MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix draw 1-1. R. Teague scored the first goal (14′) for Melbourne Victory. D. Da equalized (41′) with an own goal. Melbourne Victory was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the Marvel Stadium stadium in Melbourne on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Shaun Evans who had the assistance of Daniel Illievski and Andrew Meimarakis. The 4th official was Jonathon Barreiro. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.11 degrees Celsius or 80.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 18 Total 0
- 7 On Target 0
- 5 Off Target 0
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 122 Attack 71
- 85 Dangerous attack 19
- 64 Ball safe 90
- 1 Penalties 1
- 12 Corners 0
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Melbourne Victory was in firm control of the ball 58% while Wellington Phoenix was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne Victory was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Melbourne Victory to win the match.
Melbourne Victory shot 18 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Wellington Phoenix shot 0 times, 0 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (Jason Geria). On the other side, Wellington Phoenix received 4 yellow cards (Tim Payne, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Nicholas Pennington and Finn Surman).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Melbourne Victory will have 8 points like Western Sydney Wanderers and Wellington Phoenix to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Wellington Phoenix will have 8 points like Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Victory to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory
87'
83'
14'
Melbourne Victory started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Tony Popović decided to play with the following team: Paul Izzo , Jason Geria , Damien Da Silva , Connor Chapman , Stefan Nigro , Daniel Arzani , Fabian Monge , Ryan Teague , Nishan Velupillay , Zinédine Machach and Matteo Paro .
The home team had on the bench: Rai Marchán , Leigh Broxham, Christopher Ikonomidis , Ben Folami , Jake Brimmer , Franco Lino and Christian Siciliano.
Melbourne Victory could not rely on the presence of Ben Folami (injured).
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Daniel Arzani for Ben Folami (62′), Fabian Monge for Rai Marchán (63′), Nishan Velupillay for Christopher Ikonomidis (75′), Matteo Paro for Jake Brimmer (75′) and Jason Geria for Franco Lino (87′).
Best player: Daniel Arzani
The player that probably impressed the most for Melbourne Victory was Daniel Arzani.
His rating is with 45 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Wellington Phoenix – Formation
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Giancarlo Italiano played with: Alex Paulsen , Tim Payne , Finn Surman , Scott Wootton , Lukas Kelly-Heald , Mohamed Al-Taay , Alex Rufer , Nicholas Pennington , Bozhidar Kraev , Kosta Barbarouses and Oskar Zawada .
These were the players on the bench: Benjamin Old , David Ball , Sam Sutton , Isaac Hughes, Alby Kelly-Heald, Fergus Gillion and Jackson Manuel .
Wellington Phoenix could not rely on the presence of Sam Sutton (injured).
Substitutions
Wellington Phoenix made 4 changes: Nicholas Pennington for David Ball (56′), Mohamed Al-Taay for Benjamin Old (56′), Lukas Kelly-Heald for Sam Sutton (71′) and Bozhidar Kraev for Jackson Manuel (87′).
Best player: Alex Paulsen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Wellington Phoenix was the goalkeeper: Alex Paulsen. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
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