Melbourne City supporters put their faith in manager Kisnorbo to deliver victory against Western United

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Fri 07.October
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: AAMI Park (56347 seats)

The brand new season is about to begin and the regulars are trembling with enthusiasm. It’s a new beginning as Melbourne City greet Western United for the opening game at AAMI Park. Keep reading!

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Melbourne City form and stats

Melbourne City could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the A-League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at AAMI Park they witnessed 7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W14 - D7 - L5 from 26 games.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Melbourne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

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Western United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Western United performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 15/18 goals scored/conceded.

Western United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Head 2 Head

Western United have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Melbourne City.

Maclaren likes to play against Western United and have scored 9 goals in these games.

Melbourne City missing players

Western United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Melbourne City Western United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Melbourne City Last season Western United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   15 30
15 8   Won W   6 16
8 4   Drew D   4 6
6 3   Lost L   5 8
57 29   Scored S   21 47
36 19   Conceded C   19 32
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 67%
72% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
45% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 30%
14% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
59% 67%   BTTS BTTS   60% 47%
24% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 40%
21% 13%   Failed to Score F T   13% 13%
 
6.6 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.6
4.1 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6
2.5 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.6 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 13
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.4
39% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%
 
10.4 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   16.7 15
3.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.