Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Western United & Melbourne Victory face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Australian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Western United form and stats
Last season, Western's Australian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Happy days for Western United in their previous game, a fixture away at Melbourne City that ended with a 2-0 victory. Young, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.61 out of 10 in that game. Young topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Melbourne Victory.Melbourne Victory form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Melbourne Victory, as they won the Australian Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Melbourne Victory might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Western United proved too strong as Melbourne Victory slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at AAMI Park. Brimmer got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Brimmer scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Western United.The travelling fans enjoy Melbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Western United four wins, two draws and Melbourne Victory four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Western United missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Western United | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 15.7 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 |
