Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2022-23

Melbourne Victory FC

3 – 2

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 18 Feb 2023 · 08:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Connor Chapman 37' Y

Connor Chapman 38' Y

Y 59' Marco Tilio

Roderick Miranda 70' Y

Y 79' Tom Glover

Overview

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2026/27)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2026/27)

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

2023-02-18 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2022-10-22 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC 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

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	3–2	W
12 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–2	L
03 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	3–1	W
26 Jan	Sydney FC	H	1–2	L
21 Jan	Perth Glory FC	A	1–3	L
14 Jan	Adelaide United FC	A	1–1	D

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–3	L
11 Feb	Perth Glory FC	A	4–2	W
04 Feb	Macarthur FC	H	6–1	W
29 Jan	Adelaide United FC	H	3–3	D
21 Jan	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–0	D
15 Jan	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	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

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

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' Melbourne City 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.
7' Damien da Silva makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Melbourne Victory FC are in front.
12' Melbourne Victory FC is showing some good football. However, Melbourne Victory FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
17' 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.
22' Florin Berenguer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
24' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Mathew Leckie makes it 1-1.
25' Mathew Leckie is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
30' Jason Geria is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Melbourne Victory FC tonight.
35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne City FC that had 208 games and scored 386 goals.
37' Controversy at the stadium! Connor Chapman argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
38' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Connor Chapman.
43' Melbourne Victory FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Magnificent from Bruno Fornaroli! That is 63 goals in 208 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
47' The deadlock is broken! Bruno Fornaroli gets on the scoresheet on 47 minutes.
52' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
57' Both keepers have barely been tested. Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
59' Poor challenge from Marco Tilio. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
64' The crowd applauds Marco Tilio as he leaves the pitch. Valon Berisha steps in for Melbourne City FC.
69' Valon Berisha has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
70' Melbourne Victory FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 70.
74' The whistle greets Chris Ikonomidis as he departs to be replaced by Nishan Velupillay.
77' Joshua Brillante adds to his 0 season tally! Melbourne Victory FC lead 4-2 — and this changes everything.
77' The whistle greets Callum Talbot as he departs to be replaced by Scott Galloway.
79' The referee calls foul for Tom Glover. He receives a Yellow card.
80' Mathew Leckie is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
82' Another change for Melbourne Victory FC made on 82 minute. Bruno Fornaroli leaves to be changed by Fernando Romero.
87' The travelling Melbourne City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
88' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Bruce Kamau comes on to replace Ben Folami.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Melbourne Victory FC take all three points.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Cadete
11
Ben Folami ↓ Bruce Kamau 88'
5
Damien da Silva
22
Jake Brimmer ↓ Nathan Konstandopoulos 88'
7
Chris Ikonomidis ↓ Nishan Velupillay 74'
21
Roderick Miranda
10
Bruno Fornaroli ↓ Fernando Romero 82'
14
Connor Chapman ↓ Leigh Broxham 82'
2
Jason Geria
8
Joshua Brillante
20
Paul Izzo

Bench

16
Stefan Nigro
6
Leigh Broxham ↑ 82'
18
Bruce Kamau ↑ 88'
23
Nathan Konstandopoulos ↑ 88'
24
Nishan Velupillay ↑ 74'
30
Ahmad Taleb
19
Fernando Romero ↑ 82'

Coach Anthony Popovic

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Thomas Lam
7
Mathew Leckie
13
Aiden O'Neill
8
Richard van der Venne
9
Jamie MacLaren
4
Nuno Reis
10
Florin Berenguer ↓ Andrew Nabbout 77'
23
Marco Tilio ↓ Valon Berisha 64'
1
Tom Glover
25
Callum Talbot ↓ Scott Galloway 77'
38
Jordan Bos

Bench

Coach Rado Vidosic

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

2023-02-18 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC W 2023-02-12 Newcastle United Jets FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2023-02-03 Melbourne Victory FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2023-01-26 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Sydney FC L 2023-01-21 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2023-01-14 Adelaide United FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D

Melbourne City FC Form

2023-02-18 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC L 2023-02-11 Perth Glory FC 2–4 Melbourne City FC W 2023-02-04 Melbourne City FC 6–1 Macarthur FC W 2023-01-29 Melbourne City FC 3–3 Adelaide United FC D 2023-01-21 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC D 2023-01-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.87 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC48% Draw25% Melbourne City FC27%

Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

52%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC35% Draw42% Melbourne City FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.7%

1 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

5.6%

0 – 0

5.5%

0 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

4.1%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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