MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory was finally too much to handle for Melbourne City with the goal of J. Brimmer (7′ pen), M. Rojas (14′) and M. Rojas (27′). Melbourne City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Chris Beath who was helped by Anton Schetinin and Ashley Beecham. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 16 Total 6
- 7 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 4
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 98 Attack 117
- 35 Dangerous attack 38
- 87 Ball safe 113
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Melbourne City had a strong ball possession 58% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Melbourne City was putting more pressure with 38 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Melbourne Victory was able to find the solution to win this match.
Melbourne Victory shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Melbourne City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (Rai). Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City received 2 yellow cards (C. Good and T. Gomulka).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Melbourne Victory will have 34 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City will stay with 46 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the A-League, Melbourne Victory will host Wellington Phoenix on the 29th of April with a 19-11 head to head in favor of Melbourne Victory (9 draws).
Melbourne City will play away agasint Perth Glory on the 4th of May with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Perth Glory (11 draws).
Melbourne Victory – Formation
Melbourne Victory
72'
23'
7'
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: .
Substitutions
Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: M. Rojas for C. Ikonomidis (72′), Rai for L. Broxham (72′), N. D’Agostino for F. Margiotta (80′), J. Brimmer for B. Kirdar (86′) and B. Folami for N. Velupillay (86′).
Melbourne City – Formation
Melbourne City
Also Melbourne City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Patrick Kisnorbo played with: .
Melbourne City could not rely on the presence of T. Gomulka (injured).
Substitutions
Melbourne City made 4 changes: F. Berenguer for T. Gomulka (37′), S. Jamieson for J. Bos (77′), M. Leckie for S. Colakovski (77′) and M. Tilio for T. Endoh (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the A-League.
- Central Coast Mariners – Sydney – 0-5
- Melbourne Victory – Melbourne City – 3-0
- Western Sydney Wanderers – Brisbane Roar – 1-1
- Western United – Wellington Phoenix – 1-4
