Melbourne Victory vs Western Sydney Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Melbourne Victory

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Melbourne Victory enter this game following a 0-0 A-League drawn match vs Brisbane Roar.

In that match, Melbourne Victory managed 40% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Brisbane Roar got 22 shots at goal with 4 on target.

It’s not been often in recent times where Melbourne Victory have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Melbourne Victory have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 6 goals during that time.

Heading into this fixture, Melbourne Victory are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Melbourne City in A-League action, Western Sydney Wanderers will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers had 55% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers was Marcus Younis (69'). For their opponents, Melbourne City had 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. Léo Natel (28') and Marin Jakoliš (39') scored for Melbourne City.

The stats don’t lie, and Western Sydney Wanderers have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 15 goals overall. At the back, Western Sydney Wanderers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Ahead of this meeting, Western Sydney Wanderers remain undefeated by Melbourne Victory in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 23/04/2021 tells us that Melbourne Victory have won 2 of them and Western Sydney Wanderers 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 7 on 10/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Western Sydney Wanderers 3-4 Melbourne Victory.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers had 50% possession and 19 shots at goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Marcus Antonsson (57', 88') and Valentino Yuel (91').

Melbourne Victory had 9 shots at goal with 8 on target. Bruno Fornaroli (8', 45', 51', 74') scored.

The match was refereed by Ben Abraham.

ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne Victory

The Melbourne Victory boss Tony Popović doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

ℹ️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Western Sydney Wanderers boss Marko Rudan has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Tom Beadling (unknown injury), Brandon Borrello (Hamstring injury), Jorrit Hendrix (unknown injury) and Jack Gibson (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Western Sydney Wanderers should get enough chances to break down this Melbourne Victory team, but it realistically won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating a 2-1 victory for Melbourne Victory by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 06:07 26/04/2024