The A-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Western United and Melbourne Victory are placed 7th and 10th respectively.
- Melbourne Victory has the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only four days ago.
Western United form and stats
Only two A-League home games for Western United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Western United's previous game was a A-League match also played at home, ending 5-4 versus Perth Glory (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Melbourne City.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost one.
At AAMI Park, Western United has the goal stats of 5-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the A-League were 3 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 13 fixtures.
Melbourne go into this game after a win, the home game against Perth Glory that ended 2-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Adelaide United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Melbourne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.
It's early days yet, but Melbourne Victory has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Western United-Melbourne Victory H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Western three wins, Melbourne Victory zero wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Pierias 2 goals |  J. Brimmer 2 goals | T. Imai 1 goals |
Western United missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Western United | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 46% | 42% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
- Melbourne Victory has the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League
| Western United | Last season | Melbourne Victory | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 75% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 81% | ||
| 50% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 73% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 35% | ||
| 21% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 15% | ||
| 54% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 65% | ||
| 21% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 23% | ||
| 29% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 19% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Western United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Sydney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | Sydney | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 53 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |