Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

Melbourne Victory FC

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 6 Mar 2021 · 08:10 UTC Marvel Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

Y 13' Rostyn Griffiths

Callum McManaman 14' Y

Y 45' Florin Berenguer

Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio 63' Y

Leigh Broxham 66' Y

Jay Barnett 90' Y

Overview

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at Marvel Stadium.

Melbourne Victory FC 4 games · 3 pts (2026/27)
Melbourne City FC 4 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
Referee Jonathon Barreiro
Referee George Lakrindis
Referee Alireza Faghani

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Wellington Phoenix FC	4	10
2	Sydney FC	4	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	7
5	Perth Glory FC	4	6
6	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	4	5
7	Macarthur FC	4	5
8	Auckland FC	4	5
9	Melbourne Victory FC	4	3
10	Newcastle United Jets FC	4	2
11	Central Coast Mariners FC	4	2
12	Adelaide United FC	3	1

Head-to-Head

Melbourne Victory FC 25 games · Avg 2.8 goals Melbourne City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC 2020-02-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2019-12-21 Melbourne City FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC 2019-10-12 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC 2019-02-23 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Mar	Melbourne City FC	H	0–6	L
27 Feb	Western United FC	H	3–4	L
24 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	2–0	W
21 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	0–1	L
10 Feb	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	0–2	L
06 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–5	L

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
07 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	0–1	L
03 Feb	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	2–3	L
30 Aug	Sydney FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Melbourne Victory FC		Melbourne City FC
#9	Position	#4
3	Points	7
4	Played	4
0 / 3 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 1
5	Scored	6
6	Conceded	6
-1	GD	+0
0.75	PPG	1.75
0%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Melbourne Victory FC are 9th (3 pts). Melbourne City FC are 4th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/1

61-75

3/1

76+

–/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

Keegan Jelacic	2 G
Jordi Valadon	2 G
Charles Nduka	1 G	2 A

Melbourne City FC

Andrew Nabbout	2 G
Emiliano Marcondes	1 G	2 A
Matheus Rossetto	1 G
Awer Mabil	1 G
Quinn MacNicol	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC is underway.
5' Melbourne Victory FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' Melbourne City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
13' A meaty challenge results in booking for Rostyn Griffiths on 13.
14' Callum McManaman catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 14.
19' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rudy Gestede made 393 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
24' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
29' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
34' The Australia Jamie MacLaren breaks the deadlock on 34 minutes. 0-1!
39' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
44' The travelling Melbourne City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
45' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Florin Berenguer.
46' Melbourne Victory FC make a change. Birkan Kirdar trudges off to be replaced by Leigh Broxham on 46 minutes.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
52' The deadlock is broken! Florin Berenguer gets on the scoresheet on 52 minutes.
56' Rostyn Griffiths makes no mistake. The score reads 0-3 and Melbourne City FC are in front.
61' Melbourne City 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.
62' Another change for Melbourne Victory FC made on 62 minute. Jacob Butterfield leaves to be changed by Jay Barnett.
63' It’s a booking for Melbourne Victory FC player. Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio gets a Yellow card.
66' Leigh Broxham catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 66.
71' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
74' A goal from the Australia international Connor Metcalfe! He fires home on 74 to make it 0-4!
76' Elvis Kamsoba is ready to make an impact after coming on for Callum McManaman at the 76 minute mark.
77' Connor Metcalfe is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
81' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Rostyn Griffiths exits the field as Stefan Colakovski enters on 81.
84' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Ben Garuccio on, Scott Jamieson off on 84 minutes.
87' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Jamie MacLaren has done his job and it is now time for Marco Tilio to step up.
90' The referee shows Melbourne Victory FC player a Yellow card on 90.
With this win, Melbourne City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Jacob Butterfield ↓ Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio 62'
9
Rudy Gestede ↓ Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio 62'
7
Callum McManaman ↓ Elvis Kamsoba 76'
10
Robbie Kruse C
13
Birkan Kirdar ↓ Leigh Broxham 46'
2
Storm Roux
4
Nick Ansell
22
Jake Brimmer
20
Max Crocombe
15
Aaron Anderson
33
Dalibor Markovic

Bench

11
Ben Folami
1
Matt Acton
6
Leigh Broxham ↑ 46'
17
Elvis Kamsoba ↑ 76'
14
Jay Barnett ↑ 62'
25
Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio ↑ 62'
35
Zaydan Bello

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Craig Noone ↓ Naoki Tsubaki 87'
9
Jamie MacLaren ↓ Marco Tilio 87'
15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Taras Gomulka 81'
4
Nuno Reis
10
Florin Berenguer
3
Scott Jamieson C ↓ Ben Garuccio 84'
13
Nathaniel Atkinson
18
Connor Metcalfe
22
Curtis Good
7
Rostyn Griffiths ↓ Stefan Colakovski 81'
1
Tom Glover

Bench

33
Matthew Sutton
2
Scott Galloway
19
Ben Garuccio ↑ 84'
23
Marco Tilio ↑ 87'
14
Naoki Tsubaki ↑ 87'
17
Stefan Colakovski ↑ 81'
16
Taras Gomulka ↑ 81'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	10
Ola Toivonen	4
Andrew Nabbout	3
Bruno Fornaroli	3
Mathew Leckie	3
Marco Rojas	3
Jake Brimmer	3
Nishan Velupillay	3

Head to Head

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC L 2021-02-27 Melbourne Victory FC 3–4 Western United FC L 2021-02-24 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2021-02-21 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2021-02-10 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2021-02-06 Brisbane Roar FC 5–2 Melbourne Victory FC L

Melbourne City FC Form

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 2021-02-07 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2021-02-03 Central Coast Mariners FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC L 2020-08-30 Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.25 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.06 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC25% Draw25% Melbourne City FC50%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

49%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

75%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC19% Draw41% Melbourne City FC40%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–6 not predicted

0 – 6

Actual

1 – 1

10.2%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

7.7%

0 – 1

6.9%

1 – 3

6.4%

2 – 2

5.8%

2 – 1

5.7%

0 – 3

5.2%

0 – 0

5.1%

2 – 3

1 – 0

3.9%

1 – 4

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	13%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	21%	33%
+1.5	67%	—	33%
+2	67%	17%	17%
+2.5	83%	—	17%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

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