Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Date: Sat 12.October
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Marvel Stadium

A new A-League season is about to begin and this is the first game for these teams. Bring it on!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Melbourne Victory have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

Last season, Melbourne Victory's league statistics were 15 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the A-League. Over these 27 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Melbourne Victory managed 7-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 19 conceded.

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Melbourne City form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Melbourne City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Melbourne City, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Melbourne City performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 8 with 14/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Melbourne Victory-Melbourne City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Melbourne Victory 4 wins, Melbourne City 3 wins, 3 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

O. Toivonen
14 goals / 4 assists

Melbourne Victory missing players

Melbourne City missing players

Melbourne Victory Melbourne City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away 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
Melbourne Victory Last season Melbourne City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   15 28
16 8   Won W   4 11
5 3   Drew D   2 7
8 4   Lost L   9 10
54 30   Scored S   14 39
39 20   Conceded C   21 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
90% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 79%
62% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 43%
31% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 21%
24% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 14%
69% 80%   BTTS BTTS   40% 43%
21% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 32%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   40% 32%
 
4.8 4.5   Corners For (avg) C F   5.9 6
5.3 3.7   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.2 4.8
2 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
2 2   Red Cards R C   2 2
Key stats last season:
  • All of Melbourne Victory's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Melbourne Victory have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Melbourne City have scored away.
  • Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Melbourne Victory
All Ffa Cup A-League AFC Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-05-19 AL Melbourne Victory 3 - 1 Wellington Phoenix
08-05-19 ACL Daegu 4 - 0 Melbourne Victory
12-05-19 AL Sydney 6 - 1 Melbourne Victory
22-05-19 ACL Melbourne Victory 1 - 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
07-08-19 FFA Melbourne Victory 2 - 2 Newcastle Jets
12-10-19 AL Melbourne Victory 08:30 Melbourne City
18-10-19 AL Melbourne Victory 08:30 Western Sydney Wanderers
25-10-19 AL Brisbane Roar 08:30 Melbourne Victory
02-11-19 AL Melbourne Victory 08:30 Western United
10-11-19 AL Melbourne Victory 05:00 Wellington Phoenix
Melbourne City
All Ffa Cup A-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
05-05-19 AL Adelaide United 0 - 0 Melbourne City
31-07-19 FFA Campbelltown City 1 - 3 Melbourne City
21-08-19 FFA Marconi Stallions 1 - 2 Melbourne City
18-09-19 FFA Melbourne City 3 - 0 Western Sydney Wanderers
01-10-19 FFA Brisbane Strikers 1 - 5 Melbourne City
12-10-19 AL Melbourne Victory 08:30 Melbourne City
20-10-19 AL Melbourne City 05:00 Adelaide United
23-10-19 FFA Adelaide United 08:30 Melbourne City
27-10-19 AL Western United 07:00 Melbourne City
03-11-19 AL Melbourne City 05:00 Wellington Phoenix

  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 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 14 10 2 2 30 12 13 8 4 1 26 11 33 60
2 Sydney 27 16 4 7 43 29 13 9 1 3 22 13 14 7 3 4 21 16 14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 14 7 3 4 27 19 13 8 2 3 23 13 18 50
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 6 4 3 18 13 5 44
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 13 7 5 1 25 12 14 4 2 8 14 20 7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix 27 11 7 9 46 43 14 8 2 4 25 18 13 3 5 5 21 25 3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 14 5 1 8 22 21 4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 14 3 3 8 17 24 13 3 3 7 25 30 -12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 13 3 3 7 19 36 14 1 3 10 19 35 -33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 13 2 2 9 17 35 14 1 2 11 14 35 -39 13

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