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Week 1
Summary: A solid crowd of 11,050 turned up to see the Heart play their first league game ever. The Heart dominated possession and had a few very good chances on goal, including Gerald Sibon brushing the side netting. Alex Terra and Aziz Behich provided some spark for the Heart. The crowd was on their feet till the end as Heart came agonisingly close of an equaliser. In the end, Alex Wilkinson's headed goal at the 16th minute turned out the winner.

Week 2
Summary: Newcastle United's first home game for the season attracted 8,735 fans to EnergyAustralia Stadium. After a good start from the Heart, Josip Skoko came off early with a hamstring injury. The Jets then looked the better side for the most part of the night, and eventually found the net in the sixtieth minute with Jeremy Brockie's first goal for his new club. Things took a bizarre turn in the 79th minute when Kantarovski kicked the ball into his own net from just outside the penalty box. The own goal gave the Heart their first league point ever.

Scoring

 * First goal of the season: Alex Wilkinson for Central Coast Mariners against Melbourne Heart, 5 August 2010
 * Fastest goal in a match: 29 seconds – Adam Kwasnik for Central Coast Mariners against Sydney FC, 4 December 2010
 * Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 93 minutes and 49 seconds – Ben Sigmund for Wellington Phoenix against Adelaide United, 5 December 2010
 * Widest winning margin: 5 goals
 * Central Coast Mariners 5 – 0 Perth Glory, 30 October 2010
 * Most goals in a match: 6 goals
 * 5 occasions
 * Most goals in a match by one team: 5 goals
 * Central Coast Mariners 5 – 0 Perth Glory, 30 October 2010
 * Brisbane Roar 5 – 1 Central Coast Mariners, 28 November 2010
 * Most goals in one half: 5 goals
 * Sydney FC 3 – 3 Melbourne Victory, 7 August 2010
 * Most goals scored by losing team: 2 goals
 * 6 occassions
 * Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
 * Robbie Fowler for Perth Glory against Melbourne Victory, 14 November 2010
 * First own goal of the season: Ben Kantarovski (Newcastle Jets) for Melbourne Heart, 13 August 2010
 * Total own goals: 11

Melbourne Heart players
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 * Goals
 * 1) Kantarovski (own goal)
 * 2) Worm (Heffernan assist)
 * 3) Babalj (Thompson assist)
 * 4) Sibon (penalty)
 * 5) Kalmar
 * 6) Kalmar (Worm assist)
 * 7) Aloisi (Sibon assist)
 * 8) Alex (Sibon half assist)
 * 9) Aloisi (Alex assist)
 * 10) Alex (Worm assist)
 * 11) Aloisi (penalty)
 * 12) Thompson
 * 13) Kalmar (skoko assist)
 * 14) Sibon (penalty)