Melbourne Heart vs Western Sydney Wanderers 16/03/2013 5:30PM

By mack

• March 13, 2013
Opponent: Melbourne Heart
Home Team: Melbourne Heart
Away Team: Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney Kick-Off Time: 5:30PM EDT
Round: 25
Competition: A-League Regular Season
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Stadium: AAMI Park
Result: West Sydney Win
Western Sydney Score: 3
Opponent Score: 1
Time Of Result: 90 Minutes
Western Sydney Starting Lineup: Aaron Mooy, Adam D'Apuzzo, Ante Covic, Iacopo La Rocca, Jérome Polenz, Labinot Haliti, Mark Bridge, Mateo Poljak, Michael Beauchamp, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Youssouf Hersi.
Western Sydney Substitutions: Shannon Cole (Jerome Polenz 30), Dino Kresinger (Aaron Mooy 71), Jason Trifiro (Labinot Haliti 88).
Western Sydney Unused Substitues: Jerrad Tyson.
Western Sydney Goals: Labinot Haliti (29, 60), Iacopo La Rocca (88).
Western Sydney Cards: Mateo Poljak (Yellow 42), Adam D'Apuzzo (Yellow 58), Youssouf Hersi (Yellow 82).
Western Sydney Manager: Tony Popovic.
Opponent Starting Lineup: Andrew Redmayne, Simon Colosimo, Patrick Gerhardt, Sam Mitchinson, Jeremy Walker, Fred, Matt Thompson, Jonatan Germano, Josip Tadic, Richard Garcia, Golgol Mebrahtu.
Opponent Substitutions: David Williams (Jeremy Walker 67), Nick Kalmar (Fred 76).
Opponent Unused Substitues: Marcel Meewuis, Clint Bolton.
Opponent Goals: Golgol Mebrahtu (39).
Opponent Cards: Patrick Gerhardt (Yellow 44), Simon Colosimo (Yellow 75, 2nd Yellow + Red 80).
Opponent Manager: John Aloisi.
Attendance: 6101
Referee: Ben Williams.
Post Match Thread:

Haliti's Havok Brings Wanderers To Brink Of Premiership

Note 1: The win in this match was the 10th in a row, breaking the previous National League record of 9 jointly held by several clubs during the NSL.
Note 2: Labinot Haliti scored his first ever brace for Western Sydney.
Note 3: Shinji Ono was absent due to a hamstring injury. Aaron Mooy (Knee) and Jerome Polenz (Quad) left the field injured.
Note 4: Western Sydney picked up their second clean sweep of a team in this season, having defeated Melbourne Heart in all three matches, having done the same to Brisbane Roar earlier in the season as well.
Note 5: This match was attended by approximately 200 travelling Western Sydney supporters.
Note 6: Youssouf Hersi's 82nd minute yellow card for dissent earned him a 1 match suspension for accumulation of Yellow Cards.