AFC Champions League Elite

FT Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Sanfrecce Hiroshima LLWLL 3
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Melbourne Victory DWWLL 1
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AAMI Park · 6,053 att.

Match Report

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Kevin Muscat bows out of Melbourne Victory with loss to Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Kevin Muscat's reign at Melbourne Victory is over, the club legend taking leave from his coaching tenure with a 3-1 loss to Sanfrecce Hirosima.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
3
35.1
Possession
64.9
12
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
294
Accurate Passes
612
373
Passes
698
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
23
0.4
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
34
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
2
12
Tackles
6
0.7
Tackle %
0.3
13
Interceptions
6
20
Effective Clearances
9
20
Clearances
9

Head to Head

SAN leads series 1-0

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 28Benjamin CarriganCD-L
  3. 14Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 9Kosta BarbarousesM
  7. 21Carl ValeriCM
  8. 8Terry AntonisAM
  9. 15Raul BaenaLM
  10. 4Keisuke HondaRM
  11. 11Ola ToivonenCF-R

SAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Takuto HayashiG
  2. 13Akira IbayashiCD
  3. 23Hayato ArakiCD-L
  4. 4Hiroki MizumotoCD-R
  5. 17Taishi MatsumotoCM-L
  6. 15Sho InagakiCM-R
  7. 27Kohei ShimizuLM
  8. 14Tsukasa MorishimaRM
  9. 22Yusuke MinagawaF
  10. 7Gakuto NotsudaCF-L
  11. 25Hiroya MatsumotoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1. Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Hiroya Matsumoto following a corner.
  2. 8' Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 10' Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 28' Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. James Troisi replaces Raúl Baena.
  6. 70' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  7. 73' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2. Yusuke Minagawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tsukasa Morishima.
  8. 75' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3. Tsukasa Morishima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sho Inagaki.
  9. 76' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Kyohei Yoshino replaces Taishi Matsumoto.
  10. 77' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Soya Takahashi replaces Kohei Shimizu.
  11. 81' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Elvis Kamsoba replaces Carl Valeri.
  12. 82' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Kodai Dohi replaces Tsukasa Morishima.
  13. 87' Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.

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