Melbourne Mongrels		Ginger Nuts
Piggyback-r	Tactics	fifth
52%	Possession	48%
55%	Play in the half	45%
4	Shots	13
1	Fouls	4
1	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	1
0	Offsides	7
53.4	average mark	64.2
solid	Shooting	formidable
good	Passing	excellent
excellent	Defending	excellent

10 minute.
Lockett plays the ball off with his head. Morgan approaches the ball. Agius trips an opponent. That`s a foul! Agius is cautioned.

21 minute.
Tong plays the ball off with his head. Here comes Lockett, having a little trouble catching the ball. Lockett makes a one-touch pass. Waite takes over possession. Waite has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers! Morgan has problems with catching the ball. Morgan has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Melbourne Mongrels - Ginger Nuts 0:1

29 minute.
Turnbull takes over possession. Sekulovski cleverly intercepts the pass. Sekulovski makes a one-touch pass. Waite just manages to reach the ball first. Waite takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

36 minute.
Brown takes over possession. Popek fouls. Brown was harmed in the clash. Perdevară approaches the free-kick. He attempts a short pass. Ibenfeldt makes a diving header.
It was close.

41 minute.
Agius makes a sublime pass. Brown just manages to reach the ball first. The assistant referee points to the corner. Perdevară takes the corner. Ibenfeldt makes a diving header. Bracken miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Melbourne Mongrels 49%, Ginger Nuts 51%.
Melbourne Mongrels - Ginger Nuts 0:1

47 minute.
Howarth plays the ball off with his head. Waite approaches the ball. Tong wins the ball from behind. Lockett takes over possession. Lockett takes a swing and hits it... Yaqubov palms the ball clear.

50 minute.
Lockett takes over possession. Lockett plays the ball through. Morgan approaches the ball. Morgan shoots. Yaqubov makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Melbourne Mongrels - Ginger Nuts 0:2

51 minute.
Turnbull approaches the ball. Ibenfeldt takes over possession. Ponting tripped the opponent on purpose. The referee takes the red card out of his top pocket, Ponting goes straight to the changing room for an early bath. Ibenfeldt is being dressed by the doctor, he gets up, limping. Perdevară approaches the ball, he strikes.... Bracken palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

67 minute.
Offside. Morgan caught by the offside trap. Spencer comes on to the pitch.

71 minute.
Waite has problems with catching the ball. Waite makes a one-touch pass. Lockett just manages to reach the ball first. Lockett has a fantastic effort at goal. Yaqubov desperately tries to grasp hold of the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Melbourne Mongrels - Ginger Nuts 0:3

72 minute.
Rayner comes on to the pitch. Brown comes on to the pitch.

83 minute.
Sekulovski, swiftly takes the throw-in. Lockett chests the ball. Lockett makes a sublime pass. Waite takes over possession. Waite shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

87 minute.
Tong approaches the ball. Tong makes an instep pass. Turnbull approaches the ball. Morgan wins the ball from behind. Morgan lobs the ball high into the air. The ball hits the bar.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Melbourne Mongrels 61%, Ginger Nuts 39%.
Melbourne Mongrels - Ginger Nuts 0:3