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 (2025/26)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2025/26)

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

23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

19% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this season

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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/3

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/2

61-75

–/1

76+

–/2

■ 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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Bozhidar 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' Three points are at stake. Melbourne Victory FC host Western Sydney Wanderers FC — let the battle begin!
5' Melbourne Victory FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Western Sydney Wanderers FC's shape.
10' 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.
11' Jarrod Carluccio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ramy Najjarine on 11 minute.
16' It looks surprising Melbourne Victory FC does not make any changes. Nishan Velupillay has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
21' Melbourne Victory FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
26' Phillip Cancar is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Western Sydney Wanderers FC so far.
31' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
36' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne Victory FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
41' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
46' Both keepers have barely been tested. Melbourne Victory FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
51' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne Victory FC in their trying to find a way past Western Sydney Wanderers FC's compact .
56' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Mark Rudan will be considering his options from the bench.
61' Another change for Melbourne Victory FC made on 61 minute. Nishan Velupillay leaves to be changed by Chris Ikonomidis.
66' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
68' It’s a booking for Melbourne Victory FC player. Brendan Hamill gets a Yellow card.
73' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 73 minutes.
78' Melbourne Victory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 78.
80' A change in the Melbourne Victory FC ranks — Joshua Brillante exits the field as Birkan Kirdar enters on 80.
80' Steven Peter Ugarkovic picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
81' The crowd applauds Francesco Margiotta as he leaves the pitch. Lleyton Brooks steps in for Melbourne Victory FC.
84' The crowd applauds Jason Geria as he leaves the pitch. Stefan Nigro steps in for Melbourne Victory FC.
88' That is a Red card for Melbourne Victory FC. Roderick Miranda will be fuming at that decision.
90' The crowd applauds Thomas Aquilina as he leaves the pitch. Adama Traore steps in for Western Sydney Wanderers FC.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Melbourne Victory FC 1-1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC.

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.