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Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory: FFA Cup live scores, blog

23rd August, 2017

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Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory

FFA Cup

Marden Sports Complex
Adelaide United Melbourne Victory
3 SCORE 0
Where: Marden Sports Complex, South Australia
When: 7:30pm (AEST)
Betting: Adelaide $4, draw $3.40, Melbourne $1.72

Adelaide United
1.Daniel Margush (gk), 2.Michael Marrone, 4.Ben Warland, 5.Taylor Regan, 6.Vince Lia, 7.Ryan Kitto, 8.Isaias, 9.Papa Babacar Diawara, 11.Johan Absalonsen, 12.Mark Ochieng, 14.George Blackwood, 16.Nathan Konstandopoulos, 17.Nikola Mileusnic, 18.Lachlan Brook, 19.Ben Garuccio, 20.Paul Izzo (gk), 22.Ersan Gulum, 23.Jordan Elsey, 24.Jordan O'Doherty, 25.Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, 26.Blake Carpenter, 27.Paul Wilson, 31.Josh Mori

Melbourne Victory
1.Matt Acton (gk), 2.Jason Geria, 4.Rhys Williams, 5.Mark Milligan, 6.Leigh Broxham, 8.Besart Berisha, 9.Kosta Barbarouses, 10.James Troisi, 11.Mitch Austin, 14.Thomas Deng, 17.James Donachie, 18.Josh Hope, 19.Pierce Waring, 20.Lawrence Thomas (gk), 21.Carl Valeri, 22.Stefan Nigro, 23.Jai Ingham, 27.Callum Goulding, 30.Stephen Hatzikourtis (gk), 31.Christian Theoharous, 32.Cameron McGlip, 33.Nicholas Sette
Besart Berisha celebrates a goal for Melbourne. (AAP Image/Joe Castro)
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Match result:

In a phenomenal performance for an Adelaide team looking to re-ignite their fan base after a very disappointing 2016/17, they Reds have strutted into the quarter finals with a dominant second half display against the Melbourne Victory.

Final score
Adelaide United 3
Melbourne Victory 0

Match preview:

Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory are set to go head to head in a round of 16 clash of the FFA Cup, at the Marden Sports Complex. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm (AEST).

In the worst draw possible for two traditional heavyweights of the A-League, one team will exit the competition and open up a door for a smaller club to make a run at the final stages.

To say Victory were impressive in their demolition of the Roar in the round of 32 is as understated as suggesting Aaron Mooy has made a fair start to his Premier League career. The 5-1 drubbing at Perry Park was clinical.

Contrastingly, Adelaide won a hard-fought contest at tonight’s 6000-seat venue, against more A-League opposition in the form of the Newcastle Jets.

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With a sprinkling of new blood in both teams and Adelaide in particular trying to strike up some combinations, there is much interest in this encounter. Victory look strong and must be early A-League favourites, based on a solid core playing group from 2016-17. The four former players who have re-joined the club should slip back into Kevin Muscat’s style and understand his expectations very well.

Marco Kurz will have something of a tougher time getting his squad to gel early in the campaign and this will be their best hit-out to date. A somewhat disappointing 1-1 draw with Campbelltown City doesn’t allude to any great form leading into this key match-up.

Prediction
With team line-ups still to be announced and Adelaide looking to add considerable talent to their squad in the coming weeks, Victory should prove too drilled and settled.

Victory 3-0 Adelaide

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