Victory secure fourth-straight win
Three first-half goals powered Melbourne Victory to a 4-0 win over Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium.
The defending champions made it four wins in a row, dominating Markus Babbel's side to return to second spot in the A-League table.
Japanese marquee Keisuke Honda grabbed his fourth goal of the season to give the hosts an early lead, and Spaniard Raul Baena and Kosta Barbarouses added to their lead before the break.
Victory could afford to ease up in the second half but still produced a fourth goal from Terry Antonis as they stretched their unbeaten run against Western Sydney to nine games.
Kevin Muscat's side almost broke the deadlock inside four minutes, with Wanderers keeper Vedran Janjetovic forced to make an excellent save to deny Ola Toivonen from a one-on-one situation.
It only delayed the opening goal by a few minutes, though, with Honda heading home at the far post after Antonis, found by Toivonen, produced an excellent cross.
Baena got off the mark for his new club when he finished off a quality move just after the half-hour mark. Honda began the attack, finding Antonis whose back-heel gave Barbarouses the chance to pick out Baena for a low shot from inside the area.
Honda was denied by Janjetovic soon after, but there was no denying Victory a third goal before the interval.
Barbarouses was brought down in the area by Tarek Elrich after a pass from Storm Roux, and stepped up to place his penalty into the bottom corner for his first goal of the season.
Toivonen headed wide from Antonis' cross and then forced a diving save from Janjetovic, but Victory did manage a fourth goal late on from a counter-attack.
Carl Valeri started the move by winning a tackle in his own area, then Honda put Barbarouses in behind and the forward crossed to Toivonen, who laid the ball back into the path of Antonis to emphatically blast home.
Western Sydney are 7/10 to win their next game against Central Coast, who are 7/2 with the draw 3/1.
Wanderers are 15/2 to win 1-0.
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Three first-half goals powered Melbourne Victory to a 4-0 win over Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium.
The defending champions made it four wins in a row, dominating Markus Babbel's side to return to second spot in the A-League table.
Japanese marquee Keisuke Honda grabbed his fourth goal of the season to give the hosts an early lead, and Spaniard Raul Baena and Kosta Barbarouses added to their lead before the break.
Victory could afford to ease up in the second half but still produced a fourth goal from Terry Antonis as they stretched their unbeaten run against Western Sydney to nine games.
Kevin Muscat's side almost broke the deadlock inside four minutes, with Wanderers keeper Vedran Janjetovic forced to make an excellent save to deny Ola Toivonen from a one-on-one situation.
It only delayed the opening goal by a few minutes, though, with Honda heading home at the far post after Antonis, found by Toivonen, produced an excellent cross.
Baena got off the mark for his new club when he finished off a quality move just after the half-hour mark. Honda began the attack, finding Antonis whose back-heel gave Barbarouses the chance to pick out Baena for a low shot from inside the area.
Honda was denied by Janjetovic soon after, but there was no denying Victory a third goal before the interval.
Barbarouses was brought down in the area by Tarek Elrich after a pass from Storm Roux, and stepped up to place his penalty into the bottom corner for his first goal of the season.
Toivonen headed wide from Antonis' cross and then forced a diving save from Janjetovic, but Victory did manage a fourth goal late on from a counter-attack.
Carl Valeri started the move by winning a tackle in his own area, then Honda put Barbarouses in behind and the forward crossed to Toivonen, who laid the ball back into the path of Antonis to emphatically blast home.
Western Sydney are 7/10 to win their next game against Central Coast, who are 7/2 with the draw 3/1.
Wanderers are 15/2 to win 1-0.
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Source: bet365.com
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