Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2023-24 PLAYOFFS

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A League · 2023-24

Melbourne Victory FC

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Melbourne City FC

Sun 5 May 2024 · 07:00 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 5' Samuel Souprayen

Daniel Arzani 11' Y

Zinedine Machach 37' R

Y 38' James Jeggo

Y 41' Jamie MacLaren

Bruno Fornaroli 50' Y

Y 90' Terry Antonis

Y 102' Curtis Good

Damien da Silva 115' Y

YR 118' Curtis Good

Overview

Match Preview

Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Alex King
Referee Kate Jacewicz

19 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

2024-05-05 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC 2024-04-06 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC 2024-02-17 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-12-23 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-04-05 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 May	Melbourne City FC	H	3–2	W
27 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	3–4	L
20 Apr	Brisbane Roar FC	H	0–0	D
12 Apr	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–1	L
06 Apr	Melbourne City FC	H	2–1	W
31 Mar	Perth Glory FC	H	2–1	W

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 May	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–3	L
28 Apr	Western United FC	H	1–0	W
20 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	2–1	W
14 Apr	Perth Glory FC	H	8–0	W
06 Apr	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–2	L
02 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	1–2	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

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 wait is over. Melbourne City FC get us underway at AAMI Park.
5' It’s gonna be a card for Samuel Souprayen.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
11' Daniel Arzani was booked on 11.
16' Melbourne Victory FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 3 meetings.
21' Australia international Daniel Arzani has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
26' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Curtis Good has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
29' Samuel Souprayen puts Melbourne City FC on the lead.
34' 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.
37' A meaty challenge results in booking for Zinedine Machach on 37.
38' Poor challenge from James Jeggo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
41' Jamie MacLaren has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 41.
46' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Bruno Fornaroli made 208 appearances and scored 63 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
50' That looks like a foul for a card for Bruno Fornaroli.
55' Mathew Leckie, a Australia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
60' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne Victory FC that had 210 games and scored 299 goals.
68' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Jake Brimmer is replaced by Jordi Valadon.
73' The home supporters are growing impatient. Melbourne Victory FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
75' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Jamie MacLaren departs to be replaced by Max Caputo.
80' Melbourne Victory FC make a change. Bruno Fornaroli trudges off to be replaced by Chris Ikonomidis on 80 minutes.
85' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne Victory FC in their trying to find a way past Melbourne City FC's compact .
86' Kasey Bos is replacing Adama Traore for the Melbourne Victory FC side.
88' GOAL! Nishan Velupillay fires home to make it 1-1!
90' Melbourne City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
With this win, Melbourne Victory FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Ben Folami ↓ Nishan Velupillay 68'
5
Damien da Silva
8
Zinedine Machach
22
Jake Brimmer ↓ Jordi Valadon 68'
20
Paul Izzo
21
Roderick Miranda
19
Daniel Arzani ↓ Salim Khelifi 80'
10
Bruno Fornaroli ↓ Chris Ikonomidis 80'
3
Adama Traore ↓ Kasey Bos 86'
12
Ryan Teague
2
Jason Geria ↓ Leigh Broxham 120'

Bench

6
Leigh Broxham ↑ 120'
7
Chris Ikonomidis ↑ 80'
23
Salim Khelifi ↑ 80'
17
Nishan Velupillay ↑ 68'
40
Christian Siciliano
27
Jordi Valadon ↑ 68'
37
Kasey Bos ↑ 86'

Coach Tony Popović

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Mathew Leckie ↓ Zane Schreiber 114'
1
Jamie Young
6
Steven Ugarkovic
9
Jamie MacLaren ↓ Max Caputo 75'
11
Leo Natel
22
Curtis Good
44
Marin Jakolis ↓ Alessandro Lopane 109'
10
Tolgay Arslan ↓ Terry Antonis 75'
3
James Jeggo
14
Vicente Fernandez ↓ Callum Talbot 75'
26
Samuel Souprayen

Bench

17
Terry Antonis ↑ 75'
2
Scott Galloway
25
Callum Talbot ↑ 75'
21
Alessandro Lopane ↑ 109'
33
Patrick Beach
37
Max Caputo ↑ 75'
35
Zane Schreiber ↑ 114'

Coach Mike van Houten

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

2024-05-05 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC W 2024-04-27 Melbourne Victory FC 3–4 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2024-04-20 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Brisbane Roar FC D 2024-04-12 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2024-04-06 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC W 2024-03-31 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Perth Glory FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2024-05-05 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC L 2024-04-28 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Western United FC W 2024-04-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC W 2024-04-14 Melbourne City FC 8–0 Perth Glory FC W 2024-04-06 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC L 2024-04-02 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.78 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC50% Draw25% Melbourne City FC25%

Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.07

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

50%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC35% Draw43% Melbourne City FC22%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

7.5%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

6.6%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

Actual

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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