Melbourne City FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC, A League 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2019-20

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Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Sat 14 Mar 2020 · 08:30 UTC AAMI Park HT 45+2' · FT 45+3'

Y 27' Pirmin Schwegler

Florin Berenguer 76' Y

Connor Metcalfe 85' Y

Overview

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Melbourne City FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Daniel Illievski
Referee Craig Zetter
Referee Andrew Meimarakis
Referee Jack Morgan
Referee Kate Jacewicz

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 18 games · Avg 3.4 goals Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-03-14 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2019-11-22 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2019-03-30 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC 2019-01-22 Melbourne City FC 4–3 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2019-01-01 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	1–1	D
08 Mar	Perth Glory FC	A	3–2	W
01 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	H	1–0	W
15 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–1	L
07 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	H	2–1	W
01 Feb	Adelaide United FC	A	1–3	L

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Mar	Melbourne City FC	A	1–1	D
06 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	A	1–3	L
28 Feb	Sydney FC	A	1–0	W
21 Feb	Adelaide United FC	H	5–2	W
15 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	1–1	D
02 Feb	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	3–1	W

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC		Western Sydney Wanderers FC
#6	Position	#12
38	Points	21
26	Played	26
10 / 8 / 8	W / D / L	5 / 6 / 15
33	Scored	27
33	Conceded	43
+0	GD	-16
1.46	PPG	0.81
38%	Win %	19%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

19% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Western Sydney Wanderers FC are 12th (21 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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/3

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/2

61-75

–/1

76+

–/2

■ 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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Bozhidar Kraev	5 G	2 A
Ryan Fraser	4 G	3 A
Brandon Borrello	4 G	2 A
Kosta Barbarouses	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at AAMI Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Melbourne City FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nicolas Sullivan, as he is very good at scoring at AAMI Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Melbourne City FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne City FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
20' Melbourne City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Marcus Younis scoring 1 goals.
21' A goal from the Australia international Tate Russell! He fires home on 21 to make it 0-1!
26' Mitch Duke needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
27' Pirmin Schwegler catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 27.
30' What a moment for Jamie MacLaren! That strike on 30 puts his side firmly in control.
35' Western Sydney Wanderers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
40' Australia international Jarrod Carluccio has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' The travelling Western Sydney Wanderers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
50' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
55' Western Sydney Wanderers FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
60' 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.
65' 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.
70' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
72' Connor Metcalfe gets the nod from Melbourne City FC. He replaces Lachlan Wales and will look to change the dynamic.
75' Western Sydney Wanderers FC make a change. Jordan O'Doherty trudges off to be replaced by Nicolas Sullivan on 75 minutes.
76' Controversy at the stadium! Florin Berenguer argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
76' The Western Sydney Wanderers FC bench stirs into life. Jordan O'Doherty is withdrawn and Nicolas Sullivan gets his opportunity.
81' Western Sydney Wanderers FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
84' Noah Pagden is replacing Jarrod Carluccio for the Western Sydney Wanderers FC side.
85' Melbourne City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 85.
90' Ramy Najjarine is ready to make an impact after coming on for Craig Noone at the 90 minute mark.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erick Mombaerts

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Simon Cox
19
Pirmin Schwegler
9
Nicolai Muller
8
Jordan O'Doherty ↓ Nicolas Sullivan 75'
13
Tass Mourdoukoutas
33
Tate Russell
6
Matt Jurman
7
Mitch Duke C
1
Daniel Lopar
4
Dylan McGowan
36
Jarrod Carluccio ↓ Noah Pagden 84'

Bench

Coach Jean-Paul De Marigny

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	8
Mathew Leckie	3
Ritchie De Laet	3
Nicolas Milanovic	3
Kai Trewin	3
Oriol Riera	2
Leo Natel	2
Tolgay Arslan	2

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2020-03-14 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2020-03-08 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC W 2020-03-01 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2020-02-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-02-01 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC L

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2020-03-14 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2020-03-06 Brisbane Roar FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2020-02-28 Sydney FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2020-02-21 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 5–2 Adelaide United FC W 2020-02-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2020-02-02 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.65 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC49% Draw26% Western Sydney Wanderers FC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

51%

Melbourne City FC or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC35% Draw46% Western Sydney Wanderers FC19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.5%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

8.4%

0 – 0

8.1%

1 – 2

6.2%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	22%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	15%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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