Australian A-League Men

Western Sydney Wanderers vs Melbourne Victory, 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men
Western Sydney Wanderers
  • 55': Tate Russell
  • 80': Dimitrios Petratos (P)
FT
2 - 0
Melbourne Victory

    About

    Western Sydney Wanderers are hosting Melbourne Victory at CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Melbourne Victory. Jake Brimmer tries a through ball, but Chris Ikonomidis is caught offside.
    • 4': Foul by Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory).
    • 4': Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory).
    • 6': Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Birkan Kirdar (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 9': Attempt missed. Francesco Margiotta (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jake Brimmer.
    • 10': Attempt saved. James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitrios Petratos.
    • 11': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Jason Davidson.
    • 11': Foul by Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 11': Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Terry Antonis.
    • 12': Hand ball by Terry Antonis (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 15': Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 17': Foul by Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory).
    • 17': Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Matthew Spiranovic.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roderick Miranda.
    • 22': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Ziggy Gordon.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Jason Davidson (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Francesco Margiotta following a corner.
    • 24': Foul by Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory).
    • 24': James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Foul by Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 27': Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Foul by Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory).
    • 28': Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 31': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Ziggy Gordon.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Jake Brimmer with a cross following a corner.
    • 32': Foul by James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 32': Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Hand ball by James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 35': Birkan Kirdar (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 35': Foul by Terry Antonis (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 40': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Birkan Kirdar.
    • 42': Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Foul by Keijiro Ogawa (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 44': Adama Traoré (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 44': Foul by Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory).
    • 44': Attempt saved. Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Dimitrios Petratos with a cross.
    • 44': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Ivan Kelava.
    • 45': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Jason Geria.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 46': Foul by Keijiro Ogawa (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 46': Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Foul by Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 50': Birkan Kirdar (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 52': Foul by Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 52': Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phillip Cancar with a through ball.
    • 57': Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 57': Foul by Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory).
    • 58': Foul by Keijiro Ogawa (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 58': Jason Davidson (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 59': Foul by Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 61': Corner, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Conceded by Matthew Spiranovic.
    • 61': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bernie Ibini-Isei replaces Tomer Hemed.
    • 62': Foul by Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory).
    • 62': James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 66': Hand ball by Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory).
    • 66': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Marco Rojas replaces Ben Folami.
    • 66': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Stefan Nigro replaces Jason Davidson.
    • 69': Foul by Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 69': Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Adama Traoré.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 71': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Steven Ugarkovic replaces Terry Antonis.
    • 71': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Ramy Najjarine replaces Keijiro Ogawa.
    • 72': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nicholas D'Agostino replaces Francesco Margiotta.
    • 72': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Robbie Kruse replaces Birkan Kirdar.
    • 74': Foul by Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 74': Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Penalty Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bernie Ibini-Isei draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 79': Penalty conceded by Ivan Kelava (Melbourne Victory) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 80': Ivan Kelava (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Melbourne Victory 0. Dimitrios Petratos (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 82': Foul by Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory).
    • 82': Tate Russell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Steven Ugarkovic (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tate Russell with a headed pass.
    • 87': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. William Wilson replaces Jake Brimmer.
    • 87': Foul by Bernie Ibini-Isei (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 87': Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Attempt missed. James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dimitrios Petratos.
    • 89': Foul by Phillip Cancar (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 89': William Wilson (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Phillip Cancar (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Matthew Spiranovic (Melbourne Victory) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Rojas with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 90': Hand ball by Bernie Ibini-Isei (Western Sydney Wanderers FC).
    • 90'+2': Foul by Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory).
    • 90'+2': James Troisi (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Daniel Margush (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Melbourne Victory 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2, Melbourne Victory 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 21
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    3 Saves 1
    50.6 Possession 49.4
    6 SHOTS 7
    1 ON GOAL 5
    0.2 On Target % 0.7
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    352 Accurate Passes 338
    458 Passes 451
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    4 Accurate Crosses 1
    12 Crosses 13
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    62 Long Balls 73
    27 Accurate Long Balls 22
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    1 Blocked Shots 1
    8 Effective Tackles 11
    12 Tackles 17
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    15 Interceptions 20
    16 Effective Clearances 7
    16 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: Australian A-League Men

    Venue: CommBank Stadium
    Location: Sydney, Australia
    Attendance: 4,321

    A-League Men Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Auckland FC 13 +6 24
    2 Sydney FC 12 +9 22
    3 Newcastle Jets 13 +2 21
    4 Brisbane Roar 14 0 21
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    WSW Western Sydney Wanderers (4-1-2-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Daniel Margush (GK) Yellow Card
    25 Philip Cancar
    2 Ziggy Gordon
    17 Keanu Baccus
    3 Adama Traoré
    13 Tate Russell
    29 Terry Antonis
    14 James Troisi
    23 Dimitrios Petratos
    11 Keijiro Ogawa
    10 Tomer Hemed
    Western Sydney Wanderers Substitutes:
    Alexander Badolato, Bernie Ibini-Isei, Ramy Najjarine, Tomás Mejías, Nectarios Triantis, Daniel Wilmering, Steven Ugarkovic.

    MVC Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    20 Ivan Kelava (GK) Yellow Card
    21 Roderick Miranda
    5 Matthew Spiranovic
    3 Jason Davidson
    2 Jason Geria
    22 Jake Brimmer
    6 Leigh Broxham
    13 Birkan Kirdar
    9 Francesco Margiotta
    11 Ben Folami
    7 Christopher Ikonomidis
    Melbourne Victory Substitutes:
    Stefan Nigro, William Wilson, Nicholas D'Agostino, Matt Acton, Robbie Kruse, Aaron Anderson, Marco Rojas.

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