Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, May 3, 2019
Wellington Phoenix WLLWL 1
–
Melbourne Victory LWLDW 3
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WEL011
MBV123
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Match Report

Team Stats

25
Fouls
17
5
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
2
62.9
Possession
37.1
14
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
476
Accurate Passes
244
586
Passes
344
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
72
31
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
8
20
Effective Clearances
8
20
Clearances
8

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MBV · 4-3-3

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 5Georg NiedermeierCD-L
  3. 17James DonachieCD-R
  4. 6Leigh BroxhamLB
  5. 14Thomas DengRB
  6. 15Raul BaenaCM
  7. 8Terry AntonisLM
  8. 4Keisuke HondaRM
  9. 11Ola ToivonenF
  10. 24Elvis KamsobaLF
  11. 9Kosta BarbarousesRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Anthony LesiotisSUB
  2. 1Matt ActonSUB
  3. 21Carl ValeriSUB
  4. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  5. 2Storm RouxSUB

WEL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 15Michal KopczynskiCD-L
  4. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  5. 4MandiCM-L
  6. 14Alex RuferCM-R
  7. 23Max BurgessAM
  8. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  9. 5Ryan LowRM
  10. 11David WilliamsCF-L
  11. 21Roy KrishnaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Cillian SheridanSUB
  2. 20Oliver SailSUB
  3. 32Gianni StensnessSUB
  4. 17Callan ElliotSUB
  5. 18Sarpreet SinghSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Michal Kopczynski (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' David Williams (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Georg Niedermeier (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Keisuke Honda following a set piece situation.
  4. 53' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ola Toivonen.
  5. 56' Max Burgess (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sarpreet Singh replaces Mandi.
  7. 64' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Wellington Phoenix 1. Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sarpreet Singh with a cross.
  8. 71' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Wellington Phoenix 1. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  9. 77' Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 77' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Cillian Sheridan replaces David Williams.
  11. 85' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Carl Valeri replaces Raúl Baena.
  12. 90' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Callan Elliot replaces Ryan Lowry.
  13. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Michal Kopczynski (Wellington Phoenix) for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+5' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Storm Roux replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  15. 90'+5' Cillian Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+6' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Elvis Kamsoba.
  17. 90'+7' Liberato Cacace (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card.

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