Australian A-League Men

FT Friday, May 28, 2021
Melbourne Victory LLLLL 6
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Western United LLLLL 1
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MBV426
WTU101
AAMI Park

Match Report

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Western United's finals ambitions end after Melbourne Victory thrashing

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
4
39.6
Possession
60.4
19
SHOTS
19
10
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
340
Accurate Passes
552
403
Passes
604
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
39
0.3
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
37
21
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
9
33
Effective Clearances
14
33
Clearances
14

Head to Head

WTU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

WTU · 5-4-1

  1. 30Ryan ScottG
  2. 22Tomislav UskokCD
  3. 3Brendan HamillCD-L
  4. 6Tomoki ImaiCD-R
  5. 11Connor PainLB
  6. 5Dylan PieriasRB
  7. 25Luke DuzelCM-L
  8. 21Sebastian PasqualiCM-R
  9. 34Iker GuarrotxenaLM
  10. 23Alessandro DiamantiRM
  11. 8Lachlan WalesF

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Matt ActonG
  2. 19Dylan RyanCD-L
  3. 6Leigh BroxhamCD-R
  4. 3Adama TraoréLB
  5. 2Storm RouxRB
  6. 7Callum McManamanAM
  7. 8Jacob ButterfieldLM
  8. 22Jake BrimmerRM
  9. 9Rudy GestedeF
  10. 11Ben FolamiAM-L
  11. 17Elvis KamsobaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Connor Pain (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  3. 22' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne Victory 2. Rudy Gestede (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré with a cross following a fast break.
  4. 33' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne Victory 3. Elvis Kamsoba (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Folami.
  5. 36' Goal! Western United FC 0, Melbourne Victory 4. Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Butterfield.
  6. 45'+3' Goal! Western United FC 1, Melbourne Victory 4. Alessandro Diamanti (Western United FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 45' Substitution, Western United FC. Jerry Skotadis replaces Sebastian Pasquali.
  8. 50' Goal! Western United FC 1, Melbourne Victory 5. Elvis Kamsoba (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum McManaman.
  9. 55' Callum McManaman (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 55' Iker Guarrotxena (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 66' Substitution, Western United FC. Steven Lustica replaces Luke Duzel.
  12. 66' Substitution, Western United FC. Nicolas Milanovic replaces Dylan Pierias.
  13. 67' Substitution, Western United FC. Adisu Bayew replaces Iker Guarrotxena.
  14. 70' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Lleyton Brooks replaces Elvis Kamsoba.
  15. 70' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nishan Velupillay replaces Ben Folami.
  16. 72' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jay Barnett replaces Jake Brimmer.
  17. 82' Goal! Western United FC 1, Melbourne Victory 6. Jacob Butterfield (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Storm Roux following a corner.
  18. 88' Tomislav Uskok (Western United FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+1' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Gianluca Iannucci replaces Callum McManaman.

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