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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 22 (setup 4, season 9)
Melbourne Victory
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Ben FOSTER61David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Serge AURIER28Andreas CHRISTENSEN
Leighton BAINES37FERNANDO NAVARRO Corbacho
Jack CORK4David Jiménez SILVA
Niklas STARK657Laurent KOSCIELNY
Emiliano MORETTI66Víctor RUÍZ Torre
Charles Mariano ARÁNGUIZ Sandoval87Sami KHEDIRA
Frank ACHEAMPONG8PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Ciro IMMOBILE97Robert LEWANDOWSKI
Andreas SAMARIS7107RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Robbie KRUSE6116Sergio Leonel AGÜERO
Manager
Ivica OLIC12DIEGO da Silva COSTA
John RUDDY13Francisco Casilla Cortés, KIKO CASILLA
Juan Ignacio Gomez Taleb, JUANITO14Franck RIBÉRY
Luke WILKSHIRE15Wifred NDIDI
Ali ADNAN Kadhim167Héctor Alfredo MORENO Herrera

Melbourne Victory 2 Espanyol 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 29,124, Stadium: AAMI Park, Referee: Marcello CARDONA 6½)
23 Immobile, 28 SamarisScorers21p Lewandowski, 82 Christensen
Substitutions52 Raúl García <=> Moreno
Sendings off
7 CorkBookings77 Agüero
3Corners6
12Fouls14
3Offsides3
5Shots on6
4Shots off8
9Total shots14
3Shots saved3
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Andreas CHRISTENSEN
3The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from PEDRO.
7A high challenge on LEWANDOWSKI by CORK results in a booking.
10A free-kick from AGÜERO raced just beyond the far post.
11The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ARÁNGUIZ fell just wide.
19A poor strike from CORK rolled agonisingly wide.
21GOAL!! LEWANDOWSKI stabbed a penalty beyond FOSTER after AURIER had handled just inside the area.
23GOAL!! A nice run by SAMARIS on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which IMMOBILE touched in from inside the penalty box. (1-1)
26A accurate pass was collected by RUÍZ and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
28GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by CHRISTENSEN was lashed home by SAMARIS. (2-1 Melbourne Victory)
31The Melbourne Victory 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from LEWANDOWSKI.
31RAÚL GARCÍA rushed through the Melbourne Victory defence but shot straight at the Melbourne Victory 'keeper.
42SAMARIS nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
44A cross from KHEDIRA left RAÚL GARCÍA in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
 
49A left foot shot from ACHEAMPONG was pushed over by DE GEA.
52KHEDIRA played the ball to AGÜERO who headed it over the bar.
57A shot from IMMOBILE held no problem for DE GEA.
59STARK beat four Espanyol players and thundered an effort over the bar.
63PEDRO scuffed an easy chance.
66A header by MORENO at the far post was easily collected by the Melbourne Victory 'keeper.
67LEWANDOWSKI made space on the right and touched the ball to KHEDIRA who clipped the ball over.
68A good ball from PEDRO on the right found KOSCIELNY who mishit his effort wide.
72A neatly crafted pass from KRUSE, was fired goalbound by ACHEAMPONG only for the Espanyol 'keeper to claw away.
77The referee books AGÜERO for a clumsy tackle.
82GOAL!! A quick-witted CHRISTENSEN pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-2)
89IMMOBILE flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.