MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory overcame Macarthur to win 2-1. A goal from L. Brooks was decisive in the 90min. It was Melbourne Victory to strike first with an early goal of F. Romero at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 66′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Brooks gave the win to Melbourne Victory in the 90′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Marvel Stadium stadium in Melbourne on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Alireza Faghani assisted by Daniel Illievski and Peter Jaworski. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Melbourne Victory was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Macarthur that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne Victory was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne Victory won the match​.

Melbourne Victory shot 25 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Macarthur shot 17 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (F. Romero). Talking about the opposition, Macarthur received 1 yellow card (Tomislav Uskok).

Standings

After this match, Melbourne Victory will have 28 points to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Macarthur will stay with 26 points to hold in the 12th 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 in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).

Macarthur will host Wellington Phoenix on the 29th of April with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Tony Popović decided to play with the following team: Paul Izzo (7.2), Stefan Nigro (6.7), Damien Da Silva (7.4), Leigh Broxham (6.8), Cadete (7.5), Nishan Velupillay (6.8), Joshua Brillante (6.8), Connor Chapman (6.9), Ben Folami (7.0), Fernando Romero (6.8) and Bruno Fornaroli (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Jordi Valadon (6.8), Lleyton Brooks, Matt Acton, Rai Marchán (6.8), Joshua Inserra, Bruce Kamau (6.6) and Christopher Ikonomidis (6.3).

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Joshua Brillante for Rai (64′), F. Romero for Christopher Oikonomidis (64′), Ben Folami for Jordi Valadon (77′), N. Velupillay for Bruce Kamau (77′) and Leigh Broxham for Lleyton Brooks (89′).

Best player: Cadete​

The player that probably impressed the most for Melbourne Victory was Cadete even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 43 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 21. He performed 2 crosses.

Macarthur – Formation

Also Macarthur adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Mile Sterjovski played with: Filip Kurto (7.4), Jake McGing (7.2), Tomislav Uskok (7.9), Oliver Jones (7.4), Ivan Vujica (7.6), Al Hassan Toure (6.1), Jerry Skotadis (6.8), Kearyn Baccus (7.2), Matthew Millar (7.1), Lachlan Rose (7.6) and Jake Hollman (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Jed Drew (6.8), Nick Suman, Craig Noone (7.6), Ali Auglah (6.7), Bachana Arabuli (6.4), Charles M’Mombwa (6.6) and Jonathan Aspropotamitis.

Macarthur could not rely on the presence of Ali Auglah (injured) and Bachana Arabuli (injured).

Substitutions

Macarthur made 5 changes: Jake McGing for Craig Noone (63′), Jake Hollman for Charles M’Mombwa (63′), Jerry Skotadis for Jed Drew (63′), Alhassan Touré for Ali Auglah (72′) and Kearyn Baccus for Bachana Arabuli (76′).

Best player: Tomislav Uskok​

The most impressive player for Macarthur was Tomislav Uskok.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 54 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League.​

• Perth Glory – Adelaide United – 4-4
• Melbourne Victory – Macarthur – 2-1