Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 18 Oct 2025 · 06:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Shaun Evans
Referee Alex King

18 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/game

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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC 18 games · Avg 3.4 goals Melbourne City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2025-04-19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC 2024-11-30 Melbourne City FC 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2024-04-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC 2024-03-12 Melbourne City FC 7–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Recent Form

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Melbourne City FC	H	1–1	D
03 May	Macarthur FC	A	3–1	W
26 Apr	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–0	W
19 Apr	Melbourne City FC	H	2–2	D
13 Apr	Western United FC	H	2–0	W
05 Apr	Auckland FC	A	1–1	D

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
19 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	2–2	D
11 Apr	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–2	W
05 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Western Sydney Wanderers FC		Melbourne City FC
#12	Position	#6
21	Points	38
26	Played	26
5 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	10 / 8 / 8
27	Scored	33
43	Conceded	33
-16	GD	+0
0.81	PPG	1.46
19%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Western Sydney Wanderers FC are 12th (21 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/3

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/2

61-75

–/1

76+

–/2

■ 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)

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

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' Three points are at stake. Western Sydney Wanderers FC host Melbourne City FC — let the battle begin!
The points are shared — Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1-1 Melbourne City FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	8
Kai Trewin	3
Mathew Leckie	3
Ritchie De Laet	3
Nicolas Milanovic	3
Craig Noone	2
Oriol Riera	2
Leo Natel	2

Head to Head

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2025-10-18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2025-05-03 Macarthur FC 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2025-04-26 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2025-04-19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2025-04-13 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Western United FC W 2025-04-05 Auckland FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D

Melbourne City FC Form

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 2025-04-19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2025-04-11 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2025-04-05 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.24 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.57 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne City FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Western Sydney Wanderers FC33% Draw27% Melbourne City FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Draw

61%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

67%

Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Western Sydney Wanderers FC22% Draw46% Melbourne City FC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.9%

0 – 1

8.5%

0 – 0

7.9%

0 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 3

4.7%

2 – 0

4.5%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 3

Asian Handicap — Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Handicap	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	21%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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