh.
  7. 65' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces James Troisi because of an injury.
  8. 68' Tom Doyle (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 77' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Wellington Phoenix 1. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Terry Antonis.
  10. 79' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Michal Kopczynski replaces Mandi.
  11. 87' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Nathan Burns replaces David Williams.
  12. 88' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rahmat Akbari replaces Joshua Hope.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Ryan Lowry replaces Louis Fenton.

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