📊 Form Guide

Western Sydney Wanderers

DDWDWW 📈

Western Sydney Wanderers, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 A-League success over Macarthur FC.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Western Sydney Wanderers, goals were scored by Bozhidar Kraev (21'), Anthony Pantazopoulos (55') and Marcus Antonsson (73'). Macarthur FC had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Marin Jakoliš (4') was the scorer for Macarthur FC.

Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 11 during that period while also conceding a total of 6.

Melbourne Victory

LWWLWD

Last time out, Melbourne Victory drew 1-1 in the A-League tie with Newcastle United Jets.

In that match, Melbourne Victory managed 58% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Melbourne Victory was Kasey Bos (47'). At the other end, Newcastle United Jets got 14 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Clayton Taylor (83') was the scorer for Newcastle United Jets.

Melbourne Victory have been effective going forward leading up to this encounter, having scored 13 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Melbourne Victory have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same matches. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 15/10/2022 shows us that Western Sydney Wanderers have won 4 of these games & Melbourne Victory 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 28 in total which averages out at 4.67 goals per match.

The previous league meeting between these sides was A-League match day 23 on 15/03/2025 when it finished Western Sydney Wanderers 4-2 Melbourne Victory.

In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers had 44% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The goals were scored by Bozhidar Kraev (44'), Brandon Borrello (76'), Nicolas Milanović (87') and Marcus Antonsson (94').

On the other side, Melbourne Victory got 18 shots on goal with 9 on target. Nishan Velupillay (34') and Reno Piscopo (41') scored.

The match was refereed by Alex King.

📋 Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Tae-wook Jeong (Ankle injury) and Dylan Scicluna (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Western Sydney Wanderers boss Alen Stajčić.

📰 Team News: Melbourne Victory

Out of a mainly healthy group of players, there is just the one fitness problem for the Melbourne Victory gaffer Arthur Diles to be concerned with. Mitchell Langerak (Foot injury) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Melbourne Victory have enough to break down this Western Sydney Wanderers team, although it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Western Sydney Wanderers by the conclusion of the game. It should be a decent one.

Peter Guest, 09:00 10/05/2025