Melbourne City battle against Melbourne Victory for fame and triumph.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in A-League
This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the A-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A nice win for Melbourne last time playing, versus Perth Glory. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Atkinson scoring for the victors. The victory against Perth Glory came after Atkinson's winning goal. The Melbourne manager Kisnorbo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 79th minute. Curtis Good was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.35 out of 10. The defender Good hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Western United that was lost 0-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Western Sydney Wanderers are coming to town in four days.
Melbourne has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Melbourne are not conceding a lot of goals here at AAMI Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory are yet to lose a point on their A-League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Momentum is building for Melbourne in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Melbourne play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Adelaide United (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Kelava was absolutely vital in the Melbourne victory against Adelaide United, making seven saves. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Popović when Velupillay scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute. Ivan Kelava (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.84. Kelava stopped the opponent with seven saves.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Perth Glory.Melbourne Victory have another match away from home in just four nights, a Ffa Cup fixture versus Gold Coast Knights. A rough fixture list for the visiting team!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melbourne Victory has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Melbourne wins - draws - Melbourne Victory wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Good 1 goals | N. Atkinson 1 goals | C. Metcalfe 1 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Melbourne City | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 21 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 9.5 | 7.7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 15 | 13.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in A-League
| Melbourne City | Last season | Melbourne Victory | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 62 | 41 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 30 | 60 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 81% | ||
| 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 58% | ||
| 46% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 38% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 58% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 38% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 17.9 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 15.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Western United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sydney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |