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

Match Preview

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

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

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

7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

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
#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

23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

Nikolaos 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 FC

Max Caputo	8 G	1 A
Marcus Younis	7 G	3 A
Medin Memeti	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Marvel Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Melbourne Victory FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Melbourne City FC backline.
10' Marco Tilio has been relatively quiet despite scoring 21 goals in his last 215 appearances.
13' Controversy at the stadium! Rostyn Griffiths argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
14' Callum McManaman picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
19' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
24' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Connor Metcalfe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
29' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
34' Magnificent from Jamie MacLaren! That is 110 goals in 298 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
39' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne Victory FC in their trying to find a way past Melbourne City FC's compact .
44' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' Florin Berenguer is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' Leigh Broxham gets the nod from Melbourne Victory FC. He replaces Birkan Kirdar and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Stefan Colakovski has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
52' Florin Berenguer doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
56' What a strike from Rostyn Griffiths! The score is 0-3.
61' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
62' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Jay Barnett comes on to replace Jacob Butterfield.
63' Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 63.
66' The referee shows Melbourne Victory FC player a Yellow card on 66.
71' Nathaniel Atkinson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
74' A stunning finish from Connor Metcalfe — that came from absolutely nowhere!
76' Melbourne Victory FC make a change. Callum McManaman trudges off to be replaced by Elvis Kamsoba on 76 minutes.
77' Assisted by Jamie MacLaren with the perfectly-timed delivery and Connor Metcalfe makes no mistake. 0-5!
81' The Melbourne City FC bench stirs into life. Rostyn Griffiths is withdrawn and Stefan Colakovski gets his opportunity.
84' Another change for Melbourne City FC made on 84 minute. Scott Jamieson leaves to be changed by Ben Garuccio.
87' Jamie MacLaren makes way for Marco Tilio at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
90' Jay Barnett has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
Another three points for Melbourne City FC.

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
Mathew Leckie	3
Marco Rojas	3
Jake Brimmer	3
Nishan Velupillay	3
Aiden O'Neill	3
Bruno Fornaroli	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

1.35 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.84 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC28% Draw26% Melbourne City FC46%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.19

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

54%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

72%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC22% Draw42% Melbourne City FC36%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–6 not predicted

0 – 6

Actual

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

6.9%

0 – 1

6.9%

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 0

5.7%

1 – 3

5.5%

1 – 0

4.8%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	15%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	52%	—	48%
+1	52%	21%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	15%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

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