Thursday , 2 July 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' It’s Showtime! The match between Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC is underway.
  • 5' The deadlock is broken! Marco Tilio gets on the scoresheet on 5 minutes.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at AAMI Park. Melbourne City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' Zane Schreiber has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 208 appearances.
  • 20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 25' Mathew Leckie, a Australia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 35' Melbourne City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Melbourne Victory FC winning 66.67% of all matches.
  • 44' That is a card for Melbourne City FC. Kai Trewin will be fuming at that decision.
  • 48' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Clarismario makes it 1-1.
  • 50' Melbourne City FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 52' The deadlock is broken! Zinedine Machach gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
  • 53' The referee shows Melbourne Victory FC player a card on 53.
  • 56' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Andreas Kuen.
  • 60' Melbourne City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Zane Schreiber is hanging Max Caputo on the field on 60 minute.
  • 65' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Nikolaos Vergos is replaced by Bruno Fornaroli.
  • 70' Kai Trewin doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 75' Brendan Hamill has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 17 cards already picked up this season.
  • 76' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Andreas Kuen exits the field as Lawrence Wong enters on 76.
  • 80' The supporters are chanting for Fabian Monge. He replaces Jordi Valadon on 80 minute.
  • 85' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 86' Another change for Melbourne City FC made on 86 minute. Marco Tilio leaves to be changed by Callum Talbot.
  • 87' Adama Traore is replacing Kasey Bos for the Melbourne Victory FC side.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Nishan Velupillay 3
Aiden O'Neill 3
Bruno Fornaroli 3
Mathew Leckie 3
Marco Rojas 3
Jake Brimmer 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.