Western United vs Melbourne Victory match preview: Even contest expected at GMHBA Stadium

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: GMHBA Stadium (34000 seats)

It's the first fixture of the new season for Western United and Melbourne Victory. The sheet is blank, the potential endless.

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.

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Western United form and stats

The season before, Western United's league results were 8 wins, 4 draws and 14 losses, producing 10th position in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored 30 goals and gave away 47. Appearing as the host team in the former season Western United generated 6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 17 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Western have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost four.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

Let's have a look at how Melbourne Victory performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 4 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 14/30 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne Victory playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Melbourne wins, three draws and five defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Melbourne Victory now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ffa Cup game at Perth Glory is waiting in only four days.

Head 2 Head

Western United-Melbourne Victory H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Western four wins, Melbourne Victory one win, one draw. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Western United missing players

Melbourne Victory missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Western United Melbourne Victory
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Western United Last season Melbourne Victory
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
8 6   Won W   2 5
4 3   Drew D   2 4
14 4   Lost L   9 17
30 18   Scored S   14 31
47 17   Conceded C   30 60
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
69% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 81%
54% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 58%
27% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 38%
27% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 27%
46% 46%   BTTS BTTS   54% 58%
27% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 8%
38% 31%   Failed to Score F T   46% 38%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.8
6.3 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 7.2
2.5 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.5
4 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.9 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.4
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4
25% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 30%
 
16.7 16.7   Shots against (avg) S A   16.3 15.6
6 5.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 5.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 15 4 7 57 32 13 10 1 2 36 15 13 5 3 5 21 17 25 49
2 Sydney 26 13 8 5 39 23 13 7 4 2 15 9 13 6 4 3 24 14 16 47
3 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 35 31 13 6 3 4 19 19 13 6 3 4 16 12 4 42
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 36 28 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 6 2 5 19 16 8 40
5 Adelaide United 26 11 6 9 39 41 13 7 4 2 18 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -2 39
6 Macarthur 26 11 6 9 33 36 13 4 4 5 19 20 13 7 2 4 14 16 -3 39
7 Wellington Phoenix 26 10 8 8 44 34 13 5 3 5 24 19 13 5 5 3 20 15 10 38
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 13 6 2 5 26 18 13 3 6 4 19 25 2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 13 7 3 3 27 18 13 2 4 7 17 26 0 34
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 13 6 3 4 18 17 13 2 1 10 12 30 -17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 13 1 3 9 10 21 13 4 3 6 14 17 -14 21
12 Melbourne Victory 26 5 4 17 31 60 13 3 2 8 17 30 13 2 2 9 14 30 -29 19

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

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