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

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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

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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)

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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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' KICK OFF: Melbourne Victory FC gets underway.
5' Rostyn Griffiths has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 208 appearances.
6' Jake Brimmer makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Melbourne Victory FC are in front.
7' Jake Brimmer with the second goal in the match!
8' What a moment for Jake Brimmer! That strike on 8 puts his side firmly in control.
13' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Curtis Good on 13 minutes.
14' The deadlock is broken! Marco Rojas gets on the scoresheet on 14 minutes.
19' The 37-year-old Scott Jamieson has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
23' A meaty challenge results in booking for Raimon Marchan on 23.
27' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Marco Rojas makes it 5-0.
32' Melbourne Victory FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
37' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Florin Berenguer has done his job and it is now time for Taras Gomulka to step up.
42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
47' Australia international Joshua Brillante has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
52' Stefan Colakovski is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Melbourne City FC tonight.
57' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Marco Tilio has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
62' Florin Berenguer is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Melbourne Victory FC so far.
67' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Melbourne Victory FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
72' A tactical swap from Melbourne Victory FC — Chris Ikonomidis on, Marco Rojas off on 72 minutes.
77' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Scott Jamieson departs to be replaced by Jordan Bos.
80' Francesco Margiotta gets the nod from Melbourne Victory FC. He replaces Nicholas D'Agostino and will look to change the dynamic.
85' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
86' Melbourne Victory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Birkan Kirdar is hanging Jake Brimmer on the field on 86 minute.
87' A meaty challenge results in booking for Taras Gomulka on 87.
Another three points for Melbourne Victory FC.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Ben Folami ↓ Nishan Velupillay 86'
23
Marco Rojas ↓ Chris Ikonomidis 72'
18
Nicholas D'Agostino ↓ Francesco Margiotta 80'
22
Jake Brimmer ↓ Birkan Kirdar 86'
3
Jason Davidson
5
Matthew Spiranovic
21
Roderick Miranda
2
Jason Geria
20
Ivan Kelava
4
Raimon Marchan ↓ Leigh Broxham 72'
8
Joshua Brillante

Bench

6
Leigh Broxham ↑ 72'
13
Birkan Kirdar ↑ 86'
17
Brendan Hamill
7
Chris Ikonomidis ↑ 72'
9
Francesco Margiotta ↑ 80'
24
Nishan Velupillay ↑ 86'
30
Marko Bulic

Coach Anthony Popovic

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Matthew Sutton
14
Tsubasa Endoh ↑ 77'
4
Nuno Reis
17
Stefan Colakovski ↑ 77'
36
Kerrin Stokes
16
Taras Gomulka ↑ 37'
38
Jordan Bos ↑ 77'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	10
Ola Toivonen	4
Jake Brimmer	3
Nishan Velupillay	3
Aiden O'Neill	3
Bruno Fornaroli	3
Mathew Leckie	3
Marco Rojas	3

Head to Head

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

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.