MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory prevails over Perth Glory with a 2-0 win with a goal from Z. Machach (7′) and a goal from A. Traoré (59′). Melbourne Victory was decisively better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Shane Skinner assisted by Andrew Meimarakis and Peter Jaworski. The 4th official was Lachlan Keevers. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 18.6 degrees Celsius or 65.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Melbourne Victory

2 - 0

Perth Glory

• ! 69 Ball Possession 31

Shots

• 25 Total 2
• 8 On Target 2
• 10 Off Target 0
• 7 Shots blocked 0

• 183 Attack 67
• 95 Dangerous attack 17
• 79 Ball safe 85

• 0 Penalties 0
• 9 Corners 0
• 3 Off Sides 3

Fouls

• 4 Total 12
• 0 Yellow Cards 3
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Melbourne Victory had a superior ball possession 69% while Perth Glory was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne Victory was putting more pressure with 95 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne Victory won the match​.

Melbourne Victory shot 25 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Perth Glory shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Melbourne Victory didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Perth Glory received 3 yellow cards (Luis David Cangá Sánchez, Jarrod Carluccio and Joshua Risdon).

Standings

After this encounter, Melbourne Victory has 16 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Perth Glory stays with 2 points to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League Men, Melbourne Victory will host Melbourne City on the 21st of December with a 17-14 head to head record in favor of Melbourne Victory (14 draws).

Perth Glory will host Newcastle Jets on the 14th of December with a 25-9 head to head in favor of Perth Glory (17 draws).

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory

G

Jack Duncan 25.Australia

7.3

D

Jason Geria 2.Australia

7.3

D

Adama Traoré 3.Ivory Coast

8.4

86' 59'

D

Brendan Hamill 5.Australia

7.7

D

Roderick Miranda 21.Portugal

7.5

M

Ryan Teague 6.Australia

7.6

M

Daniel Arzani 7.Australia

7.8

77'

M

Zinédine Machach 8.France

8.3

86' 7'

M

Clarismario 11.Brazil

7.2

61'

M

Jordi Valadon 14.Australia

8.2

F

Nikos Vergos 9.Greece

8.2

76'

Substitutes

G

Daniel Graskoski 30.Australia

D

Joshua Inserra 16.Australia

D

Joshua Rawlins 22.Australia

6.6

86'

M

Fabian Monge 18.Australia

6.8

86'

F

Bruno Fornaroli 10.Australia

6.9

76'

F

Jing Lual 19.Australia

6.7

77'

F

Reno Piscopo 27.Australia

7.1

61'

Melbourne Victory started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Patrick Kisnorbo decided to play with the following team: Jack Duncan (7.3), Jason Geria (7.3), Brendan Hamill (7.7), Roderick Miranda (7.5), Adama Traoré (8.4), Ryan Teague (7.6), Jordi Valadon (8.2), Clarismario (7.2), Zinédine Machach (8.3), Daniel Arzani (7.8) and Nikos Vergos (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Bruno Fornaroli (6.9), Joshua Inserra, Fabian Monge (6.8), Jing Lual (6.7), Joshua Rawlins (6.6), Reno Piscopo (7.1) and Daniel Graskoski.

Melbourne Victory could not rely on the presence of Joshua Rawlins (injured).

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Clarismario for Reno Piscopo (61′), Nikos Vergos for Bruno Fornaroli (76′), Daniel Arzani for Jing Lual (77′), Adama Traoré for Joshua Rawlins (86′) and Zinédine Machach for Fabian Monge (86′).

Player of the match: Adama Traoré​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Melbourne Victory was Adama Traoré.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 53 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Perth Glory – Formation

Perth Glory

G

Cameron Cook 13.Australia

7.2

D

Riley Warland 2.Australia

6.6

90'

D

Lachlan Barr 5.Australia

6.6

D

Joshua Risdon 19.Australia

6.8

35'

D

Luis David Cangá Sánchez 33.Ecuador

6.5

37'

M

Nicholas Pennington 7.Australia

7.7

84'

M

Taras Gomulka 12.Australia

6.5

M

Jarrod Carluccio 17.Australia

6.4

57' 53'

M

Khoa Ngo 26.

6.4

57'

F

Adam Bugarija 16.Australia

6.9

90'

F

Adam Taggart 22.Australia

6.5

Substitutes

G

Oliver Sail 1.New Zealand

D

Zach Lisolajski 15.Australia

90'

M

Brandon O'Neill 6.Australia

6.6

84'

M

Abdul Faisal 21.Australia

M

Joel Anasmo 31.Australia

90'

F

David Williams 9.Australia

6.7

57'

F

Nathanael Blair 14.Australia

6.8

57'

Perth Glory started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

David Zdrilic played with: Cameron Cook (7.2), Joshua Risdon (6.8), Luis David Cangá Sánchez (6.5), Lachlan Barr (6.6), Riley Warland (6.6), Jarrod Carluccio (6.4), Nicholas Pennington (7.7), Taras Gomulka (6.5), Khoa Ngo (6.4), Adam Taggart (6.5) and Adam Bugarija (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Oliver Sail, Brandon O’Neill (6.6), David Williams (6.7), Nathanael Blair (6.8), Zach Lisolajski, Abdul Faisal and Joel Anasmo.

Substitutions

Perth Glory made 5 changes: Khoa Ngo for Nathanael Blair (57′), Riley Warland for Zach Lisolajski (90′), Adam Bugarija for Joel Anasmo (90′), Jarrod Carluccio for David Williams (57′) and Nicholas Pennington for Brandon O’Neill (84′).

Player of the match: Nicholas Pennington​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Perth Glory was Nicholas Pennington.

His rating is 7.7 with 36 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.​

• Melbourne Victory – Perth Glory – 2-0
• Central Coast Mariners – Sydney – 2-1