Western Sydney Wanderers vs Melbourne City Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 19)

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Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-0 A-League victory against Western United.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers had 44% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Western Sydney Wanderers was Alex Gersbach (45'). At the other end, Western United got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Matthew Sutton (66' Own goal) was the scorer for Western United.

Matches featuring Western Sydney Wanderers have proved to be absorbing encounters lately with high scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen games, a grand total of 23 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 17 of those belonging to Western Sydney Wanderers.

Going into this one, Western Sydney Wanderers are unbeaten in their previous 4 home league matches.

Melbourne City

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Melbourne City will go into the match following on from a 3-2 A-League win with the downing of Brisbane Roar in their previous game.

In that match, Melbourne City had 65% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Melbourne City, the scorers were Marco Tilio (57'), Max Caputo (61') and Germán Ferreyra (85'). For their opponents, Brisbane Roar had 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Asumah Abubakar (9') and Keegan Jelacic (69') scored for Brisbane Roar.

Aurelio Vidmar's Melbourne City have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 10 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches equals 5.

A look at their previous results shows us that Melbourne City:

• have not lost to Western Sydney Wanderers in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 15/01/2023 shows us that Western Sydney Wanderers have won 2 of these games and Melbourne City 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for The Wanderers and 13 being from City. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league meeting between the two was A-League match day 6 on 30/11/2024 when it finished Melbourne City 0-2 Western Sydney Wanderers.

On that occasion, Melbourne City managed 56% possession and 18 shots on goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Western Sydney Wanderers had 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Nicolas Milanović (45') and Marcus Antonsson (81') scored.

The referee was Jonathon Barreiro.

📋 Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

There’s just one fitness concern for the Western Sydney Wanderers manager Alen Stajčić to be concerned with from a near full-strength set of players. Dylan Scicluna (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne City

Melbourne City manager Aurelio Vidmar has not got a full squad to pick from. James Jeggo (Sore muscles), Samuel Souprayen (Calf problems), Mathew Leckie (Hamstring injury), Andrew Nabbout (Cruciate ligament tear), Jayden Necovski (Cruciate ligament tear) and James Nieuwenhuizen (Cruciate ligament injury) are not ready for selection.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Melbourne City and Western Sydney Wanderers should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we get quite a few goals with scores finishing level. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a really entertaining tussle with a score draw after 90 minutes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Checking out the betting prices for the game in the full-time result market, backing Western Sydney Wanderers is available for 2.63, a bet on a drawn result is 3.6 and taking a punt on the winner to be Melbourne City gets you 2.5. Those are the best bets offered at the current time.

Renata Leite, 01:05 19/04/2025