MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory topped Melbourne City. Melbourne City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alireza Faghani with the help of Anton Schetinin and Andrew Meimarakis. The 4th official was Adam Bavcar. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 6 Total 19
- 5 On Target 6
- 1 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 7
- 90 Attack 121
- 42 Dangerous attack 74
- 65 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Melbourne City had a strong ball possession 67% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Melbourne Victory was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Melbourne Victory shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City shot 20 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Melbourne Victory received 2 yellow cards (Connor Chapman and Roderick Miranda). On the other side, Melbourne City received 2 yellow cards (Marco Tilio and T. Glover).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Melbourne Victory will have 17 points like Brisbane Roar to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City will stay with 34 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Melbourne Victory will host Brisbane Roar on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head stats in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).
Melbourne City will host Western Sydney Wanderers on the 28th of April with a 11-10 head to head statistic in favor of Western Sydney Wanderers (7 draws).
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory
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Melbourne Victory started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Tony Popović decided to play with the following team: Paul Izzo , Jason Geria , Damien Da Silva , Roderick Miranda , Cadete , Christopher Ikonomidis , Joshua Brillante , Connor Chapman , Ben Folami , Bruno Fornaroli and Jake Brimmer .
The home team had on the bench: Ahmad Taleb, Fernando Romero , Bruce Kamau, Nathan Konstandopoulos, Leigh Broxham , Nishan Velupillay and Stefan Nigro.
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Christopher Ikonomidis for Nishan Velupillay (74′), Bruno Fornaroli for Santiago Romero (80′), Connor Chapman for Leigh Broxham (81′), Jake Brimmer for Nathan Konstandopoulos (88′) and Ben Folami for Bruce Kamau (88′).
Best player: Jake Brimmer
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Jake Brimmer even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 35 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City
Melbourne City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Rado Vidošić played with: Tom Glover , Callum Talbot , Thomas Lam , Nuno Reis , Jordan Bos , Florin Berenguer , Aiden O’Neill , Richard van der Venne , Marco Tilio , Jamie MacLaren and Mathew Leckie .
These were the players on the bench: Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Matthew Sutton, Jordon Hall, Scott Jamieson, Andrew Nabbout , Scott Galloway and Valon Berisha .
Substitutions
Melbourne City made 3 changes: Marco Tilio for Valon Berisha (64′), Callum Talbot for Scott Galloway (77′) and F. Berenguer-Bohrer for Andrew Nabbout (77′).
Best player: Mathew Leckie
The most impressive player for Melbourne City was Mathew Leckie.
His rating is with 2 goals, 42 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 19.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Melbourne Victory – Melbourne City – 3-2
- Sydney – Brisbane Roar – 1-1
- Macarthur – Newcastle Jets – 0-1
- Perth Glory – Central Coast Mariners – 2-2
