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Melbourne V. 2-1 Sydney FC - February 18, 2010 / A-League 2009/2010

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A-League 2009/2010 - Quarter-finals

Olympic Park Stadium - Melbourne - Australia

February 18, 2010

18 450

Melbourne V.

2 - 1

Sydney FC

Nick Mrdja

16'

Carlos Hernandez

40'

42'

John Aloisi

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16' - Goal Nick Mrdja16

40' - Goal Carlos Hernandez40

42' - Goal John Aloisi

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60' - Substitution Surat Sukhais substituted by Evan Berger60

74' - Red card Nick Mrdja74

79' - Substitution Brendan Ganis substituted by Chris Payne

84' - Substitution Grant Brebneris substituted by Marvin Angulo84

90' - Substitution Tom Pondeljakis substituted by Matthew Foschini90

90' - Substitution Terry McFlynnis substituted by Iain Ramsay

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne V.

2 - 1

Sydney FC

Melbourne V. Sydney FC

Team line-ups

Melbourne V.

1 Langerak

Mitchell Langerak

Australia

B.date22/08/1988

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

5 Sukha60

Surat Sukha

Thailand

B.date27/07/1982

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

12 Vargas

Rodrigo Vargas

Australia

B.date20/10/1978

Age31 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

2 Muscat

Kevin Muscat

Australia

B.date07/08/1973

Age36 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

23 Leijer

Adrian Leijer

Australia

B.date25/03/1986

Age23 years

H1m86

positionDefender

8 Brebner84

Grant Brebner

Scotland

B.date06/12/1977

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

6 Broxham

Leigh Broxham

Australia

B.date13/01/1988

Age22 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

15 Pondeljak90

Tom Pondeljak

Australia

B.date08/01/1976

Age34 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16 Hernandez40

Carlos Hernandez

Costa Rica

B.date09/04/1982

Age27 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

22 Ward

Nick Ward

Australia

B.date24/03/1985

Age24 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

9 Mrdja1674

Nick Mrdja

Australia

B.date30/11/1978

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mitchell Langerak		21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Surat Sukha	60	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Rodrigo Vargas		31	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kevin Muscat		36	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Adrian Leijer		23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Grant Brebner	84	32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Leigh Broxham		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Tom Pondeljak	90	34	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Carlos Hernandez	40	27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nick Ward		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Nick Mrdja	1674	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sydney FC

1 Bolton

Clint Bolton

Australia

B.date22/08/1975

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Colosimo

Simon Colosimo

Australia

B.date08/01/1979

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

3 Keller

Stephan Keller

Switzerland

B.date31/05/1979

Age30 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

22 Byun

Sung-hwan Byun

South Korea

B.date22/12/1979

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

12 Cole

Shannon Cole

Australia

B.date04/08/1984

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

7 Gan79

Brendan Gan

Malaysia

B.date03/06/1988

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

14 Brosque

Alex Brosque

Australia

B.date12/10/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

6 Kisel

Karol Kisel

Slovakia

B.date15/03/1977

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

8 Musialik

Stuart Musialik

Australia

B.date29/03/1985

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

15 McFlynn90

Terry McFlynn

Northern Ireland

B.date27/03/1981

Age28 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Aloisi42

John Aloisi

Australia

B.date05/02/1976

Age34 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Clint Bolton		34	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Simon Colosimo		31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stephan Keller		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Sung-hwan Byun		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Shannon Cole		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Brendan Gan	79	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Alex Brosque		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Karol Kisel		32	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stuart Musialik		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Terry McFlynn	90	28	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	John Aloisi	42	34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	D	Matthew Foschini	90	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Evan Berger	60	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Marvin Angulo	84	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Iain Ramsay	90	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F		Chris Payne	79	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Surat Sukha

Marvin Angulo

OUT

Kevin Muscat

Robbie Kruse

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brendan Gan

Steve Corica

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernie Merrick

124

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Merrick vs Sydney FC

6 victories

6 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 18, 2010

Merrick vs Lavicka

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 18, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Vitezslav Lavicka

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Lavicka vs Melbourne V.

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2010

Lavicka vs Merrick

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2010

Referee

Peter Green

17 victories	18 draws	15 losses	Melbourne V.50 matches	General total	Sydney FC52 matches	23 victories	11 draws	18 losses
3 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Melbourne V.5 matches	Season total	Sydney FC4 matches	3 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 19, 2019					Latest figure on April 27, 2019

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Key figures

It's the first time Nick Mrdja scores 1 goal in his professional career with

End of streak for Sydney FC after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 12/12/2009). It was the best streak for the club since 04/11/2006-20/01/2007 (6 matches).

Carlos Hernandez played his game number 10 vs Sydney FC in A-League with

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMelbourne Victory 4-0 Gold Coast United28/11/2009

DMelbourne Victory 0-0 Sydney FC19/12/2009

VMelbourne Victory 6-2 Perth Glory16/01/2010

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 Adelaide United23/01/2010

VMelbourne Victory 4-0 Wellington Phoenix26/01/2010

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 North Queensland Fury05/02/2010

Overall

VMelbourne Victory 6-2 Perth Glory16/01/2010

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 Adelaide United23/01/2010

VMelbourne Victory 4-0 Wellington Phoenix26/01/2010

LGold Coast United 1-0 Melbourne Victory29/01/2010

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 North Queensland Fury05/02/2010

LSydney FC 2-0 Melbourne Victory14/02/2010

Current form

Away

LPerth Glory 2-0 Sydney FC22/11/2009

VWellington Phoenix 0-1 Sydney FC12/12/2009

DMelbourne Victory 0-0 Sydney FC19/12/2009

DPerth Glory 0-0 Sydney FC10/01/2010

VNewcastle Jets 1-3 Sydney FC24/01/2010

LBrisbane Roar 1-0 Sydney FC30/01/2010

Overall

DPerth Glory 0-0 Sydney FC10/01/2010

LSydney FC 0-1 Gold Coast United17/01/2010

VNewcastle Jets 1-3 Sydney FC24/01/2010

LBrisbane Roar 1-0 Sydney FC30/01/2010

VSydney FC 3-2 Perth Glory07/02/2010

VSydney FC 2-0 Melbourne Victory14/02/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

800	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	727
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
14	Victories (Competition total)	15
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.74	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.3
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.92
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.85
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.92

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Carlos Hernandez	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	John Aloisi
Carlos Hernandez	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	John Aloisi
Kevin Muscat	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Steve Corica
Kevin Muscat	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Aloisi
Carlos Hernandez	6 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	John Aloisi

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

3 d

2 l

11 gf

9 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

3 d

2 l

7 gf

8 ga

Total

15 matches

5 v

6 d

4 l

18 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

2 v

3 d

2 l

8 gf

7 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

3 d

3 l

9 gf

11 ga

Total

15 matches

4 v

6 d

5 l

17 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 16, 2005
Home	5 - 0	October 16, 2005

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 09, 2009
Away	3 - 0	October 09, 2009

Latest head to head

February 14, 2010 - A-League 2009/2010

Sydney FC

2 - 0

Melbourne V.

December 19, 2009 - A-League 2009/2010

Melbourne V.

0 - 0

Sydney FC

October 09, 2009 - A-League 2009/2010

Melbourne V.

0 - 3

Sydney FC

December 27, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

3 - 2

Sydney FC

October 25, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

0 - 2

Sydney FC

Best historical scorers against Sydney FC

Archie Thompson	6 goals	2005 - 2008
Danny Allsopp	5 goals	2005 - 2008
Kevin Muscat	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Richard Kitzbichler	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Ney Fabiano	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Nick Ward	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Steve Corica	3 goals	2005 - 2008
Mark Bridge	3 goals	2008 - 2009
Alex Brosque	2 goals	2008 - 2009
John Aloisi	2 goals	2008 - 2010
Karol Kisel	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Shannon Cole	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sydney FC

Kevin Muscat	14 matches	2005 - 2009
Archie Thompson	12 matches	2005 - 2009
Danny Allsopp	12 matches	2005 - 2008
Rodrigo Vargas	11 matches	2006 - 2010
Carlos Hernandez	9 matches	2007 - 2010
Adrian Leijer	9 matches	2005 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

Steve Corica	15 matches	2005 - 2010
Clint Bolton	13 matches	2005 - 2010
Terry McFlynn	12 matches	2005 - 2010
Iain Fyfe	11 matches	2005 - 2008
Alex Brosque	9 matches	2006 - 2010
Ufuk Talay	9 matches	2005 - 2008