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| In a postponed Round 15 clash at Telstra Dome, Melbourne Victory moved to the top of the table when they defeated Adelaide United 1-0; giving them a clean sweep of victories over the Reds in 2008-09. The game was scoreless at half-time, but not for a lack of opportunities. Adelaide keeper Eugene Gelakovic was kept busy as the Victory made constant threats on the Adelaide goal, but the Reds' defence stood firm in the first half. After the break, Melbourne finally took the lead they had been threatening when a free kick from Carlos Hernandez just outside the area cleared the wall before finding the head of Nick Ward, who made no mistake to put the home side a goal ahead. The Reds had a golden opportunity to equalise a few minutes later from a corner, but a spectacular save by Victory keeper Michael Theoklitos denied Cristiano a goal that looked his for the taking after the corner landed at his feet with no Melbourne defenders able to dispossess him. After the near equaliser Melbourne shut up shop, and the Reds never looked likely to score again. 1-0 to the Victory sees them move to the top of the table. Melbourne Victory 1 (N Ward 58) Adelaide United 0. Yellow Cards : Victory - D Allsopp 78. Reds - R Cornthwaite 55, S Ognenovski 78, R Younis 82. Referee - M Breeze. Crowd - 27,196 at Telstra Dome. |
| ROUND 19 FIXTURES Friday 9th January Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets (Hindmarsh Stadium, 8:00pm) Saturday 10th January Central Coast Mainers v Queensland Roar (Bluetongue Stadium, 7:00pm) Sunday 11th January Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix (Sydney Football Stadium, 6:00pm) Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory (Members Equity Stadium, 8:00pm) ROUND 16 CATCH-UP FIXTURE Wednesday 14th January Adelaide United v Queensland Roar (Hindmarsh Stadium, 8:00pm) ROUND 20 FIXTURES Friday 16th January Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners (Telstra Dome, 8:00pm) Saturday 17th January Queensland Roar v Sydney FC (Suncorp Stadium, 8:00pm) Sunday 18th January Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United (Westpac Stadium, 3:00pm) Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory (Energy Australia Stadium, 5:00pm) All times shown are Sydney time |