Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, November 2, 2019
Western United WDL 3
–
Melbourne Victory LLDLW 2
1st2ndT
WTU213
MBV202
Marvel Stadium · 20,865 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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McDonald the hero in Western United comeback win over Melbourne Victory

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
2
51.5
Possession
48.5
10
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
423
Accurate Passes
384
504
Passes
452
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
10
Crosses
34
0.2
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
35
21
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
30
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
12
33
Effective Clearances
10
33
Clearances
10

Lineups

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Lawrence ThomasG
  2. 14Thomas DengCD-L
  3. 4James DonachieCD-R
  4. 21Adama TraoréLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 22Kristijan DobrasAM
  7. 6Leigh BroxhamLM
  8. 18Migjen BashaRM
  9. 11Ola ToivonenF
  10. 17Elvis KamsobaAM-L
  11. 25Brandon LautonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Jakob PoulsenSUB
  2. 7Kenjok AthiuSUB
  3. 24Anthony LesiotisSUB
  4. 3Corey BrownSUB
  5. 50Brendan WhiteSUB
  6. 19Benjamin CarriganSUB
  7. 16Josh HopeSUB

WTU · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 4Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 22Ersan GülümCD-L
  4. 6Connor ChapmanCD-R
  5. 12Dario JertecCM-L
  6. 8Panagiotis KoneCM-R
  7. 23Alessandro DiamantiAM
  8. 11Connor PainLM
  9. 19Joshua RisdonRM
  10. 10Scott McDonaldCF-L
  11. 18Besart BerishaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20James DelianovSUB
  2. 3Brendan HamillSUB
  3. 13Ivan VujicaSUB
  4. 14Max BurgessSUB
  5. 26Kwabena Appiah-KubiSUB
  6. 5Dylan PieriasSUB
  7. 2Aaron CalverSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Western United FC 0. Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kristijan Dobras.
  2. 7' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Western United FC 0. Kristijan Dobras (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ola Toivonen.
  3. 11' Connor Pain (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 16' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Western United FC 1. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 29' Own Goal by James Donachie, Melbourne Victory. Melbourne Victory 2, Western United FC 2.
  6. 51' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Western United FC 3. Scott McDonald (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Panagiotis Kone.
  7. 67' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Kenny Athiu replaces Kristijan Dobras because of an injury.
  8. 75' Josh Risdon (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jakob Poulsen replaces Brandon Lauton.
  10. 80' Substitution, Western United FC. Max Burgess replaces Scott McDonald.
  11. 82' Dario Jertec (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Corey Brown replaces Adama Traoré.
  13. 89' Besart Berisha (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 89' Substitution, Western United FC. Dylan Pierias replaces Besart Berisha.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Western United FC. Aaron Calver replaces Alessandro Diamanti.

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