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Melbourne V. 3-2 Sydney FC - December 27, 2008 / A-League 2008/2009
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This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Melbourne V. 3-2 Sydney FC - December 27, 2008 / A-League 2008/2009

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

logo Melbourne Victory MV

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1photo Shannon Cole 1' - Goal Shannon Cole
4photo Brendan Gan 4' - Goal Brendan Gan
photo Archie Thompson 14' - Goal Archie Thompson14
HT

logo Melbourne Victory MV

photo Matthew Kempphoto Michael Thwaite 63' - Substitution Michael Thwaiteis substituted by Matthew Kempphoto  Ney Fabianophoto Billy Celeski 63' - Substitution Billy Celeskiis substituted by Ney Fabiano63
photo Nick Wardphoto Evan Berger 70' - Substitution Evan Bergeris substituted by Nick Ward70
photo Nick Ward 71' - Goal Nick Ward71
71photo John Aloisiphoto Steve Corica 71' - Substitution Steve Coricais substituted by John Aloisi
photo  Ney Fabiano 79' - Goal Ney Fabiano79
87photo Bobby Pettaphoto Matthew Jurman 87' - Substitution Matthew Jurmanis substituted by Bobby Petta
FT

logo Sydney FC SFC

logo Sydney FC SFC

Team line-ups

Melbourne V.

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
logo Melbourne Victory
Theoklitos
photo Michael Theoklitos
Michael Theoklitos
Australia
B.date11/02/1981
Age27 years
H1m86  
positionGoalkeeper
Thwaite63
photo Michael Thwaite
Michael Thwaite
Australia
B.date02/05/1983
Age25 years
H1m90  
positionRight central defender
Muscat
photo Kevin Muscat
Kevin Muscat
Australia
B.date07/08/1973
Age35 years
H1m80  
positionCentral defender
Ryall
photo Sebastian Ryall
Sebastian Ryall
Australia
B.date18/07/1989
Age19 years
H1m80  
positionCentral defender
Vargas
photo Rodrigo Vargas
Rodrigo Vargas
Australia
B.date20/10/1978
Age30 years
H1m81  
positionCentral defender
Celeski63
photo Billy Celeski
Billy Celeski
Australia
B.date14/07/1985
Age23 years
H1m76  
positionCentre Midfield
Berger70
photo Evan Berger
Evan Berger
Australia
B.date16/08/1987
Age21 years
H1m69  
positionLeft Midfielder
Pondeljak
photo Tom Pondeljak
Tom Pondeljak
Australia
B.date08/01/1976
Age32 years
H1m77  
positionRight Offensive Midfielder
Hernandez
photo Carlos Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez
Costa Rica
B.date09/04/1982
Age26 years
H1m70  
positionOffensive Midfielder
Thompson14
photo Archie Thompson
Archie Thompson
Australia
B.date23/10/1978
Age30 years
H1m74  
positionStriker
Allsopp
photo Danny Allsopp
Danny Allsopp
Australia
B.date10/08/1978
Age30 years
H1m90  
positionStriker

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Michael Theoklitos 27 68 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Michael Thwaite 63 25 14 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Kevin Muscat 35 76 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Sebastian Ryall 19 22 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Rodrigo Vargas 30 65 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Billy Celeski 63 23 22 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Evan Berger 70 21 19 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Tom Pondeljak 32 17 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Carlos Hernandez 26 35 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Archie Thompson 14 30 71 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Danny Allsopp 30 83 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

45

Sydney FC

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
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Necevski
photo Ivan Necevski
Ivan Necevski
Australia
B.date25/02/1980
Age28 years
H1m90  
positionGoalkeeper
Jurman87
photo Matthew Jurman
Matthew Jurman
Australia
B.date08/12/1989
Age19 years
H1m92  
positionLeft central defender
Fyfe
photo Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe
Australia
B.date03/04/1982
Age26 years
H1m89  
positionCentral defender
Busch
photo Beau Busch
Beau Busch
Australia
B.date16/03/1984
Age24 years
H1m80  
positionRight central defender
Middleby
photo Robbie Middleby
Robbie Middleby
Australia
B.date09/08/1975
Age33 years
H1m73  
positionRight full-back
Cole1
photo Shannon Cole
Shannon Cole
Australia
B.date04/08/1984
Age24 years
H1m76  
positionRight full-back
Brosque
photo Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque
Australia
B.date12/10/1983
Age25 years
H1m83  
positionLeft Midfielder
Gan4
photo Brendan Gan
Brendan Gan
Malaysia
B.date03/06/1988
Age20 years
H1m78  
positionRight Midfielder
Musialik
photo Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik
Australia
B.date29/03/1985
Age23 years
H1m75  
positionCentre Midfield
Corica71
photo Steve Corica
Steve Corica
Australia
B.date24/03/1973
Age35 years
H1m74  
positionOffensive Midfielder
Bridge
photo Mark Bridge
Mark Bridge
Australia
B.date07/11/1985
Age23 years
H1m80  
positionStriker

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Ivan Necevski 28 8 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Matthew Jurman 87 19 5 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Iain Fyfe 26 97 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Beau Busch 24 9 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Robbie Middleby 33 73 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Shannon Cole 1 24 17 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Alex Brosque 25 62 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Brendan Gan 4 20 5 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Stuart Musialik 23 15 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Steve Corica 71 35 90 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Mark Bridge 23 17 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

36

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
D
Matthew Kemp 63 28 42 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Nick Ward 7170 23 21 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Ney Fabiano 7963 29 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
M
Bobby Petta 87 34 9 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
John Aloisi 71 32 15 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tom Pondeljak

IN

change player

Nick Ward

OUT

Sebastian Ryall

IN

change player

Jose Luis Lopez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Bridge

IN

change player

John Aloisi

OUT

Ivan Necevski

IN

change player

Clint Bolton

OUT

Matthew Jurman

IN

change player

Anthony Golec

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Merrick vs Sydney FC

5 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 2008

Merrick vs Kosmina

6 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

John Kosmina

52

40

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Kosmina vs Melbourne V.

5 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 2008

Kosmina vs Merrick

5 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 2008

Referee

Matthew Breeze

10 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Melbourne V.19 matchesGeneral total Sydney FC20 matches

9 victories

7 draws

4 losses

6 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Melbourne V.7 matchesSeason total Sydney FC3 matches

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 15, 2011Latest figure on January 15, 2011

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Key figures

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Sydney FC keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in A-League running (since 22/11/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/12/2007 (3 matches)

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Archie Thompson scored 6 goals vs Sydney FC in A-League

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Archie Thompson scored 6 goals vs Sydney FC in his professional career

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMelbourne Victory 5-0 Newcastle Jets29/08/2008

VMelbourne Victory 1-0 Adelaide United12/09/2008

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

Overall

VAdelaide United 2-3 Melbourne Victory31/10/2008

VBrisbane Roar 0-1 Melbourne Victory08/11/2008

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

Current form

Away

LWellington Phoenix 2-1 Sydney FC28/09/2008

LPerth Glory 2-1 Sydney FC19/10/2008

VMelbourne Victory 0-2 Sydney FC25/10/2008

LAdelaide United 2-0 Sydney FC22/11/2008

VNewcastle Jets 1-2 Sydney FC07/12/2008

LCentral Coast Mariners 2-1 Sydney FC13/12/2008

Overall

LSydney FC 1-2 Wellington Phoenix07/11/2008

LAdelaide United 2-0 Sydney FC22/11/2008

DSydney FC 1-1 Brisbane Roar28/11/2008

VNewcastle Jets 1-2 Sydney FC07/12/2008

LCentral Coast Mariners 2-1 Sydney FC13/12/2008

LSydney FC 1-4 Perth Glory21/12/2008

Running streaks

Home Total
Winning streak 1 0
Loosing streak 0 3
Unbeaten streak 1 0
Winless streak 0 3
Drawless streak 11 10
Scoring streak 1 6
Conceding streak 2 4

Running streaks

Away Total
Loosing streak 1 2
Winless streak 1 2
Drawless streak 6 3
Scoring streak 2 4
Conceding streak 3 7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

945

FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)

1065

2

FBDB index ranking (National)

7

Results

15

Number of games (Competition total)

16

6

Number of games (Home / Away)

8

7

Victories (Competition total)

5

4

Victories (Home / Away)

3

2

Draws (Competition total)

5

0

Draws (Home / Away)

1

6

Losses (Competition total)

6

2

Losses (Home / Away)

4

Goals

26

Goals scored (Competition total)

25

12

Goals scored (Home / Away)

10

21

Goals conceded (Competition total)

24

5

Goals conceded (Home / Away)

11

1.73

Goals scored per match average (Competition total)

1.56

2

Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)

1.25

1.4

Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)

1.5

0.83

Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)

1.38

Betting aid

9

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)

10

3

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)

5

5

Clean sheets (Competition total)

4

3

Clean sheets (Home / Away)

2

4

Matches without scoring (Competition total)

3

2

Matches without scoring (Home / Away)

2

7

The 2 teams score (Competition total)

11

1

The 2 teams score (Home / Away)

5

0-2
(2 times)

Most frequent score (Home / Away)

1-2
(3 times)

Bookings

19

Yellow cards (Competition total)

23

5

Yellow cards (Home / Away)

18

4

Red cards (Competition total)

4

2

Red cards (Home / Away)

4

Key players

photo Danny AllsoppDanny Allsopp8 goalsTeam's best scorer (Competition total)4 goalsSteve Coricaphoto Steve Corica
photo Danny AllsoppDanny Allsopp4 goalsTeam's best scorer (Home / Away)2 goalsJohn Aloisiphoto John Aloisi
photo Kevin MuscatKevin Muscat3 penaltiesTeam's penalty best scorer (Competition total)1 penaltyJohn Aloisiphoto John Aloisi
-Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)1 penaltyJohn Aloisiphoto John Aloisi
photo Danny AllsoppDanny Allsopp2 goals during the last 3 matchesThe fittest player1 goal during the last matchStuart Musialikphoto Stuart Musialik

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches
2 v
2 d
1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches
2 v
3 d
1 l

7 gf

6 ga

Total

11 matches
4 v
5 d
2 l

15 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches
1 v
3 d
2 l

6 gf

7 ga

Away

5 matches
1 v
2 d
2 l

4 gf

8 ga

Total

11 matches
2 v
5 d
4 l

10 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall
2 - 0
October 25, 2008
Away
2 - 0
October 25, 2008

Latest head to head

October 25, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

August 16, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

January 20, 2008 - A-League 2007/2008

November 10, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

October 06, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Best historical scorers against Sydney FC

photo Danny Allsopp Danny Allsopp 5 goals 2005 - 2008
photo Archie Thompson Archie Thompson 5 goals 2005 - 2006
photo Kevin Muscat Kevin Muscat 3 goals 2005 - 2006
photo Richard Kitzbichler Richard Kitzbichler 1 goal 2005 - 2005
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.

photo Steve Corica Steve Corica 3 goals 2005 - 2008
photo Alex Brosque Alex Brosque 1 goal 2008 - 2008
photo John Aloisi John Aloisi 1 goal 2008 - 2008
photo Iain Fyfe Iain Fyfe 1 goal 2006 - 2006
photo Dwight Yorke Dwight Yorke 1 goal 2005 - 2005
photo David Carney David Carney 1 goal 2005 - 2005
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

photo Kevin Muscat Kevin Muscat 11 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Danny Allsopp Danny Allsopp 11 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Archie Thompson Archie Thompson 9 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Michael Theoklitos Michael Theoklitos 8 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Steve Pantelidis Steve Pantelidis 7 matches 2005 - 2007
photo Rodrigo Vargas Rodrigo Vargas 7 matches 2006 - 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 Melbourne V.

photo Steve Corica Steve Corica 11 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Clint Bolton Clint Bolton 10 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Iain Fyfe Iain Fyfe 10 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Terry McFlynn Terry McFlynn 9 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Ufuk Talay Ufuk Talay 9 matches 2005 - 2008
photo Mark Milligan Mark Milligan 7 matches 2005 - 2008
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2008

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December 28, 2008

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