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

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A League · 2024-25

Melbourne Victory FC

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 22 Feb 2025 · 08:35 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 44' Kai Trewin

Y 50' Nathaniel Atkinson

Roderick Miranda 53' Y

Y 56' Andreas Kuen

Overview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Jonathon Barreiro

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

2025-02-22 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC 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

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	2–2	D
14 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	1–0	W
08 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	0–3	L
01 Feb	Perth Glory FC	A	2–0	W
24 Jan	Sydney FC	H	2–0	W
18 Jan	Adelaide United FC	A	2–3	L

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–2	D
15 Feb	Perth Glory FC	H	1–0	W
07 Feb	Adelaide United FC	A	0–1	L
25 Jan	Macarthur FC	A	0–1	L
18 Jan	Auckland FC	A	0–3	L
11 Jan	Brisbane Roar FC	H	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

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

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Melbourne City FC get us underway at AAMI Park.
5' Melbourne City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marco Tilio on 5.
10' Melbourne Victory FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
15' Melbourne City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Zinedine Machach has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' Melbourne Victory FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Melbourne City FC's shape.
30' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne Victory FC in their trying to find a way past Melbourne City FC's compact .
35' Melbourne Victory FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
44' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Kai Trewin.
48' Magnificent from Clarismario! That is 5 goals in 210 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
50' Nathaniel Atkinson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 50.
52' GOAL! Zinedine Machach fires home to make it 2-1!
53' That is a card for Melbourne Victory FC. Roderick Miranda will be fuming at that decision.
56' That is a card for Melbourne City FC. Andreas Kuen will be fuming at that decision.
60' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Max Caputo has done his job and it is now time for Zane Schreiber to step up.
65' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Nikolaos Vergos departs to be replaced by Bruno Fornaroli.
70' Goal! Kai Trewin scores his 8 goal in 205 matches.
75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
76' Lawrence Wong is replacing Andreas Kuen for the Melbourne City FC side.
80' The whistle greets Jordi Valadon as he departs to be replaced by Fabian Monge.
85' A quiet spell here at AAMI Park. Melbourne City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
86' It is a substitution in Melbourne City FC team. Marco Tilio is replaced by Callum Talbot on 86 minute.
87' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Kasey Bos departs to be replaced by Adama Traore.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Lachlan Jackson
7
Daniel Arzani ↑ 65'
10
Bruno Fornaroli ↑ 65'
3
Adama Traore ↑ 87'
17
Nishan Velupillay ↑ 86'
18
Fabian Monge ↑ 80'
30
Daniel Graskoski

Coach Arthur Diles

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Aurelio Vidmar

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2025-02-22 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2025-02-14 Melbourne Victory FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2025-02-08 Newcastle United Jets FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2025-02-01 Perth Glory FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC W 2025-01-24 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Sydney FC W 2025-01-18 Adelaide United FC 3–2 Melbourne Victory FC L

Melbourne City FC Form

2025-02-22 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2025-02-15 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Perth Glory FC W 2025-02-07 Adelaide United FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2025-01-25 Macarthur FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2025-01-18 Auckland FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2025-01-11 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.84 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.06 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC54% Draw25% Melbourne City FC21%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

46%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC39% Draw44% Melbourne City FC17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

9.3%

2 – 0

9.1%

0 – 0

7.3%

3 – 1

5.8%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

5.5%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

3 – 2

3.2%

0 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	23%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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