Western United journey to Melbourne Victory and AAMI Park loaded with optimism, but the home side is not easy meat. More news on the fixture here!
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Western United have the fewest conceded goals (17) 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 and Western United.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Melbourne Victory have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. Two home wins in a row for Melbourne Victory bring valid hopes of a third.
An away draw last time out for Melbourne Victory, facing Melbourne City in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Brimmer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Brimmer dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne Victory, as the A-League home game vs Western Sydney Wanderers is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Melbourne in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Melbourne Victory have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Western United form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Western United are travelling again after losing away to Sydney in their previous match (0-3). Defender Imai was the best team player with a rating of 7.3. Imai won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Melbourne City.Western have another game away in just three days, a A-League match against Brisbane Roar. A demanding timetable for the visiting team!
Western United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Western United have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne - Western United 3-1 was the outcome when these two contenders last met, some time ago this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Melbourne Victory, one draw and four wins for Western United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 7 goals |   A. Prijović 5 goals |  S. Luštica 4 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Western United missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 53% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 36% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 26% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 12.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 15 | 14.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have the fewest conceded goals (17) in A-League
- Western United have the most clean sheets (7) in A-League
- Western United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United is in the best form (4-1-1) in A-League
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Western United | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 5 | Sydney | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 13 |
