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

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

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
#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' What a night it is going to be! Melbourne Victory FC welcome Melbourne City FC for this crunch clash at .
5' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Florin Berenguer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
6' Melbourne Victory FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jake Brimmer on 6.
7' The Malta Jake Brimmer breaks the deadlock on 7 minutes. 2-0!
8' A stunning finish from Jake Brimmer — that came from absolutely nowhere!
13' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Curtis Good on 13 minutes.
14' What a strike from Marco Rojas! The score is 4-0.
19' Over 19 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
23' That is a Yellow card for Melbourne Victory FC. Raimon Marchan will be fuming at that decision.
27' Marco Rojas doubles the advantage! 5-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
32' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
37' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Taras Gomulka on, Florin Berenguer off on 37 minutes.
42' Melbourne Victory 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.
47' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
57' Melbourne City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
62' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
67' Jamie MacLaren needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
72' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Chris Ikonomidis comes on to replace Marco Rojas.
77' Jordan Bos is ready to make an impact after coming on for Scott Jamieson at the 77 minute mark.
80' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Francesco Margiotta comes on to replace Nicholas D'Agostino.
85' Melbourne City FC have won 392 goals from 212 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
86' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Birkan Kirdar comes on to replace Jake Brimmer.
87' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Taras Gomulka.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Melbourne City 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
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

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

1 / 4

1.46 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.79 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC 75% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC37% Draw25% Melbourne City FC38%

Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

61%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

63%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC25% Draw42% Melbourne City FC33%

Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–0 not predicted

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

11%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

7.1%

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.2%

0 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.4%

1 – 3

5.2%

1 – 0

4.9%

2 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	16%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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