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

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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

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

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Alireza Faghani
Referee Richard Naumovski (Australia)

20 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 2 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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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' It’s Showtime! The match between Melbourne City FC and Melbourne Victory FC is underway.
5' Poor challenge from Zinedine Machach. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
10' It’s high time Tony Popović made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' That looks like a foul for a card for James Jeggo.
20' Jason Geria is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Melbourne Victory FC tonight.
25' Steven Ugarkovic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
30' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Mike van Houten will be considering his options from the bench.
35' The referee calls foul for Fabian Monge. He receives a card.
40' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mike van Houten might look to freshen things up shortly.
45' Melbourne Victory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
50' Over 50 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' Melbourne Victory FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
58' Melbourne City FC make a change. Scott Galloway trudges off to be replaced by Vicente Fernandez on 58 minutes.
61' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Andrew Nabbout has done his job and it is now time for Marin Jakolis to step up.
62' Melbourne City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Leo Natel is hanging Marco Tilio on the field on 62 minute.
65' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Daniel Arzani departs to be replaced by Ben Folami.
66' Melbourne Victory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Chris Ikonomidis is hanging Eli Adams on the field on 66 minute.
71' The referee calls foul for Marin Jakolis. He receives a card.
76' The crowd applauds Mathew Leckie as he leaves the pitch. Terry Antonis steps in for Melbourne City FC.
77' Another substitution for Melbourne Victory FC to replace Nishan Velupillay by Jake Brimmer on 77 minute.
82' It looks surprising Melbourne Victory FC does not make any changes. Marco Tilio has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
87' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Mathew Leckie ↓ Terry Antonis 76'
1
Jamie Young
6
Steven Ugarkovic
2
Scott Galloway ↓ Vicente Fernandez 58'
9
Jamie MacLaren
15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Marin Jakolis 61'
22
Curtis Good
23
Marco Tilio ↓ Leo Natel 62'
25
Callum Talbot ↓ Nuno Reis 76'
3
James Jeggo
26
Samuel Souprayen

Bench

17
Terry Antonis ↑ 76'
11
Leo Natel ↑ 62'
4
Nuno Reis ↑ 76'
44
Marin Jakolis ↑ 61'
–
Vicente Fernandez ↑ 58'
33
Patrick Beach
37
Max Caputo

Coach Mike van Houten

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Popović

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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.