Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, A League 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2019-20

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

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Melbourne Victory FC

Wed 12 Aug 2020 · 10:10 UTC Bankwest Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Matt Jurman 20' Y

Mathieu Cordier 22' Y

Pirmin Schwegler 30' Y

Y 32' Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio

Y 49' Aaron Anderson

Overview

Match Preview

Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Melbourne Victory FC — A League at Bankwest Stadium.

Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 games · 21 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Ben Abraham
Referee Alex King
Referee Andrej Giev
Referee Scott Edeling

23 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.7 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 17 games · Avg 3.5 goals Melbourne Victory FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2019-10-18 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2019-04-27 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2019-01-05 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC 2018-12-01 Melbourne Victory FC 4–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Recent Form

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Aug	Melbourne Victory FC	H	2–1	W
07 Aug	Western United FC	A	3–5	L
04 Aug	Perth Glory FC	H	1–3	L
31 Jul	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	1–0	W
27 Jul	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	1–1	D
21 Mar	Sydney FC	H	1–1	D

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Aug	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	Perth Glory FC	A	4–0	W
03 Aug	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	2–3	L
29 Jul	Brisbane Roar FC	H	1–2	L
25 Jul	Western United FC	H	1–2	L
15 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–3	L

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 history

19% Clean Sheets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC this season

23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

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

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

1/3

■ 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 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

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Western Sydney Wanderers FC is hosting Melbourne Victory FC for another epic battle.
5' Melbourne Victory FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Nikolaos Vergos scoring 1 goals.
10' Andrew Nabbout has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
15' 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.
20' Western Sydney Wanderers FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
22' Controversy at the stadium! Mathieu Cordier argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
27' Melbourne Victory FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' Pirmin Schwegler has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 30.
32' Melbourne Victory FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
34' Pirmin Schwegler does the damage! The net is bulging and Western Sydney Wanderers FC surge ahead!
39' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Western Sydney Wanderers FC that had 205 games and scored 309 goals.
44' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
49' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Aaron Anderson on 49 minutes.
52' A change in the Western Sydney Wanderers FC ranks — Matt Jurman exits the field as Tass Mourdoukoutas enters on 52.
54' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Migjen Basha comes on to replace Storm Roux.
59' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Western Sydney Wanderers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
62' Magnificent from Jordan O'Doherty! That is 2 goals in 205 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
66' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Andrew Nabbout makes it 2-1.
71' Western Sydney Wanderers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bruce Kamau is hanging Tate Russell on the field on 71 minute.
74' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio is replaced by Brandon Lauton.
79' It looks surprising Western Sydney Wanderers FC does not make any changes. Joshua Varga has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
82' The whistle greets Jordan O'Doherty as he departs to be replaced by Kostandinos Grozos.
87' The Melbourne Victory FC manager makes a substitution. Adama Traore departs to be replaced by So Nishikawa.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Simon Cox ↓ Mohamed Adam 54'
19
Pirmin Schwegler ↓ Nicolas Sullivan 71'
8
Jordan O'Doherty ↓ Kostandinos Grozos 82'
17
Keanu Baccus
34
Patrick Ziegler
16
Mathieu Cordier
33
Tate Russell ↓ Bruce Kamau 71'
6
Matt Jurman ↓ Tass Mourdoukoutas 54'
7
Mitch Duke C
4
Dylan McGowan
50
Tristan Prendergast

Bench

11
Bruce Kamau ↑ 71'
40
Nick Suman
23
Kostandinos Grozos ↑ 82'
13
Tass Mourdoukoutas ↑ 54'
22
Nicolas Sullivan ↑ 71'
35
Mohamed Adam ↑ 54'
28
Fabian Monge

Coach Jean-Paul De Marigny

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Matt Acton
6
Leigh Broxham C
13
Birkan Kirdar ↓ Joshua Varga 87'
2
Storm Roux ↓ Migjen Basha 54'
9
Andrew Nabbout
17
Elvis Kamsoba ↓ Lleyton Brooks 54'
26
Jay Barnett
4
James Donachie
31
Aaron Anderson
21
Adama Traore ↓ So Nishikawa 87'
43
Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio ↓ Brandon Lauton 74'

Bench

30
Matthew Sutton
19
Benjamin Carrigan
18
Migjen Basha ↑ 54'
25
Brandon Lauton ↑ 74'
46
Joshua Varga ↑ 87'
39
Lleyton Brooks ↑ 54'
38
So Nishikawa ↑ 87'

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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2020-08-12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-08-07 Western United FC 5–3 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2020-08-04 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–3 Perth Glory FC L 2020-07-31 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2020-07-27 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2020-03-21 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Sydney FC D

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2020-08-12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2020-08-08 Perth Glory FC 0–4 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-08-03 Melbourne Victory FC 2–3 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2020-07-29 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Brisbane Roar FC L 2020-07-25 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Western United FC L 2020-03-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 Melbourne Victory FC xG

I would bet for: Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne Victory FC 75% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Western Sydney Wanderers FC33% Draw25% Melbourne Victory FC42%

Actual: Western Sydney Wanderers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.99

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Draw

58%

Draw or Melbourne Victory FC

67%

Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne Victory FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Western Sydney Wanderers FC20% Draw44% Melbourne Victory FC36%

Actual: Western Sydney Wanderers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

8.3%

0 – 2

8.1%

0 – 0

6.8%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 3

5.6%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 3

4.8%

2 – 0

3.5%

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Handicap	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers	Push	Melbourne Victory FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	22%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	16%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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