Melbourne City vs Western Sydney Wanderers – Preview, Tips and Odds

Australia: A-League

Melbourne City

Full Time

3:2

WS Wanderers

Highlights and Stats

Melbourne City and Western Sydney Wanderers will come up against one another in a battle that will go down on Friday, as part of the 26th round in the A-League. The hosts of the game are 1st in the standings, having earned a total of 52 points so far. In the meantime, their next opponents occupy 4th spot in the table with 41 points, which means there is a 11 point gap separating the two contenders.

Melbourne City vs Western Sydney Wanderers Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/01/15	Last 20 Games
Melbourne City	draw	? Daway Waway Dhome Whome Waway Dhome Waway Laway Whome Waway Whome Laway Dhome Laway Whome Daway Laway Whome Lhome Daway
WS Wanderers	draw	? Dhome Lhome Daway Laway Lhome Daway Lhome Whome Laway Lhome Laway Whome Daway Whome Laway Dhome Whome Laway Waway Dhome

Worth Mentioning

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1:1 draw back in January, 2023. Melbourne City has not tasted defeat in seven consecutive games against Western Sydney Wanderers recording a total of 4 wins and 3 draws in the process. Across the most recent 10 encounters, being the hosting side has not proven to be an advantage as the end results were 3 home wins and 4 away wins. Both teams scored in four of the last five games and three produced over 2.5 goals. In the meantime Melbourne City managed to keep one clean sheet, while Western Sydney Wanderers conceded goals in all matches. The recent meetings between the opponents turned out to be high scoring affairs with a total of 19 goals across the previous 5 clashes.

Melbourne City vs Western Sydney Wanderers Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

Melbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1.90

  1.60

• Fouls

  10.26

  11.21

• Corners

  6.89

  4.95

• Offsides

  2.58

  3.21

• Cards

  2.37

  1.84

• Posession

  53%

  47%

2023/01/15 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  10

  7

• Corners

  15

  0

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  1

  0

• Posession

  66%

  34%

2022/02/11 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  8

  10

• Corners

  3

  8

• Offsides

  7

  2

• Cards

  0

  0

• Posession

  34%

  66%

2022/01/09 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  3

  3

• Fouls

  10

  11

• Corners

  10

  6

• Offsides

  2

  2

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  54%

  46%

2021/03/26 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  4

  1

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2021/03/02 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  8

  8

• Corners

  10

  4

• Offsides

  4

  1

• Cards

  0

  2

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2020/03/14 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  11

  11

• Corners

  6

  2

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  63%

  37%

2019/11/22 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  14

  10

• Corners

  4

  6

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  60%

  40%

2019/03/30 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  15

  11

• Corners

  4

  6

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  4

  3

• Posession

  54%

  46%

2019/01/22 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  4

  3

• Fouls

  7

  15

• Corners

  11

  8

• Offsides

  3

  3

• Cards

  4

  5

• Posession

  59%

  41%

2019/01/01 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  17

  13

• Corners

  3

  12

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  8

  4

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2018/03/24 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  3

  0

• Fouls

  12

  17

• Corners

  4

  3

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  0

  1

• Posession

  49%

  51%

2018/01/01 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  13

  21

• Corners

  7

  2

• Offsides

  4

  0

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  45%

  55%

2017/11/12 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  14

  20

• Corners

  8

  8

• Offsides

  5

  0

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  44%

  56%

2017/03/24 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  12

  17

• Corners

  6

  3

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  58%

  42%

2017/01/06 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  13

  10

• Corners

  13

  1

• Offsides

  0

  5

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  66%

  34%

2016/11/18 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  16

  25

• Corners

  6

  3

• Offsides

  2

  4

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2016/01/29 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  3

  4

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  7

  1

• Offsides

  3

  6

• Cards

  5

  2

• Posession

  56%

  44%

2016/01/09 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  6

  9

• Offsides

  4

  9

• Cards

  4

  0

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2015/11/13 A-League

HMelbourne CityWS Wanderers

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  3

  7

• Offsides

  5

  8

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  44%

  56%

2015/04/03 A-League

Melbourne CityHWS Wanderers

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  15

  7

• Corners

  5

  5

• Offsides

  2

  7

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  48%

  52%

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Melbourne City Form

On April 22nd Melbourne City ended in a 3:1 win against Western United away from home in an A-League encounter. The club has managed to avoid defeat across the previous seven games, recording 4 wins and 3 draws. Having the home crowd behind the players’ backs proved to be very beneficial in the 10 latest Melbourne City encounters. The hosts recorded a win 6 times and tasted defeat in just 1 match. Across their previous five games, three produced over 2.5 goals and all saw both sides netting goals. Melbourne City failed to retain a clean sheet during these matches, whereas the team netted at least one goal in all five. Judging by the numbers, the team’s preceding 5 encounters saw an average of 3.20 goals.

• Goals
  2.10
• Fouls
  11.00
• Corners
  7.10
• Offsides
  1.20
• Cards
  2.10
• Posession
  61%

Western Sydney Wanderers Form

Western Sydney Wanderers’s last match was against Wellington Phoenix on Friday and it finished in a 4:0 win at home. The club is now on a run of two straight victories and has not lost in three games. Being the host turned out to be of little importance in Western Sydney Wanderers’s recent ten encounters, with the sides performing on homeground triumphing on 5 occasions and the visitors recording three wins. Just two of those last 10 clashes were draws. Every single of Western Sydney Wanderers’ five previous matches finished with more than 2.5 goals and three saw both sides finding the nets. Western Sydney Wanderers managed to prevent their opponents from scoring on two occasions and the team found the net at least once in each of those encounters. Over the course of the team’s previous five games, the players netted 4 goals on average.

• Goals
  2.60
• Fouls
  11.20
• Corners
  5.10
• Offsides
  2.30
• Cards
  3.10
• Posession
  53%

Formations and Lineups

Melbourne City

Formation:4-3-3

• G1Tom Glover
• D25Callum Talbot
• D4Nuno Reis
• D22Curtis Good
• D38Jordan Bos
• M10Florin Berenguer
• M13Aiden O'Neill
• M8Richard van der Venne
• F15Andrew Nabbout
• F9Jamie MacLaren
• F23Marco Tilio

1 Tom Glover 25 Callum Talbot 4 Nuno Reis 22 Curtis Good 38 Jordan Bos 10 Florin Berenguer 13 Aiden O'Neill 8 Richard van der Venne 15 Andrew Nabbout 9 Jamie MacLaren 23 Marco Tilio

WS Wanderers

Formation:4-4-2

• G20Lawrence Thomas
• D31Aidan Simmons
• D5Tomislav Mrčela
• D6Marcelo
• D3Adama Traoré
• M11Amor Layouni
• M28Calem Nieuwenhof
• M4Morgan Schneiderlin
• M17Romain Amalfitano
• F10Miloš Ninković
• F26Brandon Borrello

20 Lawrence Thomas 31 Aidan Simmons 5 Tomislav Mrčela 6 Marcelo 3 Adama Traoré 11 Amor Layouni 28 Calem Nieuwenhof 4 Morgan Schneiderlin 17 Romain Amalfitano 10 Miloš Ninković 26 Brandon Borrello

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 City	Last WS Wanderers	Probability	Value Odds Over
Melbourne City WIN	6/10	5/10	-	48.90%	2.05
DRAW	3/10	3/10	3/10	26.43%	3.78
WS Wanderers WIN	1/10	-	5/10	24.67%	4.05
Over 2.5 Goals	6/10	7/10	8/10	69.00%	1.45
BTTS	7/10	10/10	5/10	73.00%	1.37
Over 4.5 Cards	4/9	3/10	8/10	50.78%	1.97
Over 10.5 Corners	6/9	5/10	4/10	53.67%	1.86
Melbourne City over 1.5 Goals	7/10	7/10	-	70.00%	1.43
WS Wanderers over 1.5 Goals	4/10	-	9/10	62.50%	1.60

Match Details

Melbourne CityvsWS Wanderers

• 90+3`
  M. TilioM. Leckie

  

  3 - 2
• 88`
  (in) S. Galloway(out) J. Bos

  
• 81`
  

  N. MilanovicUnsportsmanlike conduct
• 81`
  S. JamiesonUnsportsmanlike conduct

  
• 81`
  

  (in) Y. A. N'Gbakoto(out) A. Layouni
• 81`
  

  (in) T. Beadling(out) M. Schneiderlin
• 79`
  A. NabboutA. Nabbout

  
• 75`
  J. Maclaren

  

  2 - 2
• 74`
  1 - 2

  

  N. Milanovic
• 74`
  

  B. BorrelloB. Borrello
• 72`
  (in) S. Jamieson(out) A. O'Neill

  
• 68`
  

  (in) K. Yengi(out) R. Amalfitano
• 68`
  

  (in) N. Milanovic(out) M. Ninkovic
• 63`
  (in) M. Leckie(out) R. van der Venne

  
• 62`
  (in) T. Lam(out) N. Reis

  
• 61`
  

  (in) O. Bozanic(out) C. Nieuwenhof
• 56`
  

  M. SchneiderlinTripping
• 49`
  M. TilioN. Reis

  

  1 - 1
• 45+1`
  

  B. BorrelloTripping
• 45`
  

  A. LayouniUnsportsmanlike conduct
• 41`
  0 - 1

  

  B. BorrelloA. Layouni
• 36`
  J. BosHandling

  

Players Ratings

Melbourne CityvsWS Wanderers

• 

  23Marco Tilio

  9.5 / 10

• 

  13Aiden O'Neill

  7.9 / 10

• 

  9Jamie MacLaren

  7.3 / 10

• 

  7Mathew Leckie

  7.3 / 10

• 

  10Florin Berenguer

  7.2 / 10

• 

  8Richard van der Venne

  7 / 10

• 

  1Tom Glover

  6.9 / 10

• 

  4Nuno Reis

  6.9 / 10

• 

  22Curtis Good

  6.7 / 10

• 

  25Callum Talbot

  6.3 / 10

• 

  6Thomas Lam

  6.3 / 10

• 

  38Jordan Bos

  6.2 / 10

• 

  15Andrew Nabbout

  6.2 / 10

• 

  3Scott Jamieson

  6.2 / 10

• 

  20Lawrence Thomas

  7.9 / 10

• 

  4Morgan Schneiderlin

  7.3 / 10

• 

  14Nicolas Milanovic

  7 / 10

• 

  5Tomislav Mrčela

  6.9 / 10

• 

  17Romain Amalfitano

  6.9 / 10

• 

  10Miloš Ninković

  6.9 / 10

• 

  26Brandon Borrello

  6.9 / 10

• 

  6Marcelo

  6.7 / 10

• 

  16Tom Beadling

  6.7 / 10

• 

  11Amor Layouni

  6.6 / 10

• 

  8Oliver Božanić

  6.5 / 10

• 

  9Kusini Yengi

  6.5 / 10

• 

  23Yeni N'Gbakoto

  6.5 / 10

• 

  28Calem Nieuwenhof

  6.3 / 10

• 

  3Adama Traoré

  6.2 / 10

• 

  31Aidan Simmons

  6 / 10