Melbourne Victory vs Auckland FC Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📏 Form Guide

Melbourne Victory

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Melbourne Victory will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-2 Final Series triumph over Western Sydney Wanderers.

In that game, Melbourne Victory had 44% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Melbourne Victory, the scorers were Kasey Bos (7') and Zinédine Machach (42'). On the other side, Western Sydney Wanderers got 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Zac Sapsford (23') scored for Western Sydney Wanderers.

Melbourne Victory have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they’ve also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Melbourne Victory have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those games.

Auckland FC

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After a loss in their previous game against Western United in A-League action, Auckland FC will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Auckland FC managed 56% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Auckland FC, the scorers were Neyder Moreno (62') and Jesse Randall (94'). Western United got 10 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Michael Ruhs (18'), Noah Botić (23'), Angus Thurgate (49') and Oliver Lavale (96') scored for Western United.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Auckland FC have amassed a total of 10 goals. Auckland FC have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have seen 7 goals go against them. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued here, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league clash featuring the two was A-League match day 27 on 19/04/2025 and the score finished Melbourne Victory 0-2 Auckland FC.

On that day, Melbourne Victory had 59% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Auckland FC had 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Louis Verstraete (53') and Guillermo May (89') scored.

The match was refereed by Ben Abraham.

📰 Team News: Melbourne Victory

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Melbourne Victory manager Arthur Diles to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Mitchell Langerak (Foot injury) is out of contention.

🧠 Prediction

We think that Auckland FC might need a bit of good fortune to hit the back of the net against this Melbourne Victory side who we reckon should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

Our tip is therefore for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 win for Melbourne Victory when the full-time whistle blows.

It should be a good one.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking on the latest odds for this match on the WDW market, victory for Melbourne Victory can be had for 2.3, backing the game finishing all-square is 3.4 & putting your money on a win for Auckland FC gets you 3. These are the most competitive market prices available at the moment.

Victor Martins, 06:00 13/05/2025