Saturday , 14 November 2026

Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, A League 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2018-19
Melbourne City FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Melbourne Victory FC
Sat 22 Dec 2018 · 08:50 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Leigh Broxham
Y 34' Nick Ansell
Harrison Delbridge 67' Y
Bart Schenkeveld 75' Y
Riley McGree 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Shaun Evans
  • Referee Craig Zetter
  • Referee Lachlan Keevers
  • Referee Andrew Meimarakis
  • Referee George Lakrindis

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Wellington Phoenix FC 4 10
2 Sydney FC 4 7
3 Brisbane Roar FC 3 7
4 Melbourne City FC 4 7
5 Perth Glory FC 4 6
6 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4 5
7 Macarthur FC 4 5
8 Auckland FC 4 5
9 Melbourne Victory FC 4 3
10 Newcastle United Jets FC 4 2
11 Central Coast Mariners FC 4 2
12 Adelaide United FC 3 1

Head-to-Head

7
10
8
Melbourne City FC 25 games · Avg 2.8 goals Melbourne Victory FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-12-22 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2018-10-20 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Dec Melbourne Victory FC H 1–1 D
16 Dec Adelaide United FC A 2–0 W
08 Dec Perth Glory FC A 0–1 L
02 Dec Newcastle United Jets FC H 3–0 W
24 Nov Brisbane Roar FC A 0–2 L
09 Nov Wellington Phoenix FC H 2–0 W
Melbourne Victory FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Dec Melbourne City FC A 1–1 D
14 Dec Brisbane Roar FC A 4–2 W
08 Dec Adelaide United FC H 2–0 W
01 Dec Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 4–0 W
25 Nov Sydney FC A 2–1 W
11 Nov Central Coast Mariners FC H 4–1 W

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC Melbourne Victory FC
#4 Position #9
7 Points 3
4 Played 4
2 / 1 / 1 W / D / L 0 / 3 / 1
6 Scored 5
6 Conceded 6
+0 GD -1
1.75 PPG 0.75
50% Win % 0%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)
52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 4th (7 pts). Melbourne Victory FC are 9th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/3
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Melbourne Victory FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/1
61-75
3/1
76+
–/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
Andrew Nabbout 2 G
Emiliano Marcondes 1 G 2 A
Matheus Rossetto 1 G
Awer Mabil 1 G
Quinn MacNicol 1 G
Melbourne Victory FC
Keegan Jelacic 2 G
Jordi Valadon 2 G
Charles Nduka 1 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to AAMI Park that hosts another battle between Melbourne City FC and Melbourne Victory FC.
  • 5' Australia international Josh Hope has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 15' Melbourne City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
  • 20' Melbourne City FC is showing some good football. However, Melbourne City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' Poor challenge from Leigh Broxham. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 30' Melbourne Victory FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Keegan Jelacic scoring 1 goals.
  • 34' Poor challenge from Nick Ansell. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 39' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 44' Over 44 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 49' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 49 minutes.
  • 54' Dario Vidosic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Melbourne Victory FC so far.
  • 55' Ola Toivonen puts Melbourne Victory FC on the lead.
  • 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Melbourne Victory FC winning 0% of all matches.
  • 64' Nathaniel Atkinson is replacing Ritchie De Laet for the Melbourne City FC side.
  • 67' The referee shows Melbourne City FC player a Yellow card on 67.
  • 72' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Leigh Broxham made 214 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 75' Bart Schenkeveld catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 75.
  • 77' Melbourne City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ramy Najjarine is hanging Luke Brattan on the field on 77 minute.
  • 82' Melbourne Victory FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 87' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 88' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Leigh Broxham departs to be replaced by Josh Hope.
  • 90' The Australia Dario Vidosic breaks the deadlock on 90 minutes. 1-1!
  • 90' Riley McGree picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Warren Joyce

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kevin Muscat

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jamie MacLaren 10
Ola Toivonen 4
Nishan Velupillay 3
Aiden O'Neill 3
Andrew Nabbout 3
Bruno Fornaroli 3
Mathew Leckie 3
Marco Rojas 3

Head to Head

2018-12-22 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2018-10-20 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC

Melbourne City FC Form

2018-12-22 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2018-12-16 Adelaide United FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W 2018-12-08 Perth Glory FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2018-12-02 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2018-11-24 Brisbane Roar FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC L 2018-11-09 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2018-12-22 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2018-12-14 Brisbane Roar FC 2–4 Melbourne Victory FC W 2018-12-08 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Adelaide United FC W 2018-12-01 Melbourne Victory FC 4–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2018-11-25 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC W 2018-11-11 Melbourne Victory FC 4–1 Central Coast Mariners FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.73 Melbourne City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.28 Melbourne Victory FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Melbourne City FC45% Draw26% Melbourne Victory FC29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw
72%
Draw or Melbourne Victory FC
55%
Melbourne City FC or Melbourne Victory FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Melbourne City FC34% Draw44% Melbourne Victory FC22%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
9.1%
1 – 0
7.7%
2 – 0
7.3%
1 – 2
6.7%
0 – 0
6.7%
2 – 2
5.8%
0 – 1
5.5%
3 – 1
5.2%
3 – 0
4.1%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Melbourne Victory FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 21% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 15% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.