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Melbourne V. 1-0 Adelaide United - January 06, 2009 / A-League 2008/2009

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A-League 2008/2009 - Round 15

Olympic Park Stadium - Melbourne - Australia

January 06, 2009

27 196

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United

Nick Ward

58'

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36' - Substitution Kristian Sarkiesis substituted by Alemão

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58' - Goal Nick Ward58

64' - Substitution Cristianois substituted by Robert Younis

66' - Substitution Carlos Hernandezis substituted by Grant Brebner66

71' - Substitution Tom Pondeljakis substituted by Ney Fabiano71

76' - Substitution Cássiois substituted by Jason Spagnuolo

90' - Substitution Nick Wardis substituted by Jose Luis Lopez90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United

Melbourne V. Adelaide United

Team line-ups

Melbourne V.

Theoklitos

Michael Theoklitos

Australia

B.date11/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Vargas

Rodrigo Vargas

Australia

B.date20/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Muscat

Kevin Muscat

Australia

B.date07/08/1973

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Ryall

Sebastian Ryall

Australia

B.date18/07/1989

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Kemp

Matthew Kemp

Australia

B.date08/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Celeski

Billy Celeski

Australia

B.date14/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Pondeljak71

Tom Pondeljak

Australia

B.date08/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hernandez66

Carlos Hernandez

Costa Rica

B.date09/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ward5890

Nick Ward

Australia

B.date24/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Thompson

Archie Thompson

Australia

B.date23/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m74

positionStriker

Allsopp

Danny Allsopp

Australia

B.date10/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Theoklitos		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rodrigo Vargas		30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Muscat		35	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sebastian Ryall		19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Kemp		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Celeski		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Pondeljak	71	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Hernandez	66	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Ward	5890	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Archie Thompson		30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Allsopp		30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Adelaide United

Galekovic

Eugene Galekovic

Australia

B.date12/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ognenovski

Sasa Ognenovski

Australia

B.date03/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite

Australia

B.date24/10/1984

Age24 years

H1m97

positionCentral defender

Cássio76

Cássio

Australia

B.date08/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Jamieson

Scott Jamieson

Australia

B.date13/10/1988

Age20 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Mullen

Daniel Mullen

Australia

B.date26/10/1989

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Reid

Paul Reid

Australia

B.date06/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Barbiero

Fabian Barbiero

Australia

B.date02/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cristiano64

Cristiano

Brazil

B.date03/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Midfielder

Sarkies36

Kristian Sarkies

Australia

B.date25/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dodd

Travis Dodd

Australia

B.date06/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eugene Galekovic		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sasa Ognenovski		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Cornthwaite		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cássio	76	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Jamieson		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Mullen		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reid		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabian Barbiero		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cristiano	64	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kristian Sarkies	36	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Travis Dodd		29	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jose Luis Lopez	90	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Grant Brebner	66	31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ney Fabiano	71	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Alemão	35	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Spagnuolo	76	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Younis	64	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matthew Kemp

Michael Thwaite

OUT

Nick Ward

Evan Berger

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernie Merrick

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Merrick vs Adelaide United

7 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 2009

Merrick vs Vidmar

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 06, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Aurelio Vidmar

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Vidmar vs Melbourne V.

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 2009

Vidmar vs Merrick

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 2009

Referee

Matthew Breeze

10 victories	3 draws	6 losses	Melbourne V.19 matches	General total	Adelaide United19 matches	6 victories	1 draw	12 losses
6 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Melbourne V.7 matches	Season total	Adelaide United9 matches	3 victories	0 draw	6 losses
Latest figure on January 15, 2011					Latest figure on February 05, 2011

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Key figures

End of streak for Adelaide United after 3 matches without conceding any goal (since 18/12/2008). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 17/08/2008

End of streak for Adelaide United after 3 consecutive wins in A-League (since 05/12/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 13/11/2005-12/01/2006 (7 matches).

End of streak for Adelaide United after 5 consecutive matches without a loss in A-League (since 22/11/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 22/09/2007-28/10/2007 (6 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMelbourne Victory 0-2 Brisbane Roar28/09/2008

VMelbourne Victory 4-0 Perth Glory04/10/2008

LMelbourne Victory 0-2 Sydney FC25/10/2008

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Central Coast Mariners21/11/2008

VMelbourne Victory 3-2 Sydney FC27/12/2008

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Brisbane Roar02/01/2009

Overall

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Central Coast Mariners21/11/2008

LWellington Phoenix 2-1 Melbourne Victory28/11/2008

LPerth Glory 3-1 Melbourne Victory06/12/2008

LNewcastle Jets 4-2 Melbourne Victory19/12/2008

VMelbourne Victory 3-2 Sydney FC27/12/2008

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Brisbane Roar02/01/2009

Current form

Away

LBunyodkor Tashkent 1-0 Adelaide United22/10/2008

LGamba Osaka 3-0 Adelaide United05/11/2008

LCentral Coast Mariners 3-0 Adelaide United15/11/2008

DNewcastle Jets 1-1 Adelaide United30/11/2008

LAdelaide United 0-1 Gamba Osaka14/12/2008

VPerth Glory 0-1 Adelaide United26/12/2008

Overall

VAdelaide United 6-1 Wellington Phoenix05/12/2008

VAdelaide United 2-1 Waitakere United11/12/2008

LAdelaide United 0-1 Gamba Osaka14/12/2008

VAl Ahly SC 0-1 Adelaide United18/12/2008

VPerth Glory 0-1 Adelaide United26/12/2008

VAdelaide United 2-0 Sydney FC03/01/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Drawless streak	13	12
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	4	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

835	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	671
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
9	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.69
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.57
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

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

Bookings

22	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Danny Allsopp	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Travis Dodd
Danny Allsopp	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Travis Dodd
Kevin Muscat	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Travis Dodd
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Travis Dodd
Danny Allsopp	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Cássio

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

13 gf

5 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

10 ga

Total

14 matches

6 v

3 d

5 l

21 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

2 d

2 l

10 gf

8 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

13 ga

Total

14 matches

5 v

3 d

6 l

15 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 18, 2007
Home	6 - 0	February 18, 2007

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 12, 2007
Away	1 - 0	October 15, 2006

Latest head to head

October 31, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Adelaide United

2 - 3

Melbourne V.

September 12, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

1 - 0

Adelaide United logo Adelaide United

December 08, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Melbourne V.

2 - 2

Adelaide United logo Adelaide United

October 12, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Adelaide United

4 - 1

Melbourne V.

September 07, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Adelaide United

1 - 1

Melbourne V.

Best historical scorers against Adelaide United

Kevin Muscat	6 goals	2006 - 2008
Archie Thompson	6 goals	2007 - 2007
Danny Allsopp	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Claudinho	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Kristian Sarkies	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Rodrigo Vargas	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Travis Dodd	6 goals	2006 - 2008
Paul Agostino	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Lucas Pantelis	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Cássio	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Fernando	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Carl Veart	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Adelaide United

Michael Theoklitos	13 matches	2005 - 2008
Archie Thompson	12 matches	2005 - 2008
Kevin Muscat	12 matches	2005 - 2008
Danny Allsopp	12 matches	2005 - 2008
Rodrigo Vargas	11 matches	2006 - 2008
Grant Brebner	10 matches	2006 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

Travis Dodd	14 matches	2005 - 2008
Angelo Costanzo	13 matches	2005 - 2008
Richie Alagich	11 matches	2005 - 2007
Michael Valkanis	10 matches	2005 - 2007
Carl Veart	9 matches	2005 - 2007
Ross Aloisi	9 matches	2005 - 2007