Melbourne City FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

Melbourne City FC

4 – 1

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Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Fri 26 Mar 2021 · 08:05 UTC AAMI Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+7'

Curtis Good 50' Y

Y 83' Jordon Mutch

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 Kristian Griffiths-Jones
Referee Wilson Brown
Referee Daniel Illievski
Referee Alex King
Referee Lachlan Keevers

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

2021-03-26 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2021-03-02 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC 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

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	4–1	W
22 Mar	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	2–0	W
12 Mar	Macarthur FC	H	3–0	W
06 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	A	6–0	W
02 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	2–0	W
23 Feb	Sydney FC	H	3–2	W

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Melbourne City FC	A	1–4	L
19 Mar	Perth Glory FC	H	3–0	W
15 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	4–3	W
07 Mar	Western United FC	A	1–0	W
02 Mar	Melbourne City FC	H	0–2	L
27 Feb	Adelaide United FC	H	2–3	L

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' The ball is rolling at AAMI Park. Melbourne City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Western Sydney Wanderers FC.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne City FC in their trying to find a way past Western Sydney Wanderers FC's compact .
20' It’s high time Carl Robinson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
21' The deadlock is broken! Bernie Ibini-Isei gets on the scoresheet on 21 minutes.
26' Western Sydney Wanderers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
31' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Carl Robinson will be considering his options from the bench.
33' A goal from the England international Craig Noone! He fires home on 33 to make it 1-1!
38' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Western Sydney Wanderers FC that had 205 games and scored 309 goals.
48' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Melbourne City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
50' Poor challenge from Curtis Good. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
52' The Australia Andrew Nabbout breaks the deadlock on 52 minutes. 2-1!
55' Craig Noone makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and Melbourne City FC are in front.
56' Jordon Mutch has so much to prove this time. He replaces Keanu Baccus on 56 minute.
59' A goal from the Uruguay international Adrian Luna! He fires home on 59 to make it 4-1!
63' Thomas Aquilina is replacing Mark Natta for the Western Sydney Wanderers FC side.
68' Melbourne City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
73' Daniel Margush has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
75' Western Sydney Wanderers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kwame Yeboah is hanging Bernie Ibini-Isei on the field on 75 minute.
80' Melbourne City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 3 meetings.
83' Jordon Mutch picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
83' It is a substitution in Melbourne City FC team. Craig Noone is replaced by Ben Garuccio on 83 minute.
88' Melbourne City FC make a change. Scott Jamieson trudges off to be replaced by Marco Tilio on 88 minutes.
90' Time for substitution for Melbourne City FC. Florin Berenguer is replaced by Naoki Tsubaki.
With this win, Melbourne City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Matthew Sutton
2
Scott Galloway
19
Ben Garuccio ↑ 83'
23
Marco Tilio ↑ 88'
14
Naoki Tsubaki ↑ 90'
36
Kerrin Stokes
16
Taras Gomulka ↑ 88'

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Simon Cox
27
Nicolai Muller ↑ 56'
40
Noah James
7
Bruce Kamau ↑ 56'
11
Kwame Yeboah ↑ 75'
19
Jordon Mutch ↑ 56'
39
Thomas Aquilina ↑ 63'

Coach Carl Robinson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2021-03-26 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2021-03-22 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2021-03-12 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Macarthur FC W 2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC W 2021-03-02 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W 2021-02-23 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Sydney FC W

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2021-03-26 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2021-03-19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3–0 Perth Glory FC W 2021-03-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4–3 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2021-03-07 Western United FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2021-03-02 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC L 2021-02-27 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–3 Adelaide United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.12 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.98 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne City FC to win 63% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC63% Draw21% Western Sydney Wanderers FC16%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.1

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

85%

Draw or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

37%

Melbourne City FC or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC45% Draw41% Western Sydney Wanderers FC14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

2 – 0

10%

2 – 1

9.6%

1 – 0

3 – 0

6.9%

3 – 1

6.7%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 2

4.4%

0 – 1

3.7%

4 – 0

3.7%

4 – 1

Actual

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	19%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	23%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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