Thursday , 2 July 2026

Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, A League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2023-24
Melbourne City FC
0 – 0
Full Time
Melbourne Victory FC
Sat 17 Feb 2024 · 08:45 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 5' Zinedine Machach
James Jeggo 15' Y
Y 35' Fabian Monge
Marin Jakolis 71' Y
Y 71' Jason Geria

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Alireza Faghani
  • Referee Richard Naumovski (Australia)
19 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 4.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Newcastle United Jets FC 26 48
2 Adelaide United FC 26 43
3 Auckland FC 26 42
4 Melbourne Victory FC 26 40
5 Sydney FC 26 39
6 Melbourne City FC 26 38
7 Macarthur FC 26 34
8 Wellington Phoenix FC 26 33
9 Central Coast Mariners FC 26 32
10 Perth Glory FC 26 31
11 Brisbane Roar FC 26 26
12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 21

Head-to-Head

7
9
8
Melbourne City FC 24 games · Avg 2.8 goals Melbourne Victory FC
Last 5 meetings
2024-02-17 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-12-23 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-04-05 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-02-18 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2022-10-22 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Feb Melbourne Victory FC H 0–0 D
10 Feb Brisbane Roar FC A 1–5 L
02 Feb Perth Glory FC A 2–4 L
25 Jan Adelaide United FC H 1–0 W
21 Jan Central Coast Mariners FC A 1–2 L
12 Jan Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 0–1 L
Melbourne Victory FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Feb Melbourne City FC A 0–0 D
10 Feb Macarthur FC H 0–1 L
03 Feb Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–1 D
26 Jan Sydney FC H 1–1 D
19 Jan Wellington Phoenix FC A 1–1 D
13 Jan Central Coast Mariners FC A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC Melbourne Victory FC
#6 Position #4
38 Points 40
26 Played 26
10 / 8 / 8 W / D / L 11 / 7 / 8
33 Scored 44
33 Conceded 33
+0 GD +11
1.46 PPG 1.54
38% Win % 42%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)
54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season
23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Melbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Melbourne Victory FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/–
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
Max Caputo 8 G 1 A
Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A
Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A
Melbourne Victory FC
Nikolaos Vergos 7 G 1 A
Clarismario 6 G
Mata 5 G 12 A
Keegan Jelacic 5 G 2 A
Charles Nduka 5 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Melbourne City FC is hosting Melbourne Victory FC for another epic battle.
  • 5' That is a card for Melbourne Victory FC. Zinedine Machach will be fuming at that decision.
  • 10' Melbourne City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 15' Poor challenge from James Jeggo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 25' Australia international Ryan Teague has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne City FC that had 208 games and scored 386 goals.
  • 35' Melbourne Victory FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 35.
  • 40' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jamie MacLaren suffering a number of foals already.
  • 45' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Melbourne City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 50' Melbourne Victory FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 58' The crowd applauds Scott Galloway as he leaves the pitch. Vicente Fernandez steps in for Melbourne City FC.
  • 61' The crowd applauds Andrew Nabbout as he leaves the pitch. Marin Jakolis steps in for Melbourne City FC.
  • 62' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Marco Tilio has done his job and it is now time for Leo Natel to step up.
  • 65' It is a substitution in Melbourne Victory FC team. Daniel Arzani is replaced by Ben Folami on 65 minute.
  • 66' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Eli Adams departs to be replaced by Chris Ikonomidis.
  • 71' Marin Jakolis catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 71.
  • 76' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Mathew Leckie by Terry Antonis on 76 minute.
  • 77' Jake Brimmer gets the nod from Melbourne Victory FC. He replaces Nishan Velupillay and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 82' A quiet spell here at AAMI Park. Melbourne Victory FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 87' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Paul Izzo made 233 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • The final score is 0-0.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike van Houten

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Popović

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2024-02-17 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-12-23 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-04-05 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-02-18 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2022-10-22 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC

Melbourne City FC Form

2024-02-17 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-02-10 Brisbane Roar FC 5–1 Melbourne City FC L 2024-02-02 Perth Glory FC 4–2 Melbourne City FC L 2024-01-25 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Adelaide United FC W 2024-01-21 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC L 2024-01-12 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2024-02-17 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-02-10 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Macarthur FC L 2024-02-03 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-01-26 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Sydney FC D 2024-01-19 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-01-13 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.04 Melbourne City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.02 Melbourne Victory FC xG
I would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Draw 68% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Melbourne City FC37% Draw32% Melbourne Victory FC31%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes42% 0% No58%
Avg goals/match: 2.06
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 34%
66%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw
68%
Draw or Melbourne Victory FC
63%
Melbourne City FC or Melbourne Victory FC
68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Melbourne City FC23% Draw54% Melbourne Victory FC23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
14.5%
1 – 0
12%
0 – 1
11.7%
2 – 1
6.8%
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 0
6.6%
0 – 2
6.3%
2 – 2
3.6%
3 – 1
2.4%
1 – 3
2.3%
3 – 0
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Melbourne Victory FC covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 9% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 20% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 20% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✗
Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✗

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