Melbourne Victory FC vs Sydney FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
-
Overview
Match Preview
Melbourne Victory FC vs Sydney FC — A League .
- Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
- Sydney FC 26 games · 39 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Daniel Elder
- Referee Sam Kelly (Australia)
24 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Jan Sydney FC H 4–0 W 17 Jan Adelaide United FC A 1–2 L 10 Jan Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 0–1 L 02 Jan Perth Glory FC H 3–2 W 29 Dec Wellington Phoenix FC H 5–1 W 20 Dec Melbourne City FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Jan Melbourne Victory FC A 0–4 L 18 Jan Wellington Phoenix FC H 0–2 L 10 Jan Macarthur FC A 3–0 W 03 Jan Melbourne City FC A 0–0 D 20 Dec Newcastle United Jets FC A 0–2 L 13 Dec Perth Glory FC A 1–0 W Season Stats
Melbourne Victory FC Sydney FC #4 Position #5 40 Points 39 26 Played 26 11 / 7 / 8 W / D / L 11 / 6 / 9 44 Scored 33 33 Conceded 25 +11 GD +8 1.54 PPG 1.50 42% Win % 42% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season38% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this seasonMelbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts). Sydney FC are 5th (39 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Melbourne Victory FC0-15–/–16-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/–76+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededSydney FC0-15–/–16-301/–31-45–/–46-602/261-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Melbourne Victory FCNikolaos 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 Sydney FCTiago Quintal 5 G 3 A Al Hassan Toure 5 G 1 A Campuzano 4 G 3 A Joe Lolley 4 G 2 A Patrick Wood 4 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Sydney FC kicks off things out of here…
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Melbourne Victory FC players.
-
Lineups
Melbourne Victory FC Lineups
Sydney FC Lineups
-
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Adam Le Fondre 8 Kosta Barbarouses 5 Ola Toivonen 4 Milos Ninkovic 4 Bobo 3 Zinedine Machach 3 Alexander Baumjohann 2 Chris Ikonomidis 2 Head to Head
Melbourne Victory FC Form
2026-01-26 Melbourne Victory FC 4–0 Sydney FC W 2026-01-17 Adelaide United FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2026-01-10 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2026-01-02 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Perth Glory FC W 2025-12-29 Melbourne Victory FC 5–1 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2025-12-20 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.65 Melbourne Victory FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.09 Sydney FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Melbourne Victory FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.74Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 51% 49% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
Melbourne Victory FC or Draw 76%Draw or Sydney FC 50%Melbourne Victory FC or Sydney FC 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–0 not predicted4 – 0Actual1 – 1 12.5%1 – 0 9.8%2 – 1 9.2%2 – 0 8.6%0 – 0 8.4%0 – 1 6.1%1 – 2 6.1%3 – 1 5.1%2 – 2 5%3 – 0 4.7%0 – 2 3.8%3 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC
Handicap Melbourne Victory FC covers Push Sydney FC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 22% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 14% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Sydney FC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.