Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 8, 2018
Adelaide United FC DWLWW 0
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Melbourne Victory LWWWW 2
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Match Report

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Ola Toivonen helps Melbourne Victory to win over Adelaide United

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
4
42.8
Possession
57.2
16
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
310
Accurate Passes
442
390
Passes
533
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
46
17
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
5
20
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.3
12
Interceptions
12
28
Effective Clearances
27
28
Clearances
27

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 5Georg NiedermeierCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 21Carl ValeriDM
  5. 3Corey BrownLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 8Terry AntonisAM
  8. 6Leigh BroxhamLM
  9. 4Keisuke HondaRM
  10. 11Ola ToivonenCF-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Matt ActonSUB
  2. 10James TroisiSUB
  3. 13Birkan KirdarSUB
  4. 16Josh HopeSUB
  5. 19Rahmat AkbariSUB

ADL · 4-4-2

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 22Michael JakobsenCD-L
  3. 23Jordan ElseyCD-R
  4. 3Scott GallowayLB
  5. 2Michael MarroneRB
  6. 8Isaías CM-L
  7. 6Vince LiaCM-R
  8. 11Craig GoodwinLM
  9. 4Ryan StrainRM
  10. 33Apostolos StamatelopoulosCF-L
  11. 26Ben HalloranCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Louis D'ArrigoSUB
  2. 1Daniel MargushSUB
  3. 16Nathan KonstandopoulosSUB
  4. 32Carlo ArmientoSUB
  5. 17Nikola MileusnicSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. James Troisi replaces Georg Niedermeier because of an injury.
  2. 30' Ben Halloran (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' James Troisi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Adelaide United 0. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  5. 73' Substitution, Adelaide United. Nikola Mileusnic replaces Scott Galloway.
  6. 80' Substitution, Adelaide United. Carlo Armiento replaces Apostolos Stamatelopoulos.
  7. 81' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Adelaide United 0. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Terry Antonis.
  8. 84' Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 84' Vince Lia (Adelaide United) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 84' Substitution, Adelaide United. Nathan Konstandopoulos replaces Vince Lia.
  11. 86' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Joshua Hope replaces James Troisi.
  12. 90' Joshua Hope (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Rahmat Akbari replaces Kosta Barbarouses.

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