Melbourne Victory
1 Michael Theoklitos (gk)
2 Kevin Muscat (c)
7 Matthew Kemp
8 Grant Brebner
9 Daniel Allsopp
10 Archie Thompson
10 Adrian Caceres
12 Rodrigo Vargas
16 Carlos Hernandez
18 Leigh Broxham
25 Daniel Piorkowski
Substitutes:
6 Steve Pantelidis
15 Leandro Love
21 Sebastian Ryall
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Venue:
Telstra Dome
2nd Half 94:00 - The ref has blown the whistle to end the game, with neither team able to break the deadlock
2nd Half 92:00 - Vidmar pulls Thompson off the ball, and the ref has had enough, red card!!!
2nd Half 90:00 - We have 3 minutes of extra time left in this enthralling encounter
2nd Half 89:15 - Gumprecht with a foul is also given a yellow card for his troubles
2nd Half 88:45 - Kwasnik is summoned to the bench as Clark is the man to replace him
2nd Half 87:30 - Muscat crosses to Love, as he shoots, but can't get past Vukovic
2nd Half 86:00 - The corner kick is saved by Vukovic as the Mariners clear and mount an attacking move
2nd Half 85:00 - Another corner to the Victory as the Kemp kick comes off Osman, corner!
2nd Half 83:00 - The Mariners defence have been really good tonight, have been clearing well
2nd Half 81:00 - A corner to the Victory, the kick comes in from Kemp, but the Mariners defence clear it once more
2nd Half 79:30 - The Victory have had their opportunities tonight, but their shots on goal have been below par
2nd Half 78:00 - It has now been the Mariners, getting on top of the Victory in the last few mins
2nd Half 76:15 - Pondeljak with the shot at goal, but Theoklitos rises to the challenge and saves the day
2nd Half 74:00 - The Victory are throwing everything at the top team to try to get their first win of the season
2nd Half 70:45 - A cross over to Allsopp, but misses the cross as it goes across the face of the goals
2nd Half 68:30 - A crowd of 27,315 have come in support of their home team
2nd Half 66:00 - The intensity of both teams have dropped off in the last few mins, as both showing signs of fatigue
2nd Half 63:30 - Kwasnik now being added to the ref's notebook, as he receives a yellow for time wasting
2nd Half 61:30 - The Victory with another substitution with Love coming on for a run to replace Hernandez
2nd Half 59:00 - Piorkowski goes into the ref's notebook after receiving a yellow card for a trip
2nd Half 57:00 - The corner kick is cleared to safety by the Mariners defence
2nd Half 56:15 - Allsopp gets around 2 Mariner defenders, shoots, but deflects off Vukovic for a corner
2nd Half 54:30 - Jedinak has a strong shot at goal, but Theoklitos answers the challenge with a great save
2nd Half 52:00 - Brown has earned himself a yellow card for a late tackle
2nd Half 49:00 - The corner kick is too strong and the Mariners are able to clear the ball
2nd Half 48:30 - Thanks to Thompson's hustling and bustling, the Victory have a corner
2nd Half 46:00 - The Mariners get us started for the second half
1st Half 45:01 - The ref blows the whistle to end this first half with the scores level at nil all
1st Half 45:00 - We have 2 mins of injury time to go for the first half
1st Half 42:00 - Bad news for the Mariners with Hutchinson looking in a spot of bother
1st Half 40:30 - Victory with the corner kick, Muscat heads the ball, but goes just wide and to the left
1st Half 38:45 - Heffernan, one on one with Theoklitos, sprints to get to the ball first, but falls just short
1st Half 35:00 - Kwasnik has a pot shot at goal, but it goes to the left much to Theoklitos' relief
1st Half 32:30 - The Victory with their first substitution with Caceres being summoned to the bench for Pantelidis
1st Half 30:30 - The shot by Thompson is safely in the hands of Vukovic
1st Half 30:00 - The Mariners with the corner is cleared by Thompson, as he attacks with Allsopp
1st Half 26:00 - With the substitution of Petrovski it means that the Mariners are without their 2 gun strikers
1st Half 24:30 - Central Coast with the first substitution with an injured Petrovski being replaced by Pondeljak
1st Half 21:00 - Caceres with the shot on goal but Jedinak kicks it away, almost conceding an own goal
1st Half 17:30 - The tempo of this game has dropped in the last few mins, with no attacking plays by either team
1st Half 13:00 - The Victory forwards are really putting the pressure on the top team tonight
1st Half 10:00 - The ball is kicked up by Allsopp, Thompson with the header, but it goes over the crossbar
1st Half 07:30 - Central Coast look to be full of confidence and rightly so with their performances up to date
1st Half 05:00 - A free kick is given due to a handball by Rodrigo Vargas, but the ball is cleared to safety
1st Half 02:00 - The Victory have started off well with two corners within the first 2 mins
1st Half 00:01 - Melbourne with the kick off to start the game
1st Half 00:00 - Welcome to the Telstra Dome for the match between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners
20 Danny Vukovic (gk)
6 Andre Gumprecht
7 John Hutchinson
8 Dean Heffernan
11 Damien Brown
13 Tony Vidmar (c)
15 Adam Kwasnik
16 Nigel Boogaard
17 Matthew Osman
22 Sasho Petrovski
23 Mile Jedinak
Substitutes:
30 Andrew Redmayne (gk)
5 Bradley Porter
10 Tom Pondeljak
15 Andrew Clark