Victory deny Glory chance to increase A-League lead
The A-League premiership race is still on with Melbourne Victory scoring a goal in each half to beat league leaders Perth Glory 2-0 at HBF Park.



| No. | Name | |
|---|---|---|
|
33
Liam Reddy
Saves
3
|
||
|
6
Dino Djulbic
Goals
0
81'
11
Brendon Santalab
Goals
0
|
||
|
4
Shane Lowry
Goals
0
|
||
|
23
Scott Neville
Goals
0
|
||
|
88
Neil Kilkenny
Goals
0
|
||
|
27
Juande
Goals
0
72'
20
Jake Brimmer
Goals
0
|
||
|
17
Diego Castro
24'
Goals
0
|
||
|
3
Jason Davidson
Goals
0
|
||
|
5
Ivan Franjic
Goals
0
60'
9
Andy Keogh
Goals
0
|
||
|
19
Christopher Ikonomidis
Goals
0
|
||
|
7
Joel Chianese
Goals
0
|
||
| Substitutes | ||
|
1
Tando Velaphi
Saves
0
|
||
|
16
Tomislav Mrcela
Goals
0
|
||

| No. | Name | |
|---|---|---|
|
20
Lawrence Thomas
Saves
6
|
||
|
5
Georg Niedermeier
Goals
0
88'
14
Thomas Deng
Goals
0
|
||
|
17
James Donachie
Goals
0
|
||
|
21
Carl Valeri
63'
Goals
0
|
||
|
6
Leigh Broxham
Goals
0
|
||
|
2
Storm Roux
Goals
0
|
||
|
10
James Troisi
Goals
0
|
||
|
8
Terry Antonis
45'+3'
Goals
0
76'
3
Corey Brown
Goals
0
|
||
|
4
Keisuke Honda
67'
Goals
1
|
||
|
11
Ola Toivonen
25' 29'
Goals
1
|
||
|
9
Kosta Barbarouses
Goals
0
86'
24
Elvis Kamsoba
Goals
0
|
||
| Substitutes | ||
|
1
Matt Acton
Saves
0
|
||
|
16
Josh Hope
Goals
0
|
||
| 90'+8' | Match ends, Perth Glory 0, Melbourne Victory 2. | |
| 90'+8' | Second Half ends, Perth Glory 0, Melbourne Victory 2. | |
| 90'+7' | Attempt saved. Neil Kilkenny (Perth Glory) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Chris Ikonomidis. |


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|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 16 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 3 | Saves | 6 |
| POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth Glory | 23 | +25 | 51 |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 23 | +14 | 45 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | +18 | 44 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix FC | 23 | +10 | 37 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 6 | Melbourne City FC | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | -24 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | -32 | 10 |
Newcastle Jets coach Ernie Merrick has given up hope of making the A-League finals.
The New Zealand international broke two toes on his right foot during the Phoenix's 4-1 win over Newcastle on Saturday.
Sydney FC defender Alex Wilkinson admits Melbourne Victory did his team a big favour but he's well aware they could snatch it away again this week.
Graham Arnold used to argue that the A-League was not a development league. Now, the Olyroos boss is concerned with Australia's shallow talent pool.
Adelaide United kept their finals hopes on track with a hard fought 1-0 win over Central Coast.
A fine strike from Isaias ended Adelaide's goal and win drought, with United grinding out a 1-0 win over Central Coast in Gosford.
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