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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 28 (setup 4, season 9)
Melbourne Victory
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Ben FOSTER1Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Serge AURIER627Victor MOSES
Leighton BAINES37MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Jack CORK4NGolo KANTÉ
Niklas STARK5Yohan BENALOUANE
Fabian SCHÄR66Nemanja MATIC
Charles Mariano ARÁNGUIZ Sandoval77Juan Guillermo CUADRADO Bello
Adam LALLANA87Eden HAZARD
Ciro IMMOBILE797Radamel FALCAO García Zárate
Andreas SAMARIS107Francesc FABREGAS Soler
Robbie KRUSE117Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Manager
Ivica OLIC12WILLIAN Borges da Silva
John RUDDY13Asmir BEGOVIC
Ali ADNAN Kadhim14Davide ZAPPACOSTA
Juan Ignacio Gomez Taleb, JUANITO15Cristian Marian MANEA
Joost BROERSE16Dominic SOLANKE

Melbourne Victory 2 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,942, Stadium: AAMI Park, Referee: Pasquale RODOMONTI 8)
45+2 Lallana, 47 ImmobileScorers53 Morata
Substitutions
Sendings off
19 Aurier, 80 StarkBookings
2Corners3
6Fouls6
2Offsides0
4Shots on9
4Shots off9
8Total shots18
2Shots saved8
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Leighton BAINES
1The motionless Melbourne Victory 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from AURIER fell just over.
5A tame shot from HAZARD trickled agonisingly wide.
11HAZARD shot wide.
19A clumsy tackle on MOSES by AURIER results in a booking.
21HAZARD's shot was well saved by the Melbourne Victory 'keeper.
22CORK knocked the ball to LALLANA who headed it wide.
28A lovely pass from ARÁNGUIZ, was knocked goalbound by IMMOBILE only for the Chelsea 'keeper to palm clear.
29A cross from KANTÉ left HAZARD in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
35FALCAO headed inches wide.
38A free-kick from HAZARD floated over.
43A thirty yard drive from HAZARD caused the Melbourne Victory 'keeper no problem.
44BAINES placed a right foot shot wide from long range.
45A delightful save prevented FABREGAS from scoring a lovely goal.
45+2GOAL!! A deep cross by SCHÄR was met by LALLANA who galloped in to score. (1-0 Melbourne Victory)
 
46FALCAO clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
47GOAL!! A Melbourne Victory counter-attack allowed ARÁNGUIZ to setup IMMOBILE with a simple goal. (2-0 Melbourne Victory)
53GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was cleverly blasted into the top corner by MORATA. (2-1 Melbourne Victory)
58A fine ball from MATIC on the right fell to HAZARD who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
62A delightful strike from HAZARD was dealt with by a useful stop from FOSTER.
77IMMOBILE was put clear by STARK and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot inches over.
80STARK receives a yellow card for a high foul.
85A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming FOSTER.