MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory managed to find the solution against Western United to win 2-1. D. Da was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Western United to strike first with a goal of Daniel Penha at the 60′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Damien Da Silva gave the win to Melbourne Victory in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Melbourne Victory was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Marvel Stadium stadium in Melbourne on Tuesday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro assisted by Daniel Illievski and Peter Jaworski. The 4th official was Adam Bavcar. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.92 degrees Celsius or 85.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 22 Total 9
- 7 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 135 Attack 96
- 89 Dangerous attack 56
- 77 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Melbourne Victory had a strong ball possession 68% while Western United was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne Victory was more pushing with 89 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne Victory won the match.
Melbourne Victory shot 22 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Western United shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Melbourne Victory received 2 yellow cards (Matteo Paro and Nishan Velupillay). Talking about the opposition, Western United received 2 yellow cards (Tomoki Imai and Michael Ruhs).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Melbourne Victory has 31 points like Central Coast Mariners to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Western United will stays with 11 points to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Western United will play away against Brisbane Roar on the 23rd of February with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Western United (1 draw).
Melbourne Victory – Formation
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 , Stefan Nigro , Damien Da Silva , Roderick Miranda , Jason Geria , Fabian Monge , Ryan Teague , Nishan Velupillay , Jake Brimmer , Ben Folami and Matteo Paro .
The home team had on the bench: Christopher Ikonomidis , Zinédine Machach , Connor Chapman , Daniel Arzani , Jordi Valadon , Kasey Bos and Christian Siciliano.
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Nishan Velupillay for Daniel Arzani (46′), Stefan Nigro for Connor Chapman (56′), Fabian Monge for Jordi Valadon (56′), Jake Brimmer for Zinédine Machach (64′) and Ben Folami for Christopher Ikonomidis (77′).
Player of the match: Damien Da Silva
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Damien Da Silva.
His rating is with 2 goals, 89 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Western United – Formation
Western United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
John Aloisi played with: Tom Heward-Belle , Charbel Awni Shamoon , Tomoki Imai , Kane Vidmar , Khoder Kaddour , Daniel Penha , Steven Lustica , Angus Thurgate , Lachlan Wales , Michael Ruhs and Noah Botic .
These were the players on the bench: Nikita Rukavytsya , Matt Sutton, James York , Zach Lisolajski, Luke Vickery, Matthew Grimaldi and Rhys Bozinovski .
Western United could not rely on the presence of Matthew Grimaldi (injured).
Substitutions
Western United made 3 changes: Daniel Penha for Matthew Grimaldi (64′), Steven Lustica for Rhys Bozinovski (69′) and Noah Botic for Nikita Rukavytsya (85′).
Player of the match: Kane Vidmar
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Western United was Kane Vidmar.
His rating is with 25 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
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