Betting preview: Melbourne City the probable winner when Western United arrive

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 06:30 (UTC)
Venue: AAMI Park (56347 seats)

It's square one in A-League - the first fixture of the season. Read the full guide and see how Melbourne City and Western United did in their pre-season training matches!

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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 10 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W16 - D7 - L3 from 26 games.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne as they are travelling to their away game against Buriram United in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.

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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 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 20/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Melbourne City wins - draws - Western United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. Maclaren likes to face Western United and have scored 8 goals in these matches.

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   13 26
17 11   Won W   5 9
8 3   Drew D   2 5
4 1   Lost L   6 12
67 42   Scored S   20 34
39 21   Conceded C   24 47
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
93% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 77%
69% 87%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 65%
52% 67%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 38%
31% 40%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 19%
76% 73%   BTTS BTTS   69% 65%
24% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   23% 19%
 
6.4 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 6.2
3.9 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.4
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
4 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
16.9 17.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.1
6.2 6.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.5
37% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 29%
 
10.2 8.3   Shots against (avg) S A   16.1 15.1
4.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.8

  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.