Another interesting game in the A-League. Melbourne City is in the 7th position after playing two matches. They welcome Western United who are placed 8th after one games.
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
No payout for Melbourne in their previous match, an away game at Adelaide United that ended in defeat 0-2. A strong away win before that one, visiting Brisbane Roar and winning 1-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and two defeats.
Western United form and stats
Western are looking to quickly end their 249 minutes long goal drought in the A-League.
Western United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Adelaide United that finished 0-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Melbourne City wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Western have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.
Let's have a look at how Western United performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 3 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 20/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Melbourne won four, Western United won zero and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Metcalfe 1 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Western United missing players
| Melbourne City | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 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% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Melbourne City | Last season | Western United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 39 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | ||
| 43% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | ||
| 25% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Melbourne City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |