Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 8 Nov 2025 · 08:35 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Alex King
Referee Daniel Ilievski (Australia)

19 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 6.1 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

Melbourne Victory FC 24 games · Avg 2.8 goals Melbourne City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC 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

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Nov	Melbourne City FC	H	0–2	L
31 Oct	Perth Glory FC	A	2–0	W
24 Oct	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–5	L
18 Oct	Auckland FC	H	0–0	D
04 May	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	1–1	D
25 Apr	Macarthur FC	A	2–1	W

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Nov	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–0	W
31 Oct	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–0	D
25 Oct	Perth Glory FC	H	4–0	W
18 Oct	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	1–1	D
03 May	Sydney FC	H	5–1	W
26 Apr	Adelaide United FC	H	0–0	D

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' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC.
With this win, Melbourne City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

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

2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC L 2025-10-31 Perth Glory FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC W 2025-10-24 Newcastle United Jets FC 5–2 Melbourne Victory FC L 2025-10-18 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Auckland FC D 2025-05-04 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2025-04-25 Macarthur FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W 2025-10-31 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC D 2025-10-25 Melbourne City FC 4–0 Perth Glory FC W 2025-10-18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2025-05-03 Melbourne City FC 5–1 Sydney FC W 2025-04-26 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.3 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC37% Draw30% Melbourne City FC33%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.52

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

63%

Melbourne Victory FC or Melbourne City FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC27% Draw49% Melbourne City FC24%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

0 – 0

10.1%

1 – 0

9.4%

0 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 0

6.7%

0 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

3.5%

1 – 3

3 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	20%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	19%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

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