ADELAIDE. Melbourne Victory overcame Adelaide United to win 2-1. M. Paro was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Melbourne Victory to strike first with a goal of Matteo Paro at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Matteo Paro gave the win to Melbourne Victory in the 57′ minute with a penalty scoring a double.
The match was played at the Coopers Stadium stadium in Adelaide on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Alireza Faghani with the collaboration of Anton Schetinin and Henry Day. The 4th official was Daniel Cook. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.22 degrees Celsius or 91.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 17 Total 22
- 5 On Target 10
- 5 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 8
- 102 Attack 104
- 54 Dangerous attack 55
- 86 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 7
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Adelaide United was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Melbourne Victory that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne Victory was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne Victory won the match.
Adelaide United shot 17 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory shot 22 times, 10 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Adelaide United received 1 yellow card (Nick Ansell). On the other side, Melbourne Victory received 2 yellow cards (Roderick Miranda and Paul Izzo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Adelaide United stays with 19 points to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory will has 34 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Adelaide United – Formation
Adelaide United
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51'Adelaide United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Thomas Veart decided to play with the following team: James Delianov , Giuseppe Bovalina , Nick Ansell , Ben Warland , Javi López , Ryan Tunnicliffe , Ethan Alagich , Harry Van der Saag , Zach Clough , Austin Ayoubi and Luka Jovanovic .
The home team had on the bench: Hiroshi Ibusuki , Luke Duzel, Ben Halloran , Jonny Yull , Ethan Cox, Panagiotis Kikiasnis and Nestory Irankunda .
Substitutions
Adelaide United made 5 changes: Ryan Tunnicliffe for Luke Duzel (90′), Austin Ayoubi for Ben Halloran (46′), Harry Van der Saag for Nestory Irankunda (46′), Ethan Alagich for Jonny Yull (78′) and Luka Jovanovic for Hiroshi Ibusuki (74′).
Player of the match: James Delianov
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Adelaide United was the goalkeeper: James Delianov. His rating is 9.38. He performed 8 saves.
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory
Also Melbourne Victory adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Tony Popović played with: Paul Izzo , Connor Chapman , Damien Da Silva , Roderick Miranda , Jason Geria , Fabian Monge , Jake Brimmer , Salim Khelifi , Zinédine Machach , Nishan Velupillay and Matteo Paro .
They had on the bench: Christopher Ikonomidis, Ben Folami , Daniel Arzani , Jordi Valadon , R. Bonevacia , Kasey Bos and Christian Siciliano.
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 4 changes: Salim Khelifi for Daniel Arzani (68′), Jake Brimmer for Jordi Valadon (68′), Nishan Velupillay for Ben Folami (85′) and Fabian Monge for R. Bonevacia (77′).
Player of the match: Matteo Paro
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Matteo Paro.
His rating is with 2 goals, 26 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.
- Melbourne City – Wellington Phoenix – 1-0
- Adelaide United – Melbourne Victory – 1-2
- Perth Glory – Newcastle Jets – 2-2
