Sunday , 16 August 2026

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

A League · 2024-25
Melbourne Victory FC
2 – 2
Full Time
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

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Kearney Robinson
  • Referee Jonathon Barreiro
7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.7 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

8
9
7
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
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' What a night it is going to be! Melbourne Victory FC welcome Melbourne City FC for this crunch clash at AAMI Park.
  • 5' A goal from the Australia international Marco Tilio! He fires home on 5 to make it 0-1!
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Melbourne Victory FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kai Trewin suffering a number of foals already.
  • 40' Melbourne Victory FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 44' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Kai Trewin on 44 minutes.
  • 48' Brilliant from the ! Clarismario makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 48.
  • 50' That looks like a foul for a card for Nathaniel Atkinson.
  • 52' GOAL! Zinedine Machach scores on 45.
  • 53' Roderick Miranda picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 56' Melbourne City FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 60' Zane Schreiber is ready to make an impact after coming on for Max Caputo at the 60 minute mark.
  • 65' Melbourne Victory FC make a change. Nikolaos Vergos trudges off to be replaced by Bruno Fornaroli on 65 minutes.
  • 70' Goal! Kai Trewin scores his 8 goal in 205 matches.
  • 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
  • 76' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Lawrence Wong on, Andreas Kuen off on 76 minutes.
  • 80' The supporters are chanting for Fabian Monge. He replaces Jordi Valadon on 80 minute.
  • 85' Andreas Kuen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
  • 86' Another change for Melbourne City FC made on 86 minute. Marco Tilio leaves to be changed by Callum Talbot.
  • 87' It is a substitution in Melbourne Victory FC team. Kasey Bos is replaced by Adama Traore on 87 minute.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Arthur Diles

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Aurelio Vidmar

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

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

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
5%
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.