A-League: High-profile vs not good enough, at least that's what the table says. Melbourne City - Western United. Home win or a shock?
- Melbourne City is in the best form (4-1-1) in A-League
- Western United have the most conceded goals (19) in A-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Melbourne City form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Melbourne City at their home stadium (AAMI Park) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Melbourne City bring valid hopes of a third.
Melbourne City are returning here after visiting Wellington Phoenix and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Leckie and MacLaren (2) scored the goal(s). Melbourne goalkeeper Glover did an outstanding job against Wellington Phoenix with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The striker MacLaren outdid all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.14 out of 10. MacLaren scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Central Coast Mariners.Melbourne City can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times. Melbourne City are not conceding a lot of goals here at AAMI Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Western United form and stats
1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Western United in their A-League matches away.
Western played 1-1 against Brisbane Roar in their previous match. Risdon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.12. The defender Risdon served one assist, hit three key passes and won 14 of 25 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Melbourne Victory.Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.
Western United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. The Western United manager Aloisi has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Melbourne - Western United 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne City five wins, one draw and Western United four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. MacLaren loves to meet Western United and have scored 8 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 12 goals |   N. Milanovic 3 goals |  A. Prijović 3 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Western United missing players
| Melbourne City | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 30% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 3.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.8 | 6 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 16.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10.2 | 12 |
| 6.3 | 7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 32% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 32% |
| 10.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 26 | 17.8 | 14.7 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 7.8 | 5.9 |
- All of Western United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+12) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (4-1-1) in A-League
- Western United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Western United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Western United have the most conceded goals (19) in A-League
- Western United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Western United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Sydney | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Western United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 7 |
