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Commentary
The Corinthians 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from SAMARIS.
A mix up in the Melbourne Victory defence enabled VIDAL to volley an effort inches over.
10¹SAMARIS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Corinthians post.
12¹A right foot shot from IMMOBILE was pushed round the post by the Corinthians 'keeper.
20¹GOAL!! A great drive from IGNASHEVICH was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as INIESTA who hit the ball past the stranded Melbourne Victory 'keeper. (1-0 Corinthians)
26¹A great strike from LALLANA was dealt with by a good block from CECH.
32¹GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from CORK rebounded off the the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was booted into the net by KRUSE. (1-1)
35¹IGNASHEVICH hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
42¹GOAL!! Some fine work by EL HADDADI on the right, left ÖZIL yards clear, and he raced past FOSTER and blasted the ball into the net. (2-1 Corinthians)
42¹A penalty box meleé resulted in IMMOBILE knocking the ball over.
IMMOBILE shot over.
A pin-point pass was collected by HIGUAÍN and his looping shot raced narrowly wide.
A shot from SAMARIS held little difficulty for CECH.
LALLANA was put clear by AURIER and he beat the Corinthians 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide.
12²ÖZIL made space on the right and knocked the ball to MARCELO who rasped the ball over.
18²A corner found LALLANA who turned an effort over.
25²An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Melbourne Victory 'keeper by DI MARÍA.
27²ÖZIL hit a looping shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
28²IMMOBILE headed wide.
29²IMMOBILE beat DI MARÍA and drilled the ball to LALLANA who dragged his effort wide.
33²A cross from CORK left LALLANA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
34²BAINES beat two Corinthians players and drove an effort just beyond the near post.

 
Melbourne Victory
 
League position: 15
Home league form: WOWW
Overall league form: LXWOXLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Ben FOSTER1Petr CECH(c)
Serge AURIER2Maximiliano PEREIRA
(c)Leighton BAINES3MARCELO Vieira
Jack CORK4Andrés INIESTA
Niklas STARK5Sergei IGNASHEVICH
Robin KNOCHE6MAXWELL Scherrer
Charles ARÁNGUIZ7Arturo VIDAL
Adam LALLANA8Mesut ÖZIL
(p)Ciro IMMOBILE9Gonzalo HIGUAÍN(p)
(f)Andreas SAMARIS10Ángel DI MARÍA(f)
Robbie KRUSE11Munir EL HADDADI
Manager
Emiliano MORETTI  12  Ezequiel PONCE
John RUDDY  13  Iker CASILLAS
Luciano SLAGVEER  14  BIRO BIRO
Rickie LAMBERT  15  Kingsley BOATENG
Luke WILKSHIRE  16  Mats DÆHLI
 
Corinthians
 
League position: 1
Away league form: XLXL
Overall league form: XXLXLWLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Melbourne Victory 1 Corinthians 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 29,882, Stadium: AAMI Park, Referee: Fortunato Alves Azevedo 7½)

Kruse 32¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Iniesta 20¹, Özil 42¹
  
  
  
86
133
64
114
86
1910
92
43%57%
Man of the match: Andrés Iniesta