Australian A-League Men

FT Saturday, February 27, 2021
Western United LWDLW 4
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Melbourne Victory DLLLW 3
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WTU134
MBV123
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Match Report

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Ten-man Western United strike late to win seven goal thriller against Victory

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
15
6
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
31
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
0
53
Possession
46
21
SHOTS
17
11
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

WTU leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

MBV

  1. 20Max CrocombeG
  2. 15Aaron AndersonCD-L
  3. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-R
  4. 33Dalibor MarkovicLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 8Jacob ButterfieldCM-L
  7. 22Jake BrimmerCM-R
  8. 13Birkan KirdarLM
  9. 7Callum McManamanRM
  10. 9Rudy GestedeCF-L
  11. 10Robbie KruseCF-R

WTU

  1. 1Filip KurtoG
  2. 22Tomislav UskokCD
  3. 2Aaron CalverCD-L
  4. 6Tomoki ImaiCD-R
  5. 10Steven LusticaCM-L
  6. 20Victor SánchezCM-R
  7. 11Connor PainLM
  8. 5Dylan PieriasRM
  9. 7Besart BerishaF
  10. 34Iker GuarrotxenaCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Western United FC 0. Callum McManaman (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Storm Roux with a cross.
  3. 27' Robbie Kruse (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31' Tomoki Imai (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Western United FC 1. Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Besart Berisha.
  6. 45' Storm Roux (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 50' Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 53' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Western United FC 2. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti.
  9. 58' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Western United FC 3. Besart Berisha (Western United FC) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Diamanti.
  10. 60' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio replaces Birkan Kirdar.
  11. 62' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Western United FC 3. Jacob Butterfield (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dalibor Markovic.
  12. 64' Second yellow card to Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC) for a bad foul.
  13. 68' Substitution, Western United FC. Ivan Vujica replaces Iker Guarrotxena.
  14. 68' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Zaydan Bello replaces Leigh Broxham.
  15. 70' Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 72' Ivan Vujica (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 73' Substitution, Western United FC. Lachlan Wales replaces Dylan Pierias.
  18. 82' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Western United FC 3. Rudy Gestede (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dalibor Markovic with a cross.
  19. 83' Substitution, Western United FC. Jerry Skotadis replaces Steven Lustica.
  20. 84' Substitution, Western United FC. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Connor Pain.
  21. 85' Nicolas Milanovic (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 89' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Elvis Kamsoba replaces Callum McManaman.
  23. 90'+4' Jerry Skotadis (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  24. 90'+5' Goal! Melbourne Victory 3, Western United FC 4. Víctor Sánchez (Western United FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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