Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

Melbourne Victory FC

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 8 Nov 2025 · 08:35 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2026/27)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Alex King
Referee Daniel Ilievski (Australia)

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 Victory FC 24 games · Avg 2.8 goals Melbourne City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC 2025-02-22 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC 2024-12-21 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2024-10-26 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Melbourne Victory FC 2024-05-05 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Nov	Melbourne City FC	H	0–2	L
31 Oct	Perth Glory FC	A	2–0	W
24 Oct	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–5	L
18 Oct	Auckland FC	H	0–0	D
04 May	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	1–1	D
25 Apr	Macarthur FC	A	2–1	W

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Nov	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–0	W
31 Oct	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–0	D
25 Oct	Perth Glory FC	H	4–0	W
18 Oct	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	1–1	D
03 May	Sydney FC	H	5–1	W
26 Apr	Adelaide United FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

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

Events

Match Events

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Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC L 2025-10-31 Perth Glory FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC W 2025-10-24 Newcastle United Jets FC 5–2 Melbourne Victory FC L 2025-10-18 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Auckland FC D 2025-05-04 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2025-04-25 Macarthur FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W 2025-10-31 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC D 2025-10-25 Melbourne City FC 4–0 Perth Glory FC W 2025-10-18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2025-05-03 Melbourne City FC 5–1 Sydney FC W 2025-04-26 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.3 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC37% Draw30% Melbourne City FC33%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.52

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

63%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC27% Draw49% Melbourne City FC24%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

0 – 0

10.1%

1 – 0

9.4%

0 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 0

6.7%

0 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

3.5%

1 – 3

3 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	20%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	19%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

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