AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Melbourne Victory LDDLL 1
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima DDDLW 2
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SAN112
Edion Stadium Hiroshima · 8,968 att.

Match Report

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima score late to defeat Melbourne Victory

Sanfrecce Hiroshima denied Keisuke Honda on his Japanese homecoming, finding a late goal to dent Melbourne Victory's AFC Champions League ambitions.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
62.8
Possession
37.2
15
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
632
Accurate Passes
338
732
Passes
433
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.4
62
Long Balls
63
34
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
0
11
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
3
Interceptions
14
10
Effective Clearances
27
10
Clearances
27

Lineups

SAN · 3-4-3

  1. 34Hirotsugu NakabayashiG
  2. 13Akira IbayashiCD
  3. 4Hiroki MizumotoCD-L
  4. 23Hayato ArakiCD-R
  5. 25Hiroya MatsumotoCM-L
  6. 33Takuya WadaCM-R
  7. 27Kohei ShimizuLM
  8. 14Tsukasa MorishimaRM
  9. 10PatricF
  10. 24Shunki HigashiCF-L
  11. 16Daiki WatariCF-R

MBV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 25Anthony LesiotisDM
  5. 3Corey BrownLB
  6. 2Storm RouxRB
  7. 10James TroisiAM
  8. 15Raul BaenaLM
  9. 4Keisuke HondaRM
  10. 11Ola ToivonenCF-L
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patric.
  2. 45' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Emil Salomonsson replaces Shunki Higashi.
  3. 54' Corey Brown (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 63' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Carl Valeri replaces Ola Toivonen.
  5. 71' Goal! Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1, Melbourne Victory 1. Keisuke Honda (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Storm Roux.
  6. 74' Anthony Lesiotis (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 77' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Yoshifumi Kashiwa replaces Hiroki Mizumoto.
  8. 77' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Anthony Lesiotis.
  9. 83' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Gakuto Notsuda replaces Takuya Wada.
  10. 86' Goal! Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2, Melbourne Victory 1. Daiki Watari (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yoshifumi Kashiwa with a cross.
  11. 87' Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' James Donachie (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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