Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 21 Dec 2024 · 08:35 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 38' Andreas Kuen

Y 69' Samuel Souprayen

Y 85' Steven Ugarkovic

Overview

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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 Shaun Evans
Referee

18 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/game

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

2024-12-21 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2024-10-26 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Melbourne Victory FC 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

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Dec	Melbourne City FC	H	1–1	D
08 Dec	Perth Glory FC	H	2–0	W
01 Dec	Western United FC	A	3–1	W
24 Nov	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–1	L
09 Nov	Brisbane Roar FC	H	2–0	W
03 Nov	Macarthur FC	H	2–1	W

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–1	D
15 Dec	Auckland FC	H	2–2	D
06 Dec	Brisbane Roar FC	A	4–1	W
30 Nov	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	0–2	L
10 Nov	Perth Glory FC	A	5–0	W
04 Nov	Western United FC	A	1–0	W

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 City FC gets underway.
5' Melbourne Victory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' Melbourne Victory FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' The travelling Melbourne City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
16' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Yonatan Cohen makes it 0-1.
21' It looks like no one’s ball. Melbourne City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
26' Kavian Rahmani has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
31' Melbourne City FC is showing some good football. However, Melbourne City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
36' The home supporters are growing impatient. Melbourne Victory FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
38' Poor challenge from Andreas Kuen. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
43' 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.
48' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
53' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
58' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
63' Bruno Fornaroli is replacing Nikolaos Vergos for the Melbourne Victory FC side.
64' Daniel Arzani makes way for Nishan Velupillay at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne Victory FC.
65' Roderick Miranda does the damage! The net is bulging and Melbourne Victory FC surge ahead!
69' It’s a booking for Melbourne City FC player. Samuel Souprayen gets a card.
72' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Harry Politidis departs to be replaced by Benjamin Mazzeo.
75' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Andreas Kuen has done his job and it is now time for Kavian Rahmani to step up.
80' It looks surprising Melbourne Victory FC does not make any changes. Arion Sulemani has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
81' Melbourne City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Callum Talbot is hanging Zane Schreiber on the field on 81 minute.
85' Melbourne City FC player sees a card in front of him.
87' Melbourne Victory FC make a change. Kasey Bos trudges off to be replaced by Adama Traore on 87 minutes.
The points are shared — Melbourne Victory FC 1-1 Melbourne City FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

16
Aziz Behich
6
Steven Ugarkovic
10
Yonatan Cohen
13
Nathaniel Atkinson
27
Kai Trewin
30
Andreas Kuen ↓ Kavian Rahmani 75'
33
Patrick Beach
38
Harry Politidis ↓ Benjamin Mazzeo 72'
26
Samuel Souprayen
19
Zane Schreiber ↓ Callum Talbot 81'
35
Medin Memeti ↓ Arion Sulemani 81'

Bench

1
Jamie Young
2
Callum Talbot ↑ 81'
20
Arion Sulemani ↑ 81'
46
Benjamin Mazzeo ↑ 72'
22
German Ferreyra
47
Kavian Rahmani ↑ 75'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2024-12-21 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2024-12-08 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC W 2024-12-01 Western United FC 1–3 Melbourne Victory FC W 2024-11-24 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2024-11-09 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2024-11-03 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Macarthur FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2024-12-21 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2024-12-15 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Auckland FC D 2024-12-06 Brisbane Roar FC 1–4 Melbourne City FC W 2024-11-30 Melbourne City FC 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2024-11-10 Perth Glory FC 0–5 Melbourne City FC W 2024-11-04 Western United FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.59 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.24 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC47% Draw26% Melbourne City FC27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.83

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

53%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC32% Draw46% Melbourne City FC22%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 0

8.5%

0 – 0

7.8%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 0

3.8%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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