Melbourne Victory vs Western Sydney Wanderers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Date: Fri 18.October
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Marvel Stadium

It's the second chance for points this season as Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers battle it out at Marvel Stadium.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

A A-League draw at home so far for Melbourne Victory. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 14 matches.

Melbourne Victory drew their last game, also a home match. Melbourne City (placed 6th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Preceding that match was the home Ffa Cup game against Newcastle Jets that was lost 2-3.

Melbourne Victory has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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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Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

The supporters enjoyed Western Sydney Wanderers's previous game versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 10th), a A-League 2-1 win played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Melbourne City before that.

What a finish in the last match, as Western Sydney Wanderers came back from being down 0-1 and secured all three points through M. Duke in the 82nd minute.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne Victory won 7 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Western Sydney Wanderers has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

O. Toivonen
14 goals / 4 assists

Melbourne Victory missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players

Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
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% 100%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 4
9 9 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Melbourne Victory Last season Western Sydney Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   13 27
16 8   Won W   3 6
5 3   Drew D   3 6
8 4   Lost L   7 15
54 30   Scored S   25 42
39 20   Conceded C   30 54
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
90% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 96%
62% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   85% 67%
31% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   77% 52%
24% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 22%
69% 80%   BTTS BTTS   77% 67%
21% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   15% 19%
 
4.8 4.5   Corners For (avg) C F   5.6 6
5.3 3.7   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.5 6.1
2 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
2 2   Red Cards R C   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • All of Melbourne Victory's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Western Sydney Wanderers's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Melbourne Victory
All Ffa Cup A-League AFC Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
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 0 - 0 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
16-11-19 AL Sydney 06:00 Melbourne Victory
Western Sydney Wanderers
All Ffa Cup A-League AFC Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
27-04-19 AL Western Sydney Wanderers 0 - 1 Melbourne Victory
07-08-19 FFA Perth Glory 0 - 0 Western Sydney Wanderers
28-08-19 FFA Sydney United 1 - 7 Western Sydney Wanderers
18-09-19 FFA Melbourne City 3 - 0 Western Sydney Wanderers
12-10-19 AL Western Sydney Wanderers 2 - 1 Central Coast Mariners
18-10-19 AL Melbourne Victory 08:30 Western Sydney Wanderers
26-10-19 AL Western Sydney Wanderers 08:30 Sydney
02-11-19 AL Western Sydney Wanderers 06:00 Brisbane Roar
09-11-19 AL Western United 08:30 Western Sydney Wanderers
22-11-19 AL Western Sydney Wanderers 08:30 Melbourne City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sydney 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Western United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Melbourne City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Melbourne Victory 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Adelaide United 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Wellington Phoenix 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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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