Australian A-League Men

FT Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Wellington Phoenix LWLLD 0
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Melbourne Victory WDLLL 2
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WEL000
MBV112
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Match Report

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
15
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
0
59
Possession
40
18
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.5
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

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MBV

  1. 20Max CrocombeG
  2. 19Dylan RyanCD-L
  3. 5Ryan ShottonCD-R
  4. 33Dalibor MarkovicLB
  5. 6Leigh BroxhamRB
  6. 10Robbie KruseAM
  7. 13Birkan KirdarLM
  8. 22Jake BrimmerRM
  9. 9Rudy GestedeF
  10. 23Marco RojasAM-L
  11. 7Callum McManamanAM-R

WEL

  1. 20Oliver SailG
  2. 2Liam McGingCD-L
  3. 6Tim PayneCD-R
  4. 5James McGarryLB
  5. 16Louis FentonRB
  6. 10Ulises DávilaAM
  7. 14Alex RuferLM
  8. 8Cameron DevlinRM
  9. 18Ben WaineF
  10. 7Reno PiscopoAM-L
  11. 15Mirza MuratovicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Aaron Anderson replaces Dylan Ryan because of an injury.
  2. 18' Mirza Muratovic (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 24' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jacob Butterfield replaces Marco Rojas because of an injury.
  4. 25' James McGarry (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 37' Ryan Shotton (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+3' Goal! Melbourne Victory 1, Wellington Phoenix 0. Rudy Gestede (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Brimmer with a cross following a corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Zaydan Bello replaces Ryan Shotton.
  9. 49' Goal! Melbourne Victory 2, Wellington Phoenix 0. Rudy Gestede (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Brimmer with a cross following a corner.
  10. 50' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Clayton Lewis replaces Mirza Muratovic.
  11. 51' Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 55' Dalibor Markovic (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 62' Aaron Anderson (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 73' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jay Barnett replaces Callum McManaman.
  15. 73' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio replaces Rudy Gestede.
  16. 75' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Charles Lokoli Ngoy replaces Reno Piscopo.

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