Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .
- Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
- Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alex King
- Referee Daniel Ilievski (Australia)
19 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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
Recent Form
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 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 history23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this seasonMelbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Melbourne Victory FC0-15–/–16-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/–76+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededMelbourne City FC0-15–/–16-304/–31-451/146-601/–61-753/–76+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Melbourne Victory FCNikolaos 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 Melbourne City FCMax Caputo 8 G 1 A Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Melbourne Victory FC kicks off things out of here…
- With this win, Melbourne City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Melbourne Victory FC Lineups
Melbourne City FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jamie MacLaren 10 Ola Toivonen 4 Marco Rojas 3 Jake Brimmer 3 Nishan Velupillay 3 Aiden O'Neill 3 Bruno Fornaroli 3 Mathew Leckie 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 WMelbourne 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 accuracy1 / 41.3 Melbourne Victory FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.22 Melbourne City FC xGI would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Melbourne City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.52Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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
✗ WrongActual: Melbourne City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.7%0 – 0 10.1%1 – 0 9.4%0 – 1 8.7%2 – 1 8%1 – 2 7.5%2 – 0 6.7%0 – 2 Actual2 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 3.5%1 – 3 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.