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==Winners by year==
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Revision as of 23:10, 22 January 2013

Melbourne Derby
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LocationMelbourne Victoria (state) (Victoria)
TeamsMelbourne Heart, Melbourne Victory
First meeting8 October 2010
Statistics
Meetings total8
Most winsMelbourne Heart (3)
Largest victoryMelbourne Victory 1-3 (2010)
For the Big Bash League derby, see Melbourne Derby (cricket).

The Melbourne Derby is an intra-city local derby in Australia's premier Association football competition, the A-League. It is contested between the two Melbourne teams in the competition, Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Victory. It is the A-League's first intra-city derby and, although only three seasons old, is said[1] to be the league's biggest rivalry. Already in just eight games there have been 48 cards and 22 goals.[2]

History

The Melbourne Derby began in the sixth season of the A-League, the 2010–11 season, the inaugural season of the Heart. Melbourne Victory has been in the league since its beginning. The inaugural Melbourne Derby was scheduled to be held at AAMI Park on 2 October 2010, the Saturday after the 2010 AFL Grand Final in order to maximise promotion of the game. But because the AFL Grand Final was drawn, a replay of that match was needed, which led organisers of the derby to postpone it to 8 October.

Melbourne Heart won the inaugural derby 2–1 at AAMI Park, thanks to goals from Alex Terra and John Aloisi. Robbie Kruse scored for Victory. Aziz Behich was sent off late in the second half, but Heart were able to hold on and secure the win. Although the game was an official sell out, only 25,897 fans turned up, well short of AAMI Park's official capacity of 30,050. The second derby on 11 December 2010, attracted 23,059 fans to AAMI Park, and saw the Victory gain their first derby win. Robbie Kruse scored a brace and the Victory finished 3–1 winners.

The Victory had their first home derby on 22 January at Docklands Stadium.[3] Victory went up 2-0 in the first half due to goals from Danny Allsopp and Carlos Hernandez, but Heart fought back, scoring a goal in the last minute of the first half, and another just after half time, both from John Aloisi. The match ended a 2-2 draw. This derby was marred by an unacceptable tackle by Kevin Muscat on Adrian Zahra, which earned the Victory captain his second straight red card,[4] and a subsequent eight-match ban, ending not only his season, but his A-League career.[5]

In the third round of the seventh season, 2011–12, the two sides met once again, but were locked for the first time to a scoreless draw. Two months later, a record crowd at AAMI Park saw Heart triumph over their rivals 3-2. Just four minutes into the game, Victory were awarded a penalty, but it was saved by Heart goalkeeper Clint Bolton. Archie Thompson gave Victory the lead eighteen minutes later, but in the 37th minute, Matt Thompson drew the sides level to 1-1, and then scored again and put Heart in the lead just two minutes later. In the second half, substitute Alex Terra increased the Heart's lead to 3-1 after controversially appearing to handball preceding the goal. Victory captain Adrian Leijer's appeals to the referee were dismissed. Carlos Hernandez gave Victory a consolation goal in the last minute of added time.

In the first round of the 2012/13 season, Melbourne Victory again lost to Melbourne Heart at Etihad Stadium in front of a crowd of 42,032. This was John Aloisi's first match as senior coach of the Melbourne Heart and Ange Postecoglou's first senior match as coach of the Melbourne Victory.

The biggest, and most notable incident of violence between two sets of supporters was in February 2011, when four Melbourne Heart supporters were charged with "conspiracy to falsely imprison a [Victory supporter] " after an ultras-style supporter group within Victory's North Terrace, known as Horda was pictured in possession of a banner of a Heart supporter group called Yarraside.[6]

League matches

Season Derby
 Date
 Home team
 Score
 Away team
 Goals (home)
 Goals (away)
 Venue
 Attendance
2010–11 1 8 October 2010 Heart
2–1
 Victory Aloisi (10), Terra (56) Kruse (35) AAMI Park 25,897
2 11 December 2010 Heart
1–3
 Victory Sibon (17) Kruse (12, 28), OG Srhoj (54) AAMI Park 23,059
3 22 January 2011 Victory
2–2
 Heart Allsopp (11), Hernández (30) Aloisi (45+2, 51) Etihad Stadium 32,231
2011-12 4 22 October 2011 Victory
0–0
 Heart - - Etihad Stadium 39,309
5 23 December 2011 Heart
3–2
 Victory Thompson (37, 39), Terra (62) Thompson (21), Hernández (90+2) AAMI Park 26,579
6 4 February 2012 Heart
0–0
 Victory - - AAMI Park 26,396
2012–13 7 5 October 2012[7] Victory
1–2
 Heart Rojas (24) Williams (14), MacAllister (45+2) Etihad Stadium 42,032
8 22 December 2012 Heart
1–2
 Victory Fred (81) Rojas (67), Thompson (90+2) AAMI Park 26,457
9 2 February 2013 Victory Heart Etihad Stadium

Head to head

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Heart 8 3 3 2 11 11 0 12
Victory 8 2 3 3 11 11 0 9

Leading scorers

Total Player Club
3 Australia Robbie Kruse Victory
Australia John Aloisi Heart
2
New Zealand Marco Rojas Victory
Australia Archie Thompson Victory
Australia Matt Thompson Heart
Brazil Alex Terra Heart
Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Victory
1 Australia Danny Allsopp Victory
Australia Dylan MacAllister Heart
Netherlands Gerald Sibon Heart
Australia David Williams Heart
Brazil Fred Heart

Own Goals

Total Player Club
1 Australia Wayne Srhoj Heart

Players in bold are still active at their Melbourne club.

Players who have played for both clubs

Youth League matches

Season Derby
 Date
 Home team
 Score
 Away team
 Goals (home)
 Goals (away)
 Venue
 Attendance
2011-12 1 23 October 2011 Heart
2-0
 Victory Z. Walker, Andrijasevic - John Cain Memorial Park Approx. 800
2 5 February 2012 Victory
2-1
 Heart Pondeljak, Cristaldo Zahra Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Approx. 500
2012-13 3 23 December 2012 Heart
0-2
 Victory - O'Dea (2) 33', 45+1' John Cain Memorial Park Approx. 1500
4 27 January 2013 Victory Heart SS Anderson Reserve

Head to head

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Heart 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
Victory 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 6

Winners by year

Year Winner Score
2012-13 In Progress 1:1 (3:3)
2011-12 Melbourne Heart 1:0 (3:2)
2010-11 Melbourne Victory 1:1 (6:5)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/soccer/a-mouthwatering-melbourne-derby-awaits/story-e6frey4r-1226173603950
  2. ^ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/12/22/derby-melbourne-heart-vs-melbourne-victory-a-league-live-scores-blog/
  3. ^ Future & Results Template:WebCite
  4. ^ Melbourne Victory v Melbourne Heart - Live Football Match Centre - Sportal Australia
  5. ^ "Kevin Muscat banned for eight games for tackle on Adrian Zahra". Herald-Sun. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/a-league-melbourne-victory-and-melbourne-heart-fans-rivalry-turns-nasty/story-e6frf7kx-1226000426337
  7. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/soccer/new-melbourne-heart-coach-john-aloisi-tastes-victory-first-up/story-e6frfg8x-1226489499808
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