The Melbourne Victory & Melbourne City head coaches Popović and Kisnorbo are both dreading and feeling excited about this very important fixture in the top area of the A-League positions.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (52) in A-League
This is a local derby, usually meaning added pressure and importance.
It's no vacation for neither Melbourne Victory nor Melbourne City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Melbourne Victory have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ivan Kelava not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Melbourne Victory, who won 1-0 against Perth Glory (placed 12th). Geria, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Geria won 3 of 4 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Adelaide United and winning 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne, as the A-League home game vs Brisbane Roar is only three days away.
The Melbourne Victory fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Melbourne Victory have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City have an excellent away record in the A-League so far with 7-3-1 from 11 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Melbourne City as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Melbourne have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Tom Glover. It's been 351 minutes since they last conceded in A-League.
Melbourne City had fun at their own home (AAMI Park) last time out, beating Sydney 4-0. Bos, Leckie (2) and MacLaren scored. Midfield player Leckie was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.54/10. Leckie scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Wellington Phoenix with the score of 6-0.The Melbourne City manager Kisnorbo has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Melbourne in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other previously this season; Melbourne City - Melbourne Victory 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne won one game, six matches ended with a draw and Melbourne City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five One of the profiles has been MacLaren with 9 goals scored against Melbourne Victory in these 10 encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |  M. Leckie 9 goals |   N. D'Agostino 7 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 27 | 52 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 82% | 83% |
| 42% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 82% | 78% |
| 21% | 30% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 64% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 58% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 73% | 70% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 22% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 8.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 15.1 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.5 | 14.4 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 30% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 53% | 43% |
| 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.7 | 10.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Melbourne Victory.
- Melbourne City have the most points (24) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (27) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (52) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+14) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+24) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (4-2-0) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory 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 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -14 | 27 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
