📊 Form Guide

Western United

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Western United prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 A-League drawn match vs Western Sydney Wanderers.

In that game, Western United managed 43% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Western United was Hiroshi Ibusuki (48'). For their opponents, Western Sydney Wanderers had 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Brandon Borrello (14') was the scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Western United have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Western United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 11 goals on the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Western United:

• have not registered a win against Melbourne City in home games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• have not beaten Melbourne City in their previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Melbourne City

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Melbourne Victory in A-League competition, Melbourne City and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Melbourne City managed 59% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Melbourne City was Andrew Nabbout (64'). Melbourne Victory had 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Nishan Velupillay (5'), Nikos Vergos (12') and Ryan Teague (25') scored for Melbourne Victory.

In their last half-dozen clashes, Melbourne City have bagged a total of 14 goals. Melbourne City have also scored on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 5 goals go against them. That sort of trend might not be carried forward here, though.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 07/10/2022 tells us that Western United have won 1 of them & Melbourne City 5, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

18 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from The West and 13 coming from City. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 26 on 28/04/2024 when it finished Melbourne City 1-0 Western United.

That time, Melbourne City had 50% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jamie Maclaren (19').

At the other end, Western United had 13 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Adam Kersey.

ℹ️ Team News: Western United

Ramy Najjarine (Shoulder injury), Ben Garuccio (Groin injury), James Donachie (Calf stiffness) and Khoder Kaddour (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Western United gaffer John Aloisi.

🗞️ Team News: Melbourne City

Melbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar has some current player fitness concerns. Peter Antoniou (Foot injury), Harrison Shillington (Ankle injury), Benjamin Mazzeo (Fitness), Arion Sulemani (Calf injury), Jayden Necovski (Cruciate ligament tear), Emin Durakovic (Hamstring injury), Max Caputo (Leg injury) and Alessandro Lopane (Knee injury) will miss out on this game.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Western United should have enough to find the back of the net against this Melbourne City outfit, but a single goal isn’t likely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Melbourne City after 90 minutes. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 07:04 04/11/2024