Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City – Preview, Tips and Odds

Australia: A-League

Melbourne Victory

Full Time

3:2

Melbourne City

Highlights and Stats

The teams of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City will face each other on Saturday at for a game of the 17th round of A-League. Melbourne Victory is currently in 12th position in the table with 14 points, while City is in the 1st place with 20 points separating both sides.

Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2022/10/22	Last 20 Games
Melbourne Victory	loss	? Lhome Whome Daway Daway Dhome Laway Lhome Laway Waway Dhome Dhome Daway Lhome Waway Waway Lhome Whome Waway Lhome Daway
Melbourne City	win	? Waway Laway Dhome Dhome Daway Whome Waway Whome Lhome Daway Daway Dhome Waway Lhome Lhome Waway Laway Lhome Waway Dhome

Worth Mentioning

The outcome of the most recent Melbourne derby was an away win for City, with the final score being 2:0. The match went down on 22nd of October 2022. Before that match Melbourne Victory had not tasted defeat in four games against Melbourne City recording a total of 1 win and 3 draws in the process. In the course of the last 10 encounters between the rival teams, performing at home did not play any major role in determining the outcomes, considering the 3 home wins and 3 away wins. The last five meetings between the two clubs ended with two producing over 2.5 goals and three witnessing goals at both ends of the pitch. In that period Melbourne Victory managed to keep one clean sheet, and Melbourne City have not conceded in one of the matches. The most recent five encounters between the two teams resulted in an average score of 2.60 goals per match.

Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

Melbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  1.20

  1.85

• Fouls

  14.55

  14.55

• Corners

  4.80

  6.05

• Offsides

  1.90

  2.30

• Cards

  3.35

  3.10

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2022/10/22 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  7

  21

• Corners

  2

  5

• Offsides

  1

  4

• Cards

  7

  1

• Posession

  49%

  51%

2022/04/09 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  3

  0

• Fouls

  7

  8

• Corners

  7

  4

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  1

  4

• Posession

  42%

  58%

2022/03/19 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  11

  11

• Corners

  7

  10

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  2

  4

• Posession

  39%

  61%

2021/12/18 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  9

  19

• Corners

  4

  4

• Offsides

  0

  3

• Cards

  0

  6

• Posession

  42%

  58%

2021/06/06 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  8

  10

• Corners

  4

  4

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  34%

  66%

2021/04/17 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  7

• Fouls

  12

  7

• Corners

  2

  9

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  4

  0

• Posession

  37%

  63%

2021/03/06 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  6

• Fouls

  8

  13

• Corners

  3

  7

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  4

  2

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2020/02/07 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  11

  13

• Corners

  4

  4

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  54%

  46%

2019/12/21 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  14

  16

• Corners

  5

  6

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  4

  1

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2019/10/12 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  6

  16

• Corners

  6

  9

• Offsides

  4

  3

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2019/02/23 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  15

  19

• Corners

  1

  5

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  8

  4

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2018/12/22 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  10

  15

• Corners

  5

  9

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  53%

  47%

2018/10/20 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  18

  20

• Corners

  6

  0

• Offsides

  0

  3

• Cards

  4

  2

• Posession

  54%

  46%

2018/03/02 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  33

  21

• Corners

  1

  8

• Offsides

  4

  3

• Cards

  4

  3

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2017/12/23 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  29

  13

• Corners

  9

  11

• Offsides

  3

  0

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2017/10/14 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  23

  20

• Corners

  11

  2

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  5

  2

• Posession

  59%

  41%

2017/02/04 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  32

  18

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  5

  3

• Cards

  4

  9

• Posession

  46%

  54%

2016/12/17 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  24

  15

• Corners

  7

  10

• Offsides

  4

  3

• Cards

  5

  5

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2016/10/15 A-League

HMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  4

• Fouls

  14

  16

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  45%

  55%

2016/02/13 A-League

Melbourne VictoryHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  6

  4

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  4

  7

• Posession

  66%

  34%

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Melbourne Victory Form

Melbourne Victory registered a 2:1 away loss in a A-League match against Newcastle Jets that went down on February 12. It appears location has little to no impact on how Melbourne Victory’s previous 10 encounters unfolded. These ended in 6 home victories and 3 wins for the visiting sides. Only 1 of the last 10 meetings for the team ended in a draw. Out of the last five Melbourne Victory encounters, four produced over 2.5 goals and all witnessed goals at both ends. Within this timeframe they were not able to keep a single clean sheet and at least one goal was scored in all of the team’s matches. Based on statistics, their most recent 5 matches ended with an average of 3.20 goals.

• Goals
  1.20
• Fouls
  10.90
• Corners
  5.90
• Offsides
  1.10
• Cards
  2.20
• Posession
  48%

Melbourne City Form

In their most recent match Melbourne City played against Perth Glory on Saturday, with the final score of the game being a 2:4 away victory. The club is now on a run of two straight victories and have not lost in their previous eight games. Being the host turned out to be of little importance in Melbourne City’s recent ten encounters, with the sides performing on homeground triumphing on 4 occasions and the visitors recording three wins. Three of the team’s five last matches had over 2.5 goals and four both involved sides scoring. Melbourne City kept one clean sheet and they didn’t score in only one of those encounters. The goalkeepers had a busy time throughout the team’s recent five outings, as they had to pull the ball out of the nets twenty-one times combined.

• Goals
  2.70
• Fouls
  12.80
• Corners
  6.20
• Offsides
  1.90
• Cards
  1.70
• Posession
  60%

Formations and Lineups

Melbourne Victory

Formation:4-4-2

• G20Paul Izzo
• D2Jason Geria
• D5Damien Da Silva
• D21Roderick Miranda
• D3Cadete
• M7Christopher Ikonomidis
• M8Joshua Brillante
• M14Connor Chapman
• M11Ben Folami
• F10Bruno Fornaroli
• F22Jake Brimmer

20 Paul Izzo 2 Jason Geria 5 Damien Da Silva 21 Roderick Miranda 3 Cadete 7 Christopher Ikonomidis 8 Joshua Brillante 14 Connor Chapman 11 Ben Folami 10 Bruno Fornaroli 22 Jake Brimmer

Melbourne City

Formation:4-3-3

• G1Tom Glover
• D25Callum Talbot
• D6Thomas Lam
• D4Nuno Reis
• D38Jordan Bos
• M10Florin Berenguer
• M13Aiden O'Neill
• M8Richard van der Venne
• F23Marco Tilio
• F9Jamie MacLaren
• F7Mathew Leckie

1 Tom Glover 25 Callum Talbot 6 Thomas Lam 4 Nuno Reis 38 Jordan Bos 10 Florin Berenguer 13 Aiden O'Neill 8 Richard van der Venne 23 Marco Tilio 9 Jamie MacLaren 7 Mathew Leckie

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Melbourne Victory	Last Melbourne City	Probability	Value Odds Over
Melbourne Victory WIN	2/10	2/10	-	20.62%	4.85
DRAW	4/10	1/10	3/10	28.87%	3.46
Melbourne City WIN	4/10	-	6/10	50.52%	1.98
Over 2.5 Goals	6/10	6/10	7/10	63.00%	1.59
BTTS	5/10	6/10	6/10	56.00%	1.79
Over 4.5 Cards	6/10	6/10	5/10	57.00%	1.75
Over 10.5 Corners	5/10	4/10	4/10	44.00%	2.27
Melbourne Victory over 1.5 Goals	3/10	2/10	-	25.50%	3.92
Melbourne City over 1.5 Goals	5/10	-	6/10	54.50%	1.83

Match Details

Melbourne VictoryvsMelbourne City

• 90+6`
  

  M. Leckie
• 88`
  (in) N. Konstandopoulos(out) J. Brimmer

  
• 88`
  (in) B. Kamau(out) B. Folami

  
• 81`
  (in) L. Broxham(out) C. Chapman

  
• 80`
  (in) F. Romero(out) B. Fornaroli

  
• 80`
  3 - 2

  

  M. LeckieA. O'Neill
• 78`
  

  T. GloverUnsportsmanlike conduct
• 77`
  J. BrillanteJ. Brimmer

  

  3 - 1
• 77`
  

  (in) A. Nabbout(out) F. Berenguer
• 77`
  

  (in) S. Galloway(out) C. Talbot
• 75`
  (in) N. Velupillay(out) C. Ikonomidis

  
• 68`
  RoderickUnsportsmanlike conduct

  
• 64`
  

  (in) V. Berisha(out) M. Tilio
• 58`
  

  M. TilioRoughing
• 46`
  B. Fornaroli

  

  2 - 1
• 37`
  C. ChapmanRoughing

  
• 24`
  1 - 1

  

  M. LeckieR. van der Venne
• 7`
  D. Da SilvaJ. Brimmer

  

  1 - 0

Players Ratings

Melbourne VictoryvsMelbourne City

• 

  22Jake Brimmer

  8 / 10

• 

  8Joshua Brillante

  7.3 / 10

• 

  5Damien Da Silva

  7.2 / 10

• 

  3Cadete

  7.2 / 10

• 

  20Paul Izzo

  7 / 10

• 

  21Roderick Miranda

  6.9 / 10

• 

  10Bruno Fornaroli

  6.9 / 10

• 

  6Leigh Broxham

  6.9 / 10

• 

  19Fernando Romero

  6.7 / 10

• 

  18Bruce Kamau

  6.7 / 10

• 

  24Nishan Velupillay

  6.7 / 10

• 

  14Connor Chapman

  6.6 / 10

• 

  2Jason Geria

  6.5 / 10

• 

  23Nathan Konstandopoulos

  6.3 / 10

• 

  11Ben Folami

  6.2 / 10

• 

  7Christopher Ikonomidis

  5.9 / 10

• 

  7Mathew Leckie

  8.2 / 10

• 

  8Richard van der Venne

  7.5 / 10

• 

  13Aiden O'Neill

  7.3 / 10

• 

  9Jamie MacLaren

  7 / 10

• 

  4Nuno Reis

  6.9 / 10

• 

  38Jordan Bos

  6.9 / 10

• 

  10Florin Berenguer

  6.9 / 10

• 

  25Callum Talbot

  6.7 / 10

• 

  6Thomas Lam

  6.3 / 10

• 

  23Marco Tilio

  6.3 / 10

• 

  2Scott Galloway

  6.3 / 10

• 

  14Valon Berisha

  6.3 / 10

• 

  1Tom Glover

  6.2 / 10

• 

  15Andrew Nabbout

  6.2 / 10