MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory beats Western United 3-1. Melbourne Victory got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from J. Geria (18′) and J. Brillante (19′). Western United tried to recover with a goal from A. Prijovic (87′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by N. D’Agostino for Melbourne Victory.
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Shaun Evans with the support of George Lakrindis and Wilson Brown. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 16 Total 20
- 5 On Target 3
- 11 Off Target 17
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 82 Attack 122
- 42 Dangerous attack 71
- 68 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 13
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Melbourne Victory was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Western United that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Western United was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Melbourne Victory managed to find the solution to win this match.
Melbourne Victory shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Western United shot 20 times, 3 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (J. Davidson). On the opposite side, Western United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Melbourne Victory will have 13 points like Macarthur to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Western United will stay with 12 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Melbourne Victory will host Wellington Phoenix on the 29th of April with a 19-10 head to head in favor of Melbourne Victory (9 draws).
Western United will play away agasint Central Coast Mariners on the 30th of April with a 3-3 head to head.
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tony Popović decided to play with the following team: Ivan Kelava
, Jason Geria , Brendan Hamill , Roderick Miranda , Jason Davidson , Joshua Brillante , Rai Marchán , Christopher Ikonomidis , Jake Brimmer , Ben Folami and Francesco Margiotta .The home team had on the bench: Robbie Kruse
, Jerrad Tyson, Leigh Broxham, Stefan Nigro, Nishan Velupillay , Marco Rojas and Nicholas D’Agostino .Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 4 changes: C. Ikonomidis for N. Velupillay (46′), F. Margiotta for N. D’Agostino (68′), B. Folami for M. Rojas (72′) and J. Brimmer for R. Kruse (85′).
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 34 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.Western United – Formation
Also Western United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
John Aloisi played with: Jamie Young
, Tomoki Imai , Léo Lacroix , Nikolai Topor-Stanley , Joshua Risdon , Steven Lustica , Neil Kilkenny , Dylan Pierias , Lachlan Wales , Connor Pain and Dylan Wenzel-Halls .They had on the bench: Aleksandar Prijović
, Dalibor Markovic, Ryan Scott, Adisu Bayew and Luke Duzel.Substitutions
Western United made only 1 change substituting D. Wenzel-Halls for A. Prijovic (61′).
Best player: Neil Kilkenny
The most impressive player for Western United was Neil Kilkenny.
His rating is
with 84 passes (77% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 18 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Melbourne Victory – Western United – 3-1
- Macarthur – Sydney – 0-3