Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Melbourne Victory FC — A League at CommBank Stadium.
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2025/26)
- Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Daniel Elder
- Referee Casey Reibelt
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 meetings2026-04-25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC 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 FCRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Melbourne Victory FC H 0–2 L 18 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC A 1–2 L 11 Apr Sydney FC H 0–2 L 04 Apr Melbourne City FC A 0–3 L 20 Mar Adelaide United FC H 2–4 L 13 Mar Brisbane Roar FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 2–0 W 17 Apr Newcastle United Jets FC H 2–2 D 11 Apr Auckland FC A 2–2 D 05 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC H 0–1 L 21 Mar Central Coast Mariners FC H 4–1 W 15 Mar Macarthur FC H 4–1 W Season Stats
Western Sydney Wanderers FC Melbourne Victory FC #12 Position #4 21 Points 40 26 Played 26 5 / 6 / 15 W / D / L 11 / 7 / 8 27 Scored 44 43 Conceded 33 -16 GD +11 0.81 PPG 1.54 19% Win % 42% Key Stats
59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history19% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this season23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this seasonWestern Sydney Wanderers FC are 12th (21 pts). Melbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC0-15–/–16-30–/331-451/146-60–/261-75–/176+–/2■ Scored ■ ConcededMelbourne Victory FC0-15–/–16-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/–76+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
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 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 -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Melbourne Victory FC gets underway.
- 5' Jack Warshawsky has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Melbourne Victory FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 20' The travelling Melbourne Victory FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Louis D'Arrigo suffering a number of foals already.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Western Sydney Wanderers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' It looks surprising Western Sydney Wanderers FC does not make any changes. Sebastian Esposito has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 40' 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.
- 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 50' Nikolaos Vergos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 55' Western Sydney Wanderers FC is showing some good football. However, Western Sydney Wanderers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matthew Grimaldi, as he is very good at scoring at CommBank Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 65' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Louis D'Arrigo is replaced by Jordi Valadon.
- 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 71' GOAL! Clarismario scores on 71.
- 76' Jai Rose has so much to prove this time. He replaces Bozhidar Kraev on 76 minute.
- 81' The whistle greets Joshua Brillante as he departs to be replaced by Awan Lual.
- 82' Melbourne Victory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mata is hanging Clarismario on the field on 82 minute.
- 87' Melbourne Victory FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Nikolaos Vergos scoring 1 goals.
- 90' Nikolaos Vergos is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- 90' Brendan Hamill is replacing Sebastian Esposito for the Melbourne Victory FC side.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.
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Lineups
Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 26
- 32
- 3
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23
Bozhidar Kraev ↓ Jai Rose 76'
- 30
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25
Joshua Brillante ↓ Awan Lual 81'
- 22
- 5
- 24
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52
Atiya Waraga ↓ Aydan Hammond 76'
Bench
- 20
- 8
- 19
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17
Jarrod Carluccio ↑ 76'
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21
Aydan Hammond ↑ 76'
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39
Awan Lual ↑ 81'
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Jai Rose ↑ 76'
Coach Gary van EgmondMelbourne Victory FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 2
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27
Louis D'Arrigo ↓ Jordi Valadon 65'
- 21
- 22
- 17
- 40
- 14
- 15
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11
Clarismario ↓ Mata 82'
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Bench
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64
Mata ↑ 82'
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Brendan Hamill ↑ 90'
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- 25
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23
Keegan Jelacic ↑ 65'
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8
Jordi Valadon ↑ 65'
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9
Nikolaos Vergos ↑ 90'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ola Toivonen 4 Bruno Fornaroli 4 Marcus Antonsson 3 Nicolas Milanovic 3 Graham Dorrans 2 Daniel Arzani 2 Tomislav Mrcela 2 Ben Folami 2 Head to Head
2026-04-25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC 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 FCWestern Sydney Wanderers FC Form
2026-04-25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC L 2026-04-18 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2026-04-11 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Sydney FC L 2026-04-04 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2026-03-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–4 Adelaide United FC L 2026-03-13 Brisbane Roar FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC DMelbourne Victory FC Form
2026-04-25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory FC W 2026-04-17 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2026-04-11 Auckland FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory FC D 2026-04-05 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-03-21 Melbourne Victory FC 4–1 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2026-03-15 Melbourne Victory FC 4–1 Macarthur FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.01 Melbourne Victory FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Both teams to score 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Melbourne Victory FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.19Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Draw 51%Draw or Melbourne Victory FC 74%Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne Victory FC 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.6%1 – 2 9.4%0 – 2 Actual0 – 1 7.6%1 – 3 6.3%0 – 0 5.7%2 – 2 5.6%2 – 1 5.6%0 – 3 5.4%1 – 0 4.1%2 – 3 3.8%1 – 4 3.2%Asian Handicap — Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Handicap Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers Push Melbourne Victory FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 12% 79% -0.5 21% — 79% +0.5 45% — 55% +1 45% 22% 33% +1.5 67% — 33% +2 67% 17% 16% +2.5 84% — 16% Clean Sheet
Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet 31% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.