Australian A-League Men

FT Thursday, March 14, 2024
Melbourne Victory DWLLW 2
–
Western United WLDWW 2
1st2ndT
MBV022
WTU112
AAMI Park · 3,058 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
0
51
Possession
49
8
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
390
Accurate Passes
376
479
Passes
458
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.1
60
Long Balls
36
24
Accurate Long Balls
11
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
12
15
Effective Clearances
27
15
Clearances
27

Head to Head

WTU leads series 3-2

Lineups

WTU · 4-4-2

  1. 33Matthew SuttonG
  2. 4James DonachieCD-L
  3. 6Tomoki ImaiCD-R
  4. 17Ben GaruccioLB
  5. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 32Angus ThurgateCM-L
  7. 21Sebastian PasqualiCM-R
  8. 39Matthew GrimaldiLM
  9. 8Lachlan WalesRM
  10. 9Michael RuhsCF-L
  11. 11Daniel PenhaCF-R

MBV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Paul IzzoG
  2. 21Roderick MirandaCD-L
  3. 5Damien Da SilvaCD-R
  4. 2Jason GeriaLB
  5. 14Connor ChapmanRB
  6. 8Zinédine MachachAM
  7. 22Jake BrimmerLM
  8. 27Jordi ValadonRM
  9. 10Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 17Nishan VelupillayAM-L
  11. 23Salim KhelifiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Tomoki Imai (Western United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Goal! Western United 1, Melbourne Victory 0. Daniel Penha (Western United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Garuccio.
  3. 53' Salim Khelifi (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Penalty saved. Michael Ruhs (Western United) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  5. 59' Substitution, Western United. Riku Danzaki replaces Matthew Grimaldi.
  6. 59' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Daniel Arzani replaces Salim Khelifi.
  7. 59' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Roly Bonevacia replaces Jake Brimmer.
  8. 67' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Chris Ikonomidis replaces Zinédine Machach.
  9. 67' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Ben Folami replaces Nishan Velupillay.
  10. 70' Goal! Western United 1, Melbourne Victory 1. Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fornaroli.
  11. 72' Joshua Risdon (Western United) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 72' Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 76' Substitution, Western United. Nikita Rukavytsya replaces Michael Ruhs.
  14. 79' Goal! Western United 1, Melbourne Victory 2. Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  15. 90' Goal! Western United 2, Melbourne Victory 2. Ben Garuccio (Western United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Penha.

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