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

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A League · 2024-25

Melbourne Victory FC

2 – 2

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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 4 games · 3 pts (2026/27)
Melbourne City FC 4 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Jonathon Barreiro

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Wellington Phoenix FC	4	10
2	Sydney FC	4	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	7
5	Perth Glory FC	4	6
6	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	4	5
7	Macarthur FC	4	5
8	Auckland FC	4	5
9	Melbourne Victory FC	4	3
10	Newcastle United Jets FC	4	2
11	Central Coast Mariners FC	4	2
12	Adelaide United FC	3	1

Head-to-Head

Melbourne Victory FC 25 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
#9	Position	#4
3	Points	7
4	Played	4
0 / 3 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 1
5	Scored	6
6	Conceded	6
-1	GD	+0
0.75	PPG	1.75
0%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Melbourne Victory FC are 9th (3 pts). Melbourne City FC are 4th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/1

61-75

3/1

76+

–/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

Keegan Jelacic	2 G
Jordi Valadon	2 G
Charles Nduka	1 G	2 A

Melbourne City FC

Andrew Nabbout	2 G
Emiliano Marcondes	1 G	2 A
Matheus Rossetto	1 G
Awer Mabil	1 G
Quinn MacNicol	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to AAMI Park that hosts another battle between Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC.
5' What composure from Marco Tilio! The Australia international strokes it home. 0-1.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' Adama Traore has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne City FC that had 212 games and scored 392 goals.
30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
35' Reno Piscopo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Melbourne Victory FC tonight.
40' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Callum Talbot has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
44' Controversy at the stadium! Kai Trewin argues furiously but the card stands.
48' Goal! Clarismario scores his 5 goal in 214 matches.
50' It’s gonna be a card for Nathaniel Atkinson.
52' What a strike from Zinedine Machach! The score is 2-1.
53' Controversy at the stadium! Roderick Miranda argues furiously but the card stands.
56' Controversy at the stadium! Andreas Kuen argues furiously but the card stands.
60' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Max Caputo exits the field as Zane Schreiber enters on 60.
65' The Melbourne Victory FC bench stirs into life. Nikolaos Vergos is withdrawn and Bruno Fornaroli gets his opportunity.
70' The deadlock is broken! Kai Trewin gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
76' Time for substitution for Melbourne City FC. Andreas Kuen is replaced by Lawrence Wong.
80' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Fabian Monge comes on to replace Jordi Valadon.
85' Melbourne Victory FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
86' Callum Talbot has so much to prove this time. He replaces Marco Tilio on 86 minute.
87' The whistle greets Kasey Bos as he departs to be replaced by Adama Traore.
The points are shared — Melbourne Victory FC 2-2 Melbourne City FC. Honours even.

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
Nishan Velupillay	3
Aiden O'Neill	3
Andrew Nabbout	3
Bruno Fornaroli	3
Mathew Leckie	3
Marco Rojas	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

1.74 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 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC49% Draw25% Melbourne City FC26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

51%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC34% Draw44% Melbourne City FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

7.6%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

6.7%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.4%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+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.