Melbourne Victory FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC, A League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2021-22

Melbourne Victory FC

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Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Sun 27 Mar 2022 · 08:05 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Brendan Hamill 68' Y

Y 80' Steven Peter Ugarkovic

Roderick Miranda 88' R

Overview

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC — A League .

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2026/27)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

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 17 games · Avg 3.5 goals Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-03-27 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2022-02-16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2021-04-23 Melbourne Victory FC 5–4 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2021-02-10 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory FC 2020-08-12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	1–1	D
23 Mar	Western United FC	H	1–1	D
19 Mar	Melbourne City FC	A	1–1	D
09 Mar	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	1–1	D
04 Mar	Macarthur FC	H	3–1	W
19 Feb	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	1–0	W

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–1	D
20 Mar	Adelaide United FC	H	0–0	D
16 Mar	Adelaide United FC	A	2–1	W
12 Mar	Macarthur FC	A	1–3	L
05 Mar	Sydney FC	H	2–0	W
23 Feb	Newcastle United Jets 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 history

Melbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts). Western Sydney Wanderers FC are 12th (21 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Melbourne Victory FC welcome Western Sydney Wanderers FC for this crunch clash at .
5' Melbourne Victory FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Western Sydney Wanderers FC's shape.
10' Western Sydney Wanderers FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
11' Western Sydney Wanderers FC ring the changes. Ramy Najjarine has done his job and it is now time for Jarrod Carluccio to step up.
16' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
21' The travelling Western Sydney Wanderers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
26' It’s high time Anthony Popovic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
31' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mark Rudan might look to freshen things up shortly.
36' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
41' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
46' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
51' Western Sydney Wanderers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' 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.
61' The Melbourne Victory FC bench stirs into life. Nishan Velupillay is withdrawn and Chris Ikonomidis gets his opportunity.
66' Jack Rodwell has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 387 appearances.
68' It’s a booking for Melbourne Victory FC player. Brendan Hamill gets a Yellow card.
73' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Mark Rudan will be considering his options from the bench.
78' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Melbourne Victory FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
80' Another change for Melbourne Victory FC made on 80 minute. Joshua Brillante leaves to be changed by Birkan Kirdar.
80' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Steven Peter Ugarkovic on 80 minutes.
81' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Francesco Margiotta is replaced by Lleyton Brooks.
84' Melbourne Victory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Stefan Nigro is hanging Jason Geria on the field on 84 minute.
88' Roderick Miranda catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Red card on 88.
90' Another change for Western Sydney Wanderers FC made on 90 minute. Thomas Aquilina leaves to be changed by Adama Traore.
The final score is 1-1.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

23
Marco Rojas
1
Matt Acton
6
Leigh Broxham ↓ Raimon Marchan 61'
17
Brendan Hamill
22
Jake Brimmer
3
Jason Davidson
21
Roderick Miranda
9
Francesco Margiotta ↓ Lleyton Brooks 81'
2
Jason Geria ↓ Stefan Nigro 84'
24
Nishan Velupillay ↓ Chris Ikonomidis 61'
8
Joshua Brillante ↓ Birkan Kirdar 80'

Bench

16
Stefan Nigro ↑ 84'
13
Birkan Kirdar ↑ 80'
7
Chris Ikonomidis ↑ 61'
25
Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio
26
Lleyton Brooks ↑ 81'
20
Ivan Kelava
4
Raimon Marchan ↑ 61'

Coach Anthony Popovic

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Jack Rodwell ↑ 90'
14
James Troisi ↑ 61'
2
Ziggy Gordon
20
Tomas Mejias
3
Adama Traore ↑ 90'
32
Jarrod Carluccio ↑ 11'
36
Alessandro Lopane

Coach Mark Rudan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Bruno Fornaroli	4
Ola Toivonen	4
Marcus Antonsson	3
Nicolas Milanovic	3
Graham Dorrans	2
Daniel Arzani	2
Tomislav Mrcela	2
Ben Folami	2

Head to Head

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2022-03-27 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2022-03-23 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Western United FC D 2022-03-19 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2022-03-09 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC D 2022-03-04 Melbourne Victory FC 3–1 Macarthur FC W 2022-02-19 Melbourne Victory FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2022-03-27 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2022-03-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC D 2022-03-16 Adelaide United FC 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2022-03-12 Macarthur FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2022-03-05 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Sydney FC W 2022-02-23 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.86 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC49% Draw26% Western Sydney Wanderers FC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.05

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

51%

Melbourne Victory FC or Western Sydney Wanderers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC38% Draw43% Western Sydney Wanderers FC19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 0

8.1%

0 – 0

6.4%

1 – 2

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

4.8%

3 – 2

3.5%

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	22%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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