Stumbling Melbourne Victory are keen to pull off a surprise victory when they host top side Melbourne City in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home regulars will have moderate expectations.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest points (6) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (37) in A-League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
This could be an exciting match with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Melbourne Victory form and stats
With 2 A-League wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Melbourne Victory are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Melbourne lost their last game at Newcastle Jets (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Brimmer (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.21/10. Brimmer hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wellington Phoenix in a game that was won 3-1.Both teams on the scoresheet! That has happened in 5 league matches in a row for this side. Will it happen again?
Melbourne Victory are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Melbourne Victory have conceded 7 goals.
Melbourne City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the A-League.
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne City, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Perth Glory (placed 9th) last time out. As you can tell from the result, the match against Perth Glory was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Leckie was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Leckie scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Macarthur.The travelling fans enjoy Melbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads met previously this campaign; Melbourne Victory - Melbourne City 0-2. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Melbourne won two, Melbourne City were winners in four and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals. Maclaren loves to meet Melbourne Victory and have scored 9 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 16 goals |  R. van der Venne 5 goals |  M. Leckie 4 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 37 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 81% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 19% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.3 | 12 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 16 | 16.5 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 24% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | 39% |
| 10.9 | 11.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 12.2 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Melbourne Victory.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most clean sheets (3) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (17) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (37) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+23) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+8) away in A-League
- Melbourne City is in the best form (3-3-0) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest points (6) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sydney | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
