International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Melbourne Victory and Seoul are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Melbourne nor Seoul as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the A-League this season. Melbourne Victory have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at AAMI Park. 3W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Melbourne Victory. It's been an uphill battle for Melbourne in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Adelaide United game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Preceding that match was a AFC Champions League defeat to Beijing Guoan (0-2).
A disappointing finish for Melbourne in their match versus Chiangrai United as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
The Melbourne Victory fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Seoul form and stats
The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away.
A 1-2 defeat away at Chiangrai United before that.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Seoul - Melbourne 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  C. Park 4 goals |  Y. Cho 3 goals |  J. Yun 3 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Seoul missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Seoul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beijing Guoan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Seoul | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Chiangrai United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 53 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |