MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory conquers Adelaide United with a 2-0 win with a goal from Z. Machach (73′) and a goal from M. Paro (90′).
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Elder who was helped by Kearney Robinson and Brad Wright. The 4th official was Jonathon Barreiro. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.75 degrees Celsius or 60.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 8 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 93 Attack 101
- 65 Dangerous attack 54
- 61 Ball safe 60
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 5 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Melbourne Victory was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne Victory had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne Victory won the match.
Melbourne Victory shot 19 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Adelaide United shot 7 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (Matteo Paro). Regarding the opposition, Adelaide United received 4 yellow cards (Alexandar Popovic, Javi López, A. Popovic and Isaías).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Melbourne Victory has 20 points like Wellington Phoenix to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Adelaide United will stays with 13 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory
89'
73'
88'
Melbourne Victory started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tony Popović decided to play with the following team: Paul Izzo , Connor Chapman , Damien Da Silva , Roderick Miranda , Jason Geria , Fabian Monge , Ryan Teague , Daniel Arzani , Zinédine Machach , Nishan Velupillay and Matteo Paro .
The home team had on the bench: Christopher Ikonomidis, Ben Folami , Stefan Nigro, Jake Brimmer , Eli Adams, Franco Lino and Christian Siciliano.
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 4 changes: Daniel Arzani for Ben Folami (76′), Zinédine Machach for Christopher Ikonomidis (89′), Nishan Velupillay for Eli Adams (88′) and Fabian Monge for Jake Brimmer (56′).
Player of the match: Zinédine Machach
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Zinédine Machach.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 21. He performed 2 crosses.
Adelaide United – Formation
Adelaide United
Adelaide United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Thomas Veart played with: Joe Gauci , Javi López , Alexandar Popovic , Nick Ansell , Ryan Kitto , Isaías , Ryan Tunnicliffe , Zach Clough , Luka Jovanovic , Jonny Yull and Hiroshi Ibusuki .
They had on the bench: James Delianov, Luke Duzel , Ben Halloran , Bernardo , Giuseppe Bovalina , Ethan Alagich and Nestory Irankunda .
Substitutions
Adelaide United made 6 changes: Javi López for Giuseppe Bovalina (74′), Isaías for Ethan Alagich (82′), Jonny Yull for Luke Duzel (46′), Hiroshi Ibusuki for Ben Halloran (57′), Luka Jovanovic for Nestory Irankunda (57′) and Zach Clough for Bernardo (82′).
Player of the match: Joe Gauci
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Adelaide United was the goalkeeper: Joe Gauci. His rating is 7.65. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
