Melbourne Victory FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Melbourne Victory FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC — A League .
- Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Daniel Elder
- Referee Lara Lee
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
Last 5 meetings2026-01-10 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2025-03-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4–2 Melbourne Victory FC 2025-01-04 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2024-04-27 Melbourne Victory FC 3–4 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2023-12-10 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3–4 Melbourne Victory FCRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 13 Dec Adelaide United FC H 2–1 W 05 Dec Macarthur FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Jan Melbourne Victory FC A 1–0 W 01 Jan Macarthur FC H 0–1 L 27 Dec Adelaide United FC A 2–3 L 19 Dec Auckland FC H 0–2 L 13 Dec Brisbane Roar FC H 0–0 D 05 Dec Perth Glory FC A 0–1 L Season Stats
Melbourne Victory FC Western Sydney Wanderers FC #4 Position #12 40 Points 21 26 Played 26 11 / 7 / 8 W / D / L 5 / 6 / 15 44 Scored 27 33 Conceded 43 +11 GD -16 1.54 PPG 0.81 42% Win % 19% Key Stats
59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season19% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this seasonMelbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts). Western Sydney Wanderers FC are 12th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Melbourne Victory FC0-15–/–16-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/–76+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededWestern Sydney Wanderers FC0-15–/–16-30–/331-451/146-60–/261-75–/176+–/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 Western Sydney Wanderers FCBozhidar Kraev 5 G 2 A Ryan Fraser 4 G 3 A Brandon Borrello 4 G 2 A Kosta Barbarouses 4 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Melbourne Victory FC kicks off things out of here…
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Western Sydney Wanderers FC players.
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Lineups
Melbourne Victory FC Lineups
Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ola Toivonen 4 Bruno Fornaroli 4 Nicolas Milanovic 3 Marcus Antonsson 3 Daniel Arzani 2 Tomislav Mrcela 2 Ben Folami 2 Nishan Velupillay 2 Head to Head
2026-01-10 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2025-03-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 4–2 Melbourne Victory FC 2025-01-04 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2024-04-27 Melbourne Victory FC 3–4 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2023-12-10 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3–4 Melbourne Victory FCMelbourne Victory FC Form
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 2025-12-13 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Adelaide United FC W 2025-12-05 Macarthur FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC DWestern Sydney Wanderers FC Form
2026-01-10 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2026-01-01 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–1 Macarthur FC L 2025-12-27 Adelaide United FC 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2025-12-19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Auckland FC L 2025-12-13 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–0 Brisbane Roar FC D 2025-12-05 Perth Glory FC 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 42.14 Melbourne Victory FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.38 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Western Sydney Wanderers FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.52Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 86% 14% ± 2.5 67% 33% ± 3.5 46% 54% ± 4.5 28% 72% Double Chance
Melbourne Victory FC or Draw 74%Draw or Western Sydney Wanderers FC 50%Melbourne Victory FC or Western Sydney Wanderers FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Western Sydney Wanderers FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.6%2 – 1 9%2 – 0 6.8%3 – 1 6.4%2 – 2 6.2%1 – 2 5.9%1 – 0 5.8%3 – 0 4.7%3 – 2 4.4%0 – 0 4.3%0 – 1 Actual4 – 1 3.4%Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC
Handicap Melbourne Victory FC covers Push Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 16% 67% -1.5 33% — 67% -1 33% 21% 47% -0.5 53% — 47% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 13% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet 13% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.