Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, January 4, 2020
Newcastle Jets WLLLD 0
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Melbourne Victory LWLDW 4
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Match Report

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Melbourne Victory thrash Newcastle Jets as Kruse stars

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
52.9
Possession
47.1
9
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
463
Accurate Passes
404
550
Passes
482
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
61
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
13
22
Effective Clearances
23
22
Clearances
23

Head to Head

MBV leads series 4-1

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-L
  3. 4James DonachieCD-R
  4. 21Adama TraoréLB
  5. 24Anthony LesiotisRB
  6. 22Kristijan DobrasAM
  7. 8Jakob PoulsenLM
  8. 18Migjen BashaRM
  9. 10Robbie KruseF
  10. 17Elvis KamsobaAM-L
  11. 9Andrew NabboutAM-R

NEW · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Glen MossG
  2. 44Nikolai Topor-StanleyCD-L
  3. 22Lachlan JacksonCD-R
  4. 5Benjamin KantarovskiDM
  5. 2Bobby BurnsLB
  6. 16Matthew MillarRB
  7. 28Patrick LangloisCM-L
  8. 6Steven UgarkovicCM-R
  9. 32Angus ThurgateLM
  10. 3Jason HoffmanRM
  11. 10Dimitrios PetratosF

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Newcastle Jets 0. Robbie Kruse (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leigh Broxham with a through ball.
  2. 24' Bobby Burns (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Johnny Koutroumbis replaces Bobby Burns.
  4. 61' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Newcastle Jets 0. Migjen Basha (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 62' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Kaine Sheppard replaces Angus Thurgate.
  6. 62' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Kristijan Dobras.
  7. 64' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Newcastle Jets 0. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robbie Kruse.
  8. 74' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jay Barnett replaces Migjen Basha.
  9. 80' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Joshua Hope replaces Andrew Nabbout.
  10. 86' Own Goal by Matthew Millar, Newcastle Jets. Melbourne Victory 4, Newcastle Jets 0.
  11. 87' Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Matthew Ridenton replaces Johnny Koutroumbis because of an injury.

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