Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory, 2023-24 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

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Melbourne City FC are hosting Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Scott Galloway.
2': Attempt missed. Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabian Monge.
5': Foul by Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory).
5': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7': Delay in match because of an injury Jimmy Jeggo (Melbourne City).
8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
8': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Jamie Maclaren.
8': Attempt saved. Steven Ugarkovic (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
10': Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Daniel Arzani.
15': Foul by Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory).
15': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Jimmy Jeggo (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18': Foul by Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory).
18': Scott Galloway (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City).
22': Attempt saved. Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
26': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Damien Da Silva.
26': Offside, Melbourne City. Mathew Leckie is caught offside.
28': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the right wing.
28': Foul by Marco Tilio (Melbourne City).
29': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Andrew Nabbout.
29': Attempt blocked. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
30': Foul by Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory).
30': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Offside, Melbourne City. Andrew Nabbout is caught offside.
34': Attempt saved. Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roderick Miranda.
34': Attempt missed. Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
35': Foul by Fabian Monge (Melbourne Victory).
35': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Fabian Monge (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Callum Talbot (Melbourne City).
38': Foul by Jimmy Jeggo (Melbourne City).
38': Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City).
42': Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Steven Ugarkovic (Melbourne City).
43': Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45': Foul by Steven Ugarkovic (Melbourne City).
45': Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout.
45'+1': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Paul Izzo.
45'+2': First Half ends, Melbourne City 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
45': Second Half begins Melbourne City 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
47': Foul by Connor Chapman (Melbourne Victory).
47': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Foul by Callum Talbot (Melbourne City).
47': Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Connor Chapman (Melbourne Victory).
48': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Attempt blocked. Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
52': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
52': Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City).
52': Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the left wing.
53': Offside, Melbourne Victory. Damien Da Silva is caught offside.
54': Delay in match because of an injury Scott Galloway (Melbourne City).
55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
58': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City).
58': Substitution, Melbourne City. Vicente Fernández replaces Scott Galloway because of an injury.
59': Foul by Vicente Fernández (Melbourne City).
59': Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Jimmy Jeggo.
60': Attempt blocked. Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
60': Offside, Melbourne Victory. Damien Da Silva is caught offside.
61': Substitution, Melbourne City. Marin Jakolis replaces Andrew Nabbout.
62': Substitution, Melbourne City. Léo Natel replaces Marco Tilio.
64': Eli Adams (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
64': Foul by Samuel Souprayen (Melbourne City).
65': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Ben Folami replaces Daniel Arzani.
66': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Chris Ikonomidis replaces Eli Adams.
67': Foul by Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory).
67': Léo Natel (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City).
68': Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Attempt blocked. Ben Folami (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
71': Marin Jakolis (Melbourne City) is shown the yellow card.
71': Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) is shown the yellow card.
74': Attempt blocked. Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Connor Chapman.
75': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Marin Jakolis.
76': Attempt missed. Fabian Monge (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Damien Da Silva following a corner.
76': Substitution, Melbourne City. Terry Antonis replaces Mathew Leckie.
76': Substitution, Melbourne City. Nuno Reis replaces Callum Talbot.
76': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Jake Brimmer replaces Fabian Monge.
76': Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Salim Khelifi replaces Nishan Velupillay.
78': Attempt blocked. Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Folami.
78': Attempt saved. Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Damien Da Silva with a headed pass.
80': Connor Chapman (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Léo Natel (Melbourne City).
81': Attempt saved. Terry Antonis (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marin Jakolis with a through ball.
82': Foul by Léo Natel (Melbourne City).
82': Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Attempt missed. Léo Natel (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Terry Antonis following a fast break.
84': Hand ball by Steven Ugarkovic (Melbourne City).
85': Offside, Melbourne City. Léo Natel is caught offside.
86': Attempt missed. Roderick Miranda (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jason Geria.
86': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Marin Jakolis.
87': Corner, Melbourne Victory. Conceded by Curtis Good.
87': Attempt saved. Salim Khelifi (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
89': Attempt missed. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Roderick Miranda.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Zinédine Machach (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Geria.
90'+4': Attempt saved. Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
90'+5': Foul by Chris Ikonomidis (Melbourne Victory).
90'+5': Léo Natel (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Melbourne City 0, Melbourne Victory 0.
0': Match ends, Melbourne City 0, Melbourne Victory 0.

Statistics

MVC		MCY
9	Fouls	17
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
6	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	5
54.3	Possession	45.7
17	SHOTS	6
6	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
413	Accurate Passes	354
509	Passes	441
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	0
26	Crosses	6
0.1	Cross %	0.0
56	Long Balls	72
23	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	1
16	Effective Tackles	12
21	Tackles	22
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
6	Interceptions	18
9	Effective Clearances	33
9	Clearances	33

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 20,877

A-League Men Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	2	+3	6
2	Wellington Phoenix FC	2	+2	4
3	Melbourne Victory	2	+2	4
4	Macarthur FC	2	+4	3

Full Table

Line-Ups

Melbourne City FC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jamie Young (GK)
22	Curtis Good
26	Samuel Souprayen
2	Scott Galloway
25	Callum Talbot
7	Mathew Leckie
8	James Jeggo
6	Steven Ugarkovic
9	Jamie Maclaren
23	Marco Tilio
15	Andrew Nabbout

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Nuno Reis, Patrick Beach, Vicente Fernández, Marin Jakolis, Terry Antonis, Max Caputo, Léo Natel.

Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
20	Paul Izzo (GK)
21	Roderick Miranda
5	Damien Da Silva
2	Jason Geria
14	Connor Chapman
8	Zinédine Machach
25	Ryan Teague
18	Fabian Monge
24	Eli Adams
17	Nishan Velupillay
19	Daniel Arzani

Melbourne Victory Substitutes:

Ben Folami, Salim Khelifi, Stefan Nigro, Christian Siciliano, Jake Brimmer, Christopher Ikonomidis, Leigh Broxham.

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