Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, January 18, 2024
Melbourne Victory WDWWD 1
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Wellington Phoenix WWLDW 1
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WEL011
Sky Stadium · 9,139 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
15
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
63.3
Possession
36.7
19
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
501
Accurate Passes
258
571
Passes
337
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
33
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.4
32
Long Balls
54
15
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
35
11
Clearances
35

Head to Head

MBV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 40Alex PaulsenG
  2. 4Scott WoottonCD
  3. 18Lukas Kelly-HealdCD-L
  4. 3Finn SurmanCD-R
  5. 14Alex RuferCM-L
  6. 15Nicholas PenningtonCM-R
  7. 8Ben OldLM
  8. 6Tim PayneRM
  9. 11Bozhidar KraevF
  10. 10David BallCF-L
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 21Roderick MirandaCD-L
  3. 5Damien Da SilvaCD-R
  4. 3Adama TraoréLB
  5. 2Jason GeriaRB
  6. 8Zinédine MachachAM
  7. 4RaiLM
  8. 22Jake BrimmerRM
  9. 7Christopher IkonomidisF
  10. 17Nishan VelupillayAM-L
  11. 19Daniel ArzaniAM-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Adama Traoré (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+8' Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) is shown the red card.
  3. 63' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Connor Chapman replaces Chris Ikonomidis.
  4. 63' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Ryan Teague replaces Rai Marchán.
  5. 63' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Ben Folami replaces Adama Traoré.
  6. 69' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Sam Sutton replaces David Ball.
  7. 74' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jordi Valadon replaces Jake Brimmer.
  8. 79' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 0, Melbourne Victory 1. Connor Chapman (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nishan Velupillay following a corner.
  9. 82' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Eli Adams replaces Daniel Arzani because of an injury.
  10. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Mohamed Al-Taay replaces Nicholas Pennington.
  11. 83' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Oskar van Hattum replaces Lukas Kelly-Heald.
  12. 89' Substitution, Wellington Phoenix. Luke Supyk replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
  13. 90'+5' Goal! Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 1. Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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