Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, December 7, 2019
Melbourne Victory DLLWL 1
–
Western United WLLLW 3
1st2ndT
MBV101
WTU303
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Match Report

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Besart Berisha bags brace as Western United send Melbourne Victory bottom

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
13
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
5
63.9
Possession
36.1
19
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
398
Accurate Passes
198
471
Passes
272
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
7
39
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.5
46
Long Balls
70
22
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
6
9
Tackles
8
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
6
9
Effective Clearances
39
9
Clearances
39

Head to Head

WTU leads series 2-0

Lineups

WTU · 3-4-3

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 4Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 22Ersan GülümCD-L
  4. 2Aaron CalverCD-R
  5. 12Dario JertecCM-L
  6. 27Jerry SkotadisCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 19Joshua RisdonRM
  9. 18Besart BerishaF
  10. 8Panagiotis KoneCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Valentino YuelSUB
  2. 30Ryan ScottSUB
  3. 5Dylan PieriasSUB
  4. 3Brendan HamillSUB
  5. 9Apostolos StamatelopoulosSUB
  6. 15Jonathan AspropotamitisSUB
  7. 14Max BurgessSUB

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-L
  3. 4James DonachieCD-R
  4. 21Adama TraoréLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 17Elvis KamsobaAM
  7. 18Migjen BashaLM
  8. 8Jakob PoulsenRM
  9. 11Ola ToivonenF
  10. 10Robbie KruseAM-L
  11. 9Andrew NabboutAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Benjamin CarriganSUB
  2. 3Corey BrownSUB
  3. 26Jay BarnettSUB
  4. 24Anthony LesiotisSUB
  5. 16Josh HopeSUB
  6. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  7. 50Brendan WhiteSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jakob Poulsen following a fast break.
  2. 17' Goal! Western United FC 1, Melbourne Victory 1. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Connor Pain with a cross.
  3. 24' Goal! Western United FC 2, Melbourne Victory 1. Panagiotis Kone (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 29' Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Goal! Western United FC 3, Melbourne Victory 1. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Risdon with a cross.
  6. 45' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Anthony Lesiotis replaces Storm Roux.
  7. 49' Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 53' James Donachie (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Ersan Gülüm (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 66' Substitution, Western United FC. Brendan Hamill replaces Josh Risdon because of an injury.
  11. 68' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Elvis Kamsoba.
  12. 70' Substitution, Western United FC. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos replaces Dario Jertec.
  13. 72' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Joshua Hope replaces Andrew Nabbout because of an injury.
  14. 75' Jonathan Aspropotamitis (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 83' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Besart Berisha.
  16. 84' Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 85' Brendan Hamill (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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