Melbourne Victory prevails over Sydney 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

. Melbourne Victory was ultimately too much to handle for Sydney.

December 17, 2023

. Melbourne Victory was ultimately too much to handle for Sydney with the goal of Daniel Arzani (20′), Zinédine Machach (24′) and Matteo Paro (57′). Sydney was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).

The match was played at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium stadium in on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Adam Kersey who had the assistance of Nathan MacDonald and David Walsh. The 4th official was Jonathon Barreiro. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.19 degrees Celsius or 68.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.

Match Statistics

Melbourne Victory

3 - 0

Sydney

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

12 Total 20
6 On Target 3
5 Off Target 10
2 Shots blocked 7

66 Attack 154
30 Dangerous attack 78
83 Ball safe 73

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 11
4 Off Sides 3

Fouls

10 Total 12
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sydney had a superior ball possession 68% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sydney was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Melbourne Victory found a way to find the solution to win this contest.

Melbourne Victory shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Sydney shot 20 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Melbourne Victory received 4 yellow cards (Adama Traoré, Jake Brimmer, Matteo Paro and Ben Folami). Talking about the opposition, Sydney received 2 yellow cards (Rhyan Grant and Joel King).

Match Timeline

Daniel Arzani(goal)Matteo Paro

20'

Zinédine Machach(goal)Jake Brimmer

24'

44'

Joel King- Yellow

A. Traoré- Yellow

48'

Jake Brimmer- Yellow

56'

34'

Fábio Gomes(VAR)

Bruno Fornaroli(goal)Zinédine Machach

57'

58'

J. Kucharski- sub ->Jake Girdwood-Reich

Ben Folami- Yellow

66'

69'

J. Courtney-Perkins- sub ->Jack Rodwell

Chris Ikonomidis- sub ->Ben Folami

69'

P. Wood- sub ->Fábio Gomes

Jason Geria- sub ->Connor Chapman

70'

71'

R. Grant- Yellow

Eli Adams- sub ->Daniel Arzani

83'

Fabian Monge- sub ->Jake Brimmer

83'

87'

N. Amanatidis- sub ->Joe Lolley

87'

Z. de Jesus- sub ->Rhyan Grant

Bruno Fornaroli- Yellow

89'

Leigh Broxham- sub ->Ryan Teague

90'

34'

Fábio Gomes(VAR)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

After this match, Melbourne Victory has 16 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Sydney will stays with 6 points like Western United to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory

Paul Izzo 20.Australia

7.5

A. Traoré 3.Ivory Coast

7.0

48'

Damien Da Silva 5.France

7.3

Connor Chapman 14.Australia

7.0

70'

Roderick Miranda 21.Portugal

7.5

Zinédine Machach 8.France

8.5

24'

Ben Folami 11.Australia

6.4

69'

66'

Daniel Arzani 19.Australia

7.9

83'

20'

Jake Brimmer 22.Australia

7.5

83'

56'

R. Teague 25.Australia

7.0

90'

Bruno Fornaroli 10.Australia

8.5

89'

57'

Substitutes

Christian Siciliano 40.Australia

Jason Geria 2.Australia

6.8

70'

F. Lino 28.Australia

Leigh Broxham 6.Australia

90'

Fabian Monge 18.Australia

6.8

83'

Chris Ikonomidis 7.Australia

6.4

69'

Eli Adams 24.Australia

6.4

83'

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: Paul Izzo (7.5), Connor Chapman (7.0), Damien Da Silva (7.3), Roderick Miranda (7.5), Adama Traoré (7.0), Jake Brimmer (7.5), Ryan Teague (7.0), Daniel Arzani (7.9), Zinédine Machach (8.5), Ben Folami (6.4) and Matteo Paro (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jason Geria (6.8), Leigh Broxham, Christopher Ikonomidis (6.4), Fabian Monge (6.8), Eli Adams (6.4), Franco Lino and Christian Siciliano.

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Connor Chapman for Jason Geria (70′), Ben Folami for Christopher Ikonomidis (69′), Daniel Arzani for Eli Adams (83′), Jake Brimmer for Fabian Monge (83′) and Ryan Teague for Leigh Broxham (90′).

Player of the match: Zinédine Machach

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Zinédine Machach.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 27 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Sydney – Formation

Sydney

A. Pavlesic 20.Australia

6.8

J. Rodwell 6.England

6.4

69'

Gabriel Lacerda 15.Brazil

6.8

Joel King 16.Australia

6.7

44'

R. Grant 23.Australia

7.3

87'

71'

J. Girdwood-Reich 8.Australia

6.0

58'

Joe Lolley 10.England

7.9

87'

Róbert Mak 11.Slovakia

7.1

A. Cáceres 17.Australia

7.3

Luke Brattan 26.Australia

7.7

Fábio Gomes 9.Brazil

6.8

69'

Substitutes

G. Hoefsloot 30.Australia

J. Courtney-Perkins 4.Australia

6.7

69'

Z. de Jesus 21.Australia

6.8

87'

P. Wood 13.Australia

7.1

69'

M. Glasson 19.Australia

J. Kucharski 25.Australia

7.1

58'

N. Amanatidis 28.Australia

6.7

87'

Also Sydney adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ufuk Talay played with: Adam Pavlesic (6.8), Rhyan Grant (7.3), Gabriel Lacerda (6.8), Jack Rodwell (6.4), Joel King (6.7), Joe Lolley (7.9), Luke Brattan (7.7), Robert Mak (7.1), Jake Girdwood-Reich (6.0), Anthony Caceres (7.3) and Fábio Gomes (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jordan Courtney-Perkins (6.7), Patrick Wood (7.1), Mitchell Glasson, Zachary de Jesus (6.8), Jaiden Kucharski (7.1), Nathan Amanatidis (6.7) and Gus Hoefsloot.

Substitutions

Sydney made 5 changes: Fábio Gomes for Patrick Wood (69′), Jake Girdwood-Reich for Jaiden Kucharski (58′), Jack Rodwell for Jordan Courtney-Perkins (69′), Rhyan Grant for Zachary de Jesus (87′) and Joe Lolley for Nathan Amanatidis (87′).