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

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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' And we are off! Melbourne City FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC — let the football do the talking.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Melbourne City FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' Andrew Nabbout, a Australia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' It looks like no one’s ball. Melbourne City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Western Sydney Wanderers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
21' Magnificent from Bernie Ibini-Isei! That is 7 goals in 206 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
26' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bruce Kamau, as he is very good at scoring at AAMI Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
33' What an equalizer from Craig Noone!
38' Western Sydney Wanderers FC have won 309 goals from 205 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
43' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
48' Mitch Duke has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
50' Curtis Good catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 50.
52' What a strike from Andrew Nabbout! The score is 2-1.
55' GOAL! Craig Noone scores on 55. Assisted by Andrew Nabbout
56' Jordon Mutch gets the nod from Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He replaces Keanu Baccus and will look to change the dynamic.
59' The deadlock is broken! Adrian Luna gets on the scoresheet on 59 minutes.
63' The supporters are chanting for Thomas Aquilina. He replaces Mark Natta on 63 minute.
68' Melbourne City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Western Sydney Wanderers FC backline.
73' Jordon Mutch has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
75' Fresh legs for Western Sydney Wanderers FC! Kwame Yeboah comes on to replace Bernie Ibini-Isei.
80' Nathaniel Atkinson is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Western Sydney Wanderers FC tonight.
83' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jordon Mutch.
83' The Melbourne City FC bench stirs into life. Craig Noone is withdrawn and Ben Garuccio gets his opportunity.
88' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Scott Jamieson by Marco Tilio on 88 minute.
90' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Florin Berenguer exits the field as Naoki Tsubaki enters on 90.
Western Sydney Wanderers FC will have plenty to reflect on. Melbourne City FC were simply the better side today.

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.