This has all the signs of another appealing encounter at AAMI Park in the A-League. Melbourne Victory is in 3rd place and receive Western United in 2nd spot. Learn more about the fixture here!
- All of Melbourne Victory's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Western United have the fewest conceded goals (1) in A-League
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.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Only two A-League home games for Melbourne Victory so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Melbourne Victory travelled for their previous game, a trip to Melbourne City that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Popović made a successful contribution in the game against Melbourne City, bringing on D'Agostino who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Brimmer got a match rating of 7.52 in that game, the max score being 10. Brimmer served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Adelaide United and winning 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne Victory handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and four defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melbourne Victory at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Western United form and stats
Only one away game in the A-League so far for Western United and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 10 losses from 13 travels. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Western hope to make it five in this match.
Western have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jamie Young. It's been 375 minutes since they last conceded in A-League.
Western United had fun at their own home (AAMI Park) last time out, beating Adelaide United 1-0. Pain scored. Risdon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Risdon hit one key pass and won 14 of 21 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Brisbane Roar.We have checked recent matches where Western United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were zero victories, one draw and six defeats.
Western United have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Western United - Melbourne Victory 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Melbourne two wins, one draw and Western United four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 2 goals |  F. Margiotta 2 goals |   C. Pain 2 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Western United missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14.6 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 11.6 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.4 |
- All of Melbourne Victory's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Western United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Western United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western United have the fewest conceded goals (1) in A-League
- Western United have won all their away games so far.
- Western United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Western United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Melbourne Victory | Last season | Western United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Conceded | C | 30 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 81% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 69% | ||
| 58% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 54% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 58% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 46% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 27% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 38% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 15.6 | 14.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 16.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Western United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Sydney | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Adelaide United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
