Daal struck just past the half hour, crashing the ball past Victory keeper Mitch Langerak and the visitors could find no response.

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The home side were on the front foot as early as the first minute  when Daal found himself in space down the right side but his ambitious early cross took a wicked deflection off Victory defender Rody Vargas and fell safely for Melbourne custodian Mitch Langerak to gather securely.

Langerak was put under further pressure soon after as a smart link-up between Robbie Fowler and Jeremy Brockie allowed the latter to blast powerfully towards home but the shot was merely catching practice for the Victory keeper.

A passage of solid possession soon followed for the home side with another opportunity presented to Brockie in the 10th minute after Matthew Kemp failed to negotiate a defensive clearance. However the Fury striker could only deliver his shot into the waiting arms of Langerak.

The visitors were rewarded for their persistence soon after when Muscat slid through a perfect through ball for the run of Kruse who had his energetic run cut short, courtesy of a well-timed charge from Pasfield, who cleared his lines with confidence.

Wanting to flex their muscle, Victory could so easily have been 1-0 down in the 19th minute as a confident half volley from outside the penalty box by journeyman Grant Smith took an unfortunate deflection off Vargas and almost provided the opener for the home side.

Slowly but surely however, Fury were working their way into the contest and on 29 minutes, Robbie Middleby picked out Jason Spagnuolo with a wonderful threaded through ball which found its way into the path of Brockie inside the area but the shot on target was smothered by Langerak.

The clincher would come shortly thereafter as marquee signing Fowler found himself in space down the right side before delivering a ball to Daal who chested down the pass and struck it low and hard to beat Langerak.

Play opened up for the home side just one minute later with a corner from Fowler dropping into the path of Matthew Smith, who failed to bury the ball with the goal at his mercy and the missed chance was to prove a catalyst for the visitors as they dominated the next 10 minutes of play and were unlucky not to draw level when Suksomkit curled a corner to the back post which Nicky Ward headed wide.

Entering the second half with their hopes renewed, Victory should have equalised as Thompson sprinted into space in the left side of the area but smart keeping from Pasfield enabled the angle to be reduced and Victory's leading scorer could only power his shot into Pasfield's arms.

It was then the home side's turn to dominate general play, shots on target, none more threatening than a running volley from Daal on 59 minutes who was shut down at the last moment by a late sliding tackle from Adrian Leijer which forced a last ditch corner for the visitors to contend with.

Sixty-three minutes in, Fowler was rewarded with a peach of a cross from Brockie which the ex-Liverpool striker hit with venom but the shot was well wide.

Victory weren't done and maintained the rage on the Fury goal however their best chance of the 2nd half fell to Muscat who drove a free kick towards the home goal, which was scuffed clear by a desperate Tadrosse.

Fury held on to their advantage to claim three valuable points.