Thursday , 2 July 2026

Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2021-22
Melbourne Victory FC
3 – 0
Full Time
Melbourne City FC
Sat 9 Apr 2022 · 09:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 13' Curtis Good
Raimon Marchan 23' Y
Y 87' Taras Gomulka

Overview

Match Preview

Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

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

8
9
7
Melbourne Victory FC 24 games · Avg 2.8 goals Melbourne City FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-04-09 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC 2022-03-19 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2021-06-06 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2021-04-17 Melbourne City FC 7–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Apr Melbourne City FC H 3–0 W
06 Apr Perth Glory FC A 1–0 W
02 Apr Adelaide United FC A 1–0 W
27 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 1–1 D
23 Mar Western United FC H 1–1 D
19 Mar Melbourne City FC A 1–1 D
Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Apr Melbourne Victory FC A 0–3 L
06 Apr Sydney FC H 4–0 W
02 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC A 6–0 W
26 Mar Macarthur FC A 1–0 W
23 Mar Brisbane Roar FC A 2–1 W
19 Mar Melbourne Victory FC H 1–1 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
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' The game is set. Melbourne Victory FC kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Jamie MacLaren has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 6' What composure from Jake Brimmer! The Malta international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 7' Brilliant from the ! Jake Brimmer makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 7.
  • 8' What a strike from Jake Brimmer! The score is 3-0.
  • 13' Curtis Good picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 14' The deadlock is broken! Marco Rojas gets on the scoresheet on 14 minutes.
  • 19' Melbourne Victory FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Melbourne City FC backline.
  • 23' Raimon Marchan is having his name booked by the referee on 23.
  • 27' The New Zealand Marco Rojas breaks the deadlock on 27 minutes. 5-0!
  • 32' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 37' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Florin Berenguer exits the field as Taras Gomulka enters on 37.
  • 42' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 47' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne Victory FC in their trying to find a way past Melbourne City FC's compact .
  • 52' A quiet spell here at . Melbourne Victory FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 57' Melbourne Victory FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 62' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Stefan Colakovski suffering a number of foals already.
  • 67' Melbourne City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 72' Another substitution for Melbourne Victory FC to replace Marco Rojas by Chris Ikonomidis on 72 minute.
  • 77' Melbourne City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jordan Bos is hanging Scott Jamieson on the field on 77 minute.
  • 80' The Melbourne Victory FC bench stirs into life. Nicholas D'Agostino is withdrawn and Francesco Margiotta gets his opportunity.
  • 85' Melbourne City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 86' The whistle greets Jake Brimmer as he departs to be replaced by Birkan Kirdar.
  • 87' Controversy at the stadium! Taras Gomulka argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Melbourne Victory FC players.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Anthony Popovic

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2022-04-09 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC 2022-03-19 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2021-06-06 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2021-04-17 Melbourne City FC 7–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2021-03-06 Melbourne Victory FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2022-04-09 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC W 2022-04-06 Perth Glory FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2022-04-02 Adelaide United FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2022-03-27 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2022-03-23 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Western United FC D 2022-03-19 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D

Melbourne City FC Form

2022-04-09 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2022-04-06 Melbourne City FC 4–0 Sydney FC W 2022-04-02 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–6 Melbourne City FC W 2022-03-26 Macarthur FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2022-03-23 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC W 2022-03-19 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.56 Melbourne Victory FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.56 Melbourne City FC xG
I would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Melbourne Victory FC41% Draw26% Melbourne City FC33%
Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.12
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw
67%
Draw or Melbourne City FC
59%
Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Melbourne Victory FC28% Draw43% Melbourne City FC29%
Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–0 not predicted
3 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
11.6%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 1
8.1%
2 – 2
6.3%
0 – 1
6.1%
1 – 0
6.1%
0 – 0
6%
0 – 2
5.3%
2 – 0
5.3%
1 – 3
4.2%
3 – 1
4.2%
2 – 3
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap Melbourne Victory FC covers Push Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 11% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 18% 63%
-0.5 37% — 63%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 18% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✗
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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