Melbourne Victory vs Western United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Melbourne Victory

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Melbourne Victory will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 A-League defeat last time out to Sydney FC.

In that game, Melbourne Victory managed 47% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Sydney FC got 2 shots at goal with 1 on target. Anthony Cáceres (35') scored for Sydney FC.

Melbourne Victory have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Melbourne Victory have seen their goal breached in 6 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Western United

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Western United will come into the clash after a 2-1 A-League win in the defeat of Perth Glory in their most recent outing.

In that match, Western United had 42% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Western United, the scorers were Tongo Doumbia (42') and Noah Botić (45'). At the other end, Perth Glory got 17 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Jordan Elsey (22') was the scorer for Perth Glory.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Western United, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The overall average goals scored per match in that time is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Western United being 1.5. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.

Coming into this clash, Western United have not beaten Melbourne Victory when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes going back to 20/11/2021 tells us that Melbourne Victory have won 3 of these & Western United 2, with the number of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Victory and 7 for The West. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The last league contest featuring these sides was A-League match day 9 on 26/12/2022 and the score finished Western United 1-0 Melbourne Victory.

On that occasion, Western United had 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Josh Risdon (45').

Melbourne Victory had 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Tim Danaskos.

🗞️ Team News: Melbourne Victory

Jake Brimmer (Torn Meniscus) and Nani (Partial damage to the cruciate ligament) will not be able to play for Melbourne Victory manager Tony Popović.

📰 Team News: Western United

With a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Western United manager John Aloisi has no fitness concerns at all before this match.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Western United are dangerous enough to put one past this Melbourne Victory outfit, however that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 victory for Melbourne Victory when all is said and done. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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

Andre Moura, 01:56 09/03/2023