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Melbourne V. 2-1 Western Utd - February 20, 2024 / Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

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Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024 - Round 12

AAMI Park - Melbourne - Australia

February 20, 2024 - 09:00

5 442

Melbourne V.

2 - 1

Western Utd

Assist by Daniel Arzani (header) Damien Da Silva

90+5'

Assist by Daniel Arzani (right foot) Damien Da Silva

90+8'

60'

Daniel Penha (left foot) Assist by Michael Ruhs

logo Melbourne Victory MV

13' - Yellow card Nishan Velupillay13

17' - Yellow card Michael Ruhs

21' - Yellow card Tomoki Imai

logo Melbourne Victory MV

46' - Substitution Nishan Velupillayis substituted by Daniel Arzani46

56' - Substitution Stefan Nigrois substituted by Connor Chapman photo Jordi Valadon

56' - Substitution Fabian Mongeis substituted by Jordi Valadon56

60' - Goal Daniel Penha

64' - Substitution Jake Brimmeris substituted by Zinédine Machach64

64' - Substitution Daniel Penhais substituted by Matthew Grimaldi

69' - Substitution Steven Lusticais substituted by Rhys Bozinovski

77' - Substitution Ben Folamiis substituted by Christopher Ikonomidis77

85' - Substitution Noah Boticis substituted by Nikita Rukavytsya photo James York

85' - Substitution Michael Ruhsis substituted by James York

95' - Goal Damien Da Silva95

98' - Goal Damien Da Silva photo Bruno Fornaroli

98' - Yellow card Bruno Fornaroli98

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne V.

2 - 1

Western Utd

Melbourne V. Western Utd

Team line-ups

Melbourne V.

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Fornaroli98

Bruno Fornaroli

Australia

B.date07/09/1987

Age36 years

H1m75

positionStriker

11Folami77

Ben Folami

Australia

B.date08/06/1999

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

22Brimmer64

Jake Brimmer

Australia

B.date03/04/1998

Age25 years

H1m69

positionMidfield

17Velupillay4613

Nishan Velupillay

Australia

B.date07/05/2001

Age22 years

H1m81

positionForward

18Monge56

Fabian Monge

Australia

B.date12/07/2001

Age22 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

25Teague

Ryan Teague

Australia

B.date24/01/2002

Age22 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Geria

Jason Geria

Australia

B.date10/05/1993

Age30 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

5Da Silva9598

Damien Da Silva

France

B.date17/05/1988

Age35 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

21Miranda

Roderick Miranda

Portugal

B.date30/03/1991

Age32 years

H1m94

positionLeft central defender

16Nigro56

Stefan Nigro

Australia

B.date10/08/1996

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

20Izzo

Paul Izzo

Australia

B.date06/01/1995

Age29 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Paul Izzo		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Roderick Miranda		32	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Damien Da Silva	9598	35	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jason Geria		30	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Ryan Teague		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jake Brimmer	64	25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Stefan Nigro	56	27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Fabian Monge	56	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ben Folami	77	24	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Nishan Velupillay	4613	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Bruno Fornaroli	98	36	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Western Utd

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ruhs8517

Michael Ruhs

Australia

B.date27/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

38Botic85

Noah Botic

Australia

B.date11/01/2002

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

8Wales

Lachlan Wales

Australia

B.date19/10/1997

Age26 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

32Thurgate

Angus Thurgate

Australia

B.date08/02/2000

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

10Lustica69

Steven Lustica

Australia

B.date12/04/1991

Age32 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

11Penha6064

Daniel Penha

Brazil

B.date17/10/1998

Age25 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

43Kaddour

Khoder Kaddour

Australia

B.date06/09/2003

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

6Imai21

Tomoki Imai

Japan

B.date29/11/1990

Age33 years

H1m78

positionDefender

22Vidmar

Kane Vidmar

Australia

B.date04/06/2004

Age19 years

H1m85

positionDefender

29Shamoon

Charbel Shamoon

Australia

B.date10/02/2004

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Heward-Belle

Tom Heward-Belle

Australia

B.date11/03/1997

Age26 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tom Heward-Belle		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tomoki Imai	21	33	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Kane Vidmar		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	D	Khoder Kaddour		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Charbel Shamoon		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Steven Lustica	69	32	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Lachlan Wales		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Angus Thurgate		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Daniel Penha	6064	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	F	Noah Botic	85	22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Michael Ruhs	8517	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Christian Siciliano		20
14	D	Connor Chapman	56	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Zinédine Machach	64	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Christopher Ikonomidis	77	28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Jordi Valadon	56	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Daniel Arzani	46	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Kasey Bos		19

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Matthew Sutton		23
36	D	Zach Lisolajski		18
42	M	Rhys Bozinovski	69	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	James York	85	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Matthew Grimaldi	64	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Nikita Rukavytsya	85	36	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Luke Vickery		18

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stefan Nigro

Connor Chapman

OUT

Jake Brimmer

Zinédine Machach

OUT

Bruno Fornaroli

Eli Adams

OUT

Ben Folami

Daniel Arzani

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Khoder Kaddour

Joshua Risdon

OUT

Steven Lustica

Sebastian Pasquali

OUT

Kane Vidmar

James Donachie

OUT

Michael Ruhs

Matthew Grimaldi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Popovic

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Popovic vs Western Utd

4 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2024

Popovic vs Aloisi

12 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

John Aloisi

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Aloisi vs Melbourne V.

9 victories

5 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2024

Aloisi vs Popovic

7 victories

5 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2024

Referee

Jonathon Barreiro

6 victories	3 draws	1 loss	Melbourne V.10 matches	General total	Western Utd17 matches	9 victories	3 draws	5 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Melbourne V.3 matches	Season total	Western Utd5 matches	0 victory	1 draw	4 losses
Latest figure on February 20, 2024					Latest figure on April 13, 2024

4th official

Adam Bavcar

1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Melbourne V.3 matches	General total	Western Utd10 matches	2 victories	2 draws	6 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Melbourne V.3 matches	Season total	Western Utd8 matches	1 victory	2 draws	5 losses
Latest figure on March 14, 2024					Latest figure on April 28, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Damien Da Silva scores at least 2 goals during the same game in A-League

End of streak for Melbourne V. after 3 consecutive losses vs Western Utd (since 21/05/2022). It's a record streak. The first of history

Melbourne V. keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Western Utd running (since 17/05/2022). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/12/2021 (4 matches)

Read the next 19 key stats

General ranking

1	Wellington Phoenix	36 pts	18 rd
2	Central Coast Mariners	31 pts	18 rd
3	Melbourne Victory	31 pts	18 rd
4	Macarthur FC	28 pts	18 rd
5	Sydney FC	26 pts	17 rd

General ranking

8	Brisbane Roar	21 pts	18 rd
9	Adelaide United	19 pts	17 rd
10	Perth Glory	19 pts	17 rd
11	Newcastle Jets	18 pts	18 rd
12	Western United Melbourne	11 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Adelaide United04/11/2023

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Wellington Phoenix10/11/2023

VMelbourne Victory 3-0 Sydney FC16/12/2023

VMelbourne Victory 2-0 Adelaide United30/12/2023

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Sydney FC26/01/2024

LMelbourne Victory 0-1 Macarthur FC10/02/2024

Overall

DCentral Coast Mariners 1-1 Melbourne Victory13/01/2024

DWellington Phoenix 1-1 Melbourne Victory19/01/2024

DMelbourne Victory 1-1 Sydney FC26/01/2024

DNewcastle Jets 1-1 Melbourne Victory03/02/2024

LMelbourne Victory 0-1 Macarthur FC10/02/2024

DMelbourne City 0-0 Melbourne Victory17/02/2024

Current form

Away

LMacarthur FC 1-0 Western United Melbourne04/11/2023

LCentral Coast Mariners 4-0 Western United Melbourne08/12/2023

LSydney FC 4-2 Western United Melbourne23/12/2023

LNewcastle Jets 2-0 Western United Melbourne30/12/2023

DMacarthur FC 3-3 Western United Melbourne12/01/2024

LWellington Phoenix 2-0 Western United Melbourne10/02/2024

Overall

LWestern United Melbourne 1-2 Melbourne City07/01/2024

DMacarthur FC 3-3 Western United Melbourne12/01/2024

LWestern United Melbourne 0-1 Western Sydney27/01/2024

DWestern United Melbourne 2-2 Sydney FC03/02/2024

LWellington Phoenix 2-0 Western United Melbourne10/02/2024

VWestern United Melbourne 2-0 Newcastle Jets16/02/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	1	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	9	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	12
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	12
857	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1099
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	16
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
10	Draws (Competition total)	2
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.65	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.06
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.75

Betting aid

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

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Bruno Fornaroli	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Daniel Penha
Bruno Fornaroli	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Daniel Penha
Bruno Fornaroli	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Daniel Penha
Bruno Fornaroli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Noah Botic
Zinédine Machach	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Lachlan Wales
Adama Traoré	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Joshua Risdon
Bruno Fornaroli	13 goals, 1 assist during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Noah Botic

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

1 v

1 d

5 l

12 gf

17 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

5 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

14 matches

4 v

2 d

8 l

22 gf

24 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

5 gf

9 ga

Away

7 matches

5 v

1 d

1 l

17 gf

12 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

14 matches

8 v

2 d

4 l

24 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 28, 2021
Home	3 - 1	December 26, 2021

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	May 21, 2022
Away	4 - 1	May 21, 2022

Latest head to head

March 13, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Melbourne V.

1 - 2

Western Utd

December 26, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Western Utd

1 - 0

Melbourne V.

August 03, 2022 - Australia Cup 2022

Western Utd

2 - 1

Melbourne V.

May 21, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League Men 2021/2022

Melbourne V.

1 - 4

Western Utd

May 17, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League Men 2021/2022

Western Utd

0 - 1

Melbourne V.

Best historical scorers against Western Utd

Jake Brimmer	4 goals	2021 - 2022
Jacob Butterfield	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Rudy Gestede	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Elvis Kamsoba	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Andrew Nabbout	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Bruno Fornaroli	1 goal	2023 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Aleksandar Prijovic	4 goals	2021 - 2023
Besart Berisha	4 goals	2019 - 2021
Lachlan Wales	2 goals	2022 - 2022
Víctor Sánchez	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Alessandro Diamanti	2 goals	2019 - 2021
Nikolai Topor-Stanley	1 goal	2022 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Western Utd

Leigh Broxham	11 matches	2019 - 2022
Jake Brimmer	10 matches	2021 - 2022
Nishan Velupillay	9 matches	2021 - 2023
Ben Folami	9 matches	2021 - 2023
Christopher Ikonomidis	8 matches	2021 - 2023
Rai	8 matches	2021 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

Connor Pain	14 matches	2019 - 2023
Tomoki Imai	12 matches	2020 - 2023
Dylan Pierias	12 matches	2019 - 2023
Lachlan Wales	11 matches	2021 - 2023
Joshua Risdon	11 matches	2019 - 2023
Steven Lustica	10 matches	2020 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Besart Berisha

137 matches

50 matches

2014 - 2021

James Troisi

126 matches

18 matches

2013 - 2023

James Donachie

91 matches

5 matches

2016 - 2024

Connor Pain

67 matches

108 matches

2013 - 2023

Connor Chapman

28 matches

8 matches

2019 - 2024

Christian Theoharous

25 matches

5 matches

2017 - 2022

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Connor Pain

67 matches

108 matches

2013 - 2023

Besart Berisha

137 matches

50 matches

2014 - 2021

Sebastian Pasquali

4 matches

35 matches

2016 - 2024

Brendan Hamill

22 matches

20 matches

2019 - 2022

James Troisi

126 matches

18 matches

2013 - 2023

Connor Chapman

28 matches

8 matches

2019 - 2024

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 08, 2024

09:45

Adelaide United

1 1

Macarthur FC

Video availableLine-ups available

January 23, 2024

09:00

Newcastle Jets

3 1

Brisbane Roar

Video availableLine-ups available

February 07, 2024

4:00

Wellington

0 0

CC Mariners

Video availableLine-ups available

March 12, 2024

09:00

Melbourne City

7 0

Western Sydney

Video availableLine-ups available

April 03, 2024

12:45

Perth Glory

1 1

Sydney FC

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Wellington Phoenix	36	18	10	6	2	30	19	+11
2	Central Coast Mariners	31	18	9	4	5	33	22	+11
3	Melbourne Victory	31	18	7	10	1	30	19	+11
4	Macarthur FC	28	18	7	7	4	33	31	+2
5	Sydney FC	26	17	8	2	7	32	29	+3
6	Western Sydney	25	17	7	4	6	28	22	+6
7	Melbourne City	22	17	6	4	7	28	30	-2
8	Brisbane Roar	21	18	6	3	9	30	40	-10
9	Adelaide United	19	17	5	4	8	31	33	-2
10	Perth Glory	19	17	5	4	8	35	38	-3
11	Newcastle Jets	18	18	4	6	8	28	36	-8
12	Western United Melbourne	11	17	3	2	12	16	35	-19

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Melbourne V. 2-1 Western Utd - February 20, 2024 / Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/2024

Melbourne V.

2 - 1

Western Utd

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Popovic vs Western Utd

Popovic vs Aloisi

Manager

Aloisi vs Melbourne V.

Aloisi vs Popovic

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Western Utd

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Players with most games played vs Western Utd

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking