Melbourne Victory confront Melbourne City for acclaim and victory.
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning more motivation and importance.
Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory's first A-League home game here at AAMI Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 13 matches.
The Melbourne Victory club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at AAMI Park: A 0-1 defeat against Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 2nd). Miranda, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Miranda won 11 of 13 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Sydney with a 3-2 scoreline.Early season league goal statistics from Melbourne Victory's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 1 conceded.
Melbourne City form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Melbourne City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Brisbane Roar (placed 9th). MacLaren, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.91. MacLaren scored two goals.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Western United.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melbourne City has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (1-3-0) facing Melbourne City.MacLaren likes to meet Melbourne and have scored 9 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
![]() J. MacLaren 3 goals | ![]() J. Brillante 1 goals | ![]() C. Ikonomidis 1 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 16.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 9.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 8.5 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Melbourne Victory | Last season | Melbourne City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 28 | 57 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 75% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 29% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 61% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.1 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |