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

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

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Melbourne Victory FC is hosting Melbourne City FC for another epic battle.
5' Melbourne City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' Melbourne Victory FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Melbourne City FC backline.
13' It’s a booking for Melbourne City FC player. Rostyn Griffiths gets a Yellow card.
14' Callum McManaman has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 14.
19' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
24' Aaron Anderson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
29' Dalibor Markovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 210 appearances.
34' A goal from the Australia international Jamie MacLaren! He fires home on 34 to make it 0-1!
39' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
44' The 38-year-old Rostyn Griffiths has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Florin Berenguer argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Birkan Kirdar is replaced by Leigh Broxham.
51' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
52' Goal! Florin Berenguer scores his 16 goal in 208 matches.
56' The Australia Rostyn Griffiths breaks the deadlock on 56 minutes. 0-3!
61' Over 61 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
62' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Jacob Butterfield departs to be replaced by Jay Barnett.
63' Controversy at the stadium! Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
66' The referee shows Melbourne Victory FC player a Yellow card on 66.
71' Melbourne Victory FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
74' A goal from the Australia international Connor Metcalfe! He fires home on 74 to make it 0-4!
76' The whistle greets Callum McManaman as he departs to be replaced by Elvis Kamsoba.
77' What a moment for Connor Metcalfe! That strike on 77 puts his side firmly in control.
81' Stefan Colakovski is ready to make an impact after coming on for Rostyn Griffiths at the 81 minute mark.
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' Controversy at the stadium! Jay Barnett argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
The points are shared — Melbourne Victory FC 0-6 Melbourne City FC. Honours even.

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.