A-League: A pair of sides who have played superbly so far. Get smart on Melbourne Victory - Western United with this full preview!
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (25) in A-League
- Western United have the most clean sheets (10) in A-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Melbourne Victory and Western United.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Melbourne Victory at their home stadium (AAMI Park) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Melbourne Victory has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Western Sydney Wanderers defeat 93 days ago.
A strong away win for Melbourne against Western United the last match, as Brimmer were on target. Brimmer has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Ace! Brimmer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Brimmer scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
Before that match, a win away at Sydney.Melbourne Victory have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AAMI Park with 22 goals in 13 league matches.
Western United form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Western's previous game was their home loss versus Melbourne Victory (0-1). Garuccio, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.53. Garuccio hit three key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Western United secured a home win against Wellington Phoenix with the score 1-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Western when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Western United have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. Western United have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory and Western United have faced off earlier this season: Western United - Melbourne Victory 0-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Melbourne won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Western United have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 10 goals |   A. Prijović 10 goals |  J. Brimmer 6 goals |
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| Melbourne Victory | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 43 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 41 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 64% |
| 48% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 26% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 46% |
| 30% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 39% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 14% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 15.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 12 | 11.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.4 | 14.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (25) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most matches under the total-line (11) in A-League
- Western United have the most clean sheets (10) in A-League
- Western United 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 | 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 |
