Western United vs Melbourne City – Preview, Tips and Odds

Australia: A-League

Western United

Full Time

1:3

Melbourne City

Highlights and Stats

Western United will come up against Melbourne City on Saturday in a game of the 25th round in the A-League. The match will see the 8th-placed Western United test their skills with Melbourne City, who currently occupy 1st spot in the standings.

Western United vs Melbourne City Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/01/07	Last 12 Games
Western United	loss	? Laway Laway Waway Dhome Whome Waway Whome Laway Laway Dhome Laway Lhome
Melbourne City	win	? Whome Whome Lhome Daway Laway Lhome Laway Whome Whome Daway Whome Waway

Worth Mentioning

When Western United last faced Melbourne City, the game finished with the score of 4:0 to Melbourne City. The two teams met each other on the 7th of January 2023. Melbourne City is boasting a string of two successive wins versus Western United. Playing at home turned out advantageous in the latest 10 direct clashes. The hosts went all guns on their opponents and secured 6 wins and remained unscathed in 7 of 10. Just 1 of the previous 10 meetings between the two teams ended in a draw. The last five meetings between the two clubs ended with three producing over 2.5 goals and two witnessing goals at both ends of the pitch. Western United did not concede in two of those meetings, and Melbourne City kept a clean sheet on one occasion. The previous five encounters ended with an average of 2.80 goals.

Western United vs Melbourne City Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 12 games

Western UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  1.08

  1.50

• Fouls

  10.33

  11.00

• Corners

  3.67

  8.00

• Offsides

  1.00

  1.33

• Cards

  1.92

  2.00

• Posession

  46%

  54%

2023/01/07 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  4

• Fouls

  10

  8

• Corners

  6

  3

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  0

  0

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2022/10/07 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  9

  16

• Corners

  3

  11

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  4

  3

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2022/05/28 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  14

  9

• Corners

  1

  9

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  2

  0

• Posession

  37%

  63%

2022/03/12 A-League

HWestern UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  10

  4

• Corners

  3

  11

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  3

  0

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2022/01/29 A-League

HWestern UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  3

  13

• Corners

  5

  8

• Offsides

  1

  4

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  41%

  59%

2021/12/04 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  8

  11

• Corners

  4

  9

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  35%

  65%

2021/04/01 A-League

HWestern UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  10

  9

• Corners

  1

  12

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  44%

  56%

2021/01/16 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  12

  10

• Corners

  8

  4

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  1

  1

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2020/08/26 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  12

  12

• Corners

  7

  7

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2020/08/19 A-League

HWestern UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  9

  13

• Corners

  2

  9

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  2

  0

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2020/01/03 A-League

Western UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  3

• Fouls

  13

  15

• Corners

  0

  6

• Offsides

  3

  1

• Cards

  3

  5

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2019/10/27 A-League

HWestern UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  14

  12

• Corners

  4

  7

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  3

  6

• Posession

  55%

  45%

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Western United Form

The efforts of Western United proved enough to secure a 0:1 victory away from home against Adelaide United in an A-League match played on April 16. Up to the time of their latest match, they went through a winless streak of three consecutive matches, recording a total of 2 defeats and 1 draw for the period. Regardless of whether hosting or visiting, the teams involved in Western United’s recent 10 encounters did not gain a considerable advantage. All in all, the hosts succeeded in recording 3 wins and the visitors registered 6 wins. Just 1 of the last 10 games of the club ended in a draw. Across their previous five games, three produced over 2.5 goals and two saw both sides netting goals. Western United succeeded in keeping one clean sheet during these matches, while they proved unsuccessful in scoring in two. From a statistical point of view their last 5 outings concluded with an average of 2.80 goals per game.

• Goals
  1.40
• Fouls
  10.00
• Corners
  6.00
• Offsides
  1.80
• Cards
  1.80
• Posession
  42%

Melbourne City Form

Melbourne City faced Central Coast Mariners on Saturday and the final score was a 1:1 draw away from home. Bar its most recent encounter, the team has had a streak of two sequential victories and has not experienced a defeat in six games. Playing at home turned out to be favorable across the ten previous Melbourne City games, as they finished in six victories for the hosting party and the visiting sides triumphed in one. When we take a look at the last five encounters of the team, we see that two ended with more than 2.5 goals, with all having the two involved teams scoring. In the course of these encounters, Melbourne City failed to keep a clean sheet and scored at least one goal in all matches. During the team’s recent five outings, the goalkeepers had to pull the ball out of the nets 14 times altogether.

• Goals
  2.20
• Fouls
  11.20
• Corners
  7.20
• Offsides
  1.50
• Cards
  2.00
• Posession
  60%

Formations and Lineups

Western United

Formation:4-4-2

• G1Jamie Young
• D19Joshua Risdon
• D6Tomoki Imai
• D44Nikolai Topor-Stanley
• D17Ben Garuccio
• M5Dylan Pierias
• M21Sebastian Pasquali
• M10Steven Lustica
• M11Connor Pain
• F8Lachlan Wales
• F99Aleksandar Prijović

1 Jamie Young 19 Joshua Risdon 6 Tomoki Imai 44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 17 Ben Garuccio 5 Dylan Pierias 21 Sebastian Pasquali 10 Steven Lustica 11 Connor Pain 8 Lachlan Wales 99 Aleksandar Prijović

Melbourne City

Formation:4-3-3

• G1Tom Glover
• D2Scott Galloway
• D6Thomas Lam
• D4Nuno Reis
• D38Jordan Bos
• M13Aiden O'Neill
• M3Scott Jamieson
• M10Florin Berenguer
• F15Andrew Nabbout
• F9Jamie MacLaren
• F23Marco Tilio

1 Tom Glover 2 Scott Galloway 6 Thomas Lam 4 Nuno Reis 38 Jordan Bos 13 Aiden O'Neill 3 Scott Jamieson 10 Florin Berenguer 15 Andrew Nabbout 9 Jamie MacLaren 23 Marco Tilio

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 Western United	Last Melbourne City	Probability	Value Odds Over
Western United WIN	4/10	5/10	-	40.83%	2.45
DRAW	2/10	1/10	3/10	18.35%	5.45
Melbourne City WIN	4/10	-	5/10	40.83%	2.45
Over 2.5 Goals	5/10	7/10	7/10	62.00%	1.61
BTTS	4/10	5/10	10/10	61.00%	1.64
Over 4.5 Cards	1/10	1/10	3/10	16.00%	6.25
Over 10.5 Corners	8/10	6/10	5/10	65.00%	1.54
Western United over 1.5 Goals	3/10	5/10	-	39.00%	2.56
Melbourne City over 1.5 Goals	5/10	-	7/10	59.00%	1.69

Match Details

Western UnitedvsMelbourne City

• 87`
  

  (in) M. Caputo(out) J. Maclaren
• 81`
  (in) M. Ruhs(out) D. Pierias

  
• 77`
  (in) L. Lacroix(out) T. Imai

  
• 77`
  

  (in) J. Hall(out) T. Lam
• 77`
  (in) A. Diamanti(out) C. Pain

  
• 77`
  (in) J. Troisi(out) L. Wales

  
• 74`
  1 - 3

  

  J. Maclaren
• 72`
  

  C. TalbotRoughing
• 68`
  C. PainUnsportsmanlike conduct

  
• 66`
  1 - 2

  

  J. MaclarenM. Leckie
• 64`
  

  (in) C. Talbot(out) S. Galloway
• 64`
  

  (in) M. Leckie(out) S. Jamieson
• 64`
  

  (in) R. van der Venne(out) A. O'Neill
• 58`
  (in) N. Botic(out) A. Prijovic

  
• 44`
  N. Topor-StanleyRoughing

  
• 39`
  

  S. GallowayUnsportsmanlike conduct
• 39`
  L. WalesUnsportsmanlike conduct

  
• 38`
  D. PieriasN. Topor-Stanley

  

  1 - 1
• 37`
  

  N. ReisTripping
• 20`
  D. PieriasTripping

  
• 13`
  0 - 1

  

  J. MaclarenA. Nabbout

Players Ratings

Western UnitedvsMelbourne City

• 

  21Sebastian Pasquali

  7.3 / 10

• 

  44Nikolai Topor-Stanley

  7.2 / 10

• 

  4Léo Lacroix

  7.2 / 10

• 

  99Aleksandar Prijović

  7 / 10

• 

  19Joshua Risdon

  6.9 / 10

• 

  23Alessandro Diamanti

  6.6 / 10

• 

  11Connor Pain

  6.5 / 10

• 

  8Lachlan Wales

  6.5 / 10

• 

  6Tomoki Imai

  6.3 / 10

• 

  5Dylan Pierias

  6.3 / 10

• 

  10Steven Lustica

  6.3 / 10

• 

  9Michael Ruhs

  6.3 / 10

• 

  1Jamie Young

  6.2 / 10

• 

  17Ben Garuccio

  6.2 / 10

• 

  38Noah Botic

  6.2 / 10

• 

  14James Troisi

  6.2 / 10

• 

  9Jamie MacLaren

  8.9 / 10

• 

  15Andrew Nabbout

  7.9 / 10

• 

  38Jordan Bos

  7.5 / 10

• 

  1Tom Glover

  7.3 / 10

• 

  4Nuno Reis

  7.3 / 10

• 

  6Thomas Lam

  7.2 / 10

• 

  7Mathew Leckie

  7.2 / 10

• 

  8Richard van der Venne

  7 / 10

• 

  23Marco Tilio

  6.9 / 10

• 

  18Jordon Hall

  6.7 / 10

• 

  37Max Caputo

  6.7 / 10

• 

  13Aiden O'Neill

  6.6 / 10

• 

  3Scott Jamieson

  6.6 / 10

• 

  10Florin Berenguer

  6.6 / 10

• 

  25Callum Talbot

  6.6 / 10

• 

  2Scott Galloway

  6.2 / 10