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

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A League · 2021-22

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

2 – 0

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Melbourne Victory FC

Wed 16 Feb 2022 · 08:55 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 80' Ivan Kelava

Phillip Cancar 89' Y

Daniel Margush 90' Y

Overview

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

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

Western Sydney Wanderers FC 17 games · Avg 3.5 goals Melbourne Victory FC

Last 5 meetings

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 2019-10-18 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Recent Form

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	H	2–0	W
11 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	1–3	L
05 Feb	Western United FC	H	0–1	L
02 Feb	Perth Glory FC	H	1–0	W
29 Jan	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–3	L
28 Nov	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	2–2	D

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Feb	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	0–2	L
12 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	1–2	L
09 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–1	L
28 Nov	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–0	W
20 Nov	Western United FC	A	1–0	W
06 Jun	Melbourne City FC	H	1–1	D

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Western Sydney Wanderers FC and Melbourne Victory FC get this one started.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne Victory FC that had 210 games and scored 299 goals.
10' Leigh Broxham, a Australia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Western Sydney Wanderers FC and Melbourne Victory FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
25' The energy levels are beginning to show. Carl Robinson might look to freshen things up shortly.
30' Melbourne Victory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' Melbourne Victory FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
45' William Wilson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
50' It’s high time Carl Robinson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
55' Against the run of play, Tate Russell has scored! This game has turned on its head.
60' With 0 assists to his name this season, Birkan Kirdar is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Melbourne Victory FC.
61' Bernie Ibini-Isei gets the nod from Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He replaces Tomer Hemed and will look to change the dynamic.
66' Melbourne Victory FC make a change. Jason Davidson trudges off to be replaced by Stefan Nigro on 66 minutes.
71' Western Sydney Wanderers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ramy Najjarine is hanging Keijiro Ogawa on the field on 71 minute.
72' The whistle greets Francesco Margiotta as he departs to be replaced by Nicholas D'Agostino.
77' Jason Davidson is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Western Sydney Wanderers FC tonight.
80' Dimitri Petratos is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
80' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Ivan Kelava on 80 minutes.
85' Melbourne Victory FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
87' It is a substitution in Melbourne Victory FC team. Jake Brimmer is replaced by William Wilson on 87 minute.
89' Phillip Cancar was booked on 89.
90' Western Sydney Wanderers FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
Western Sydney Wanderers FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Tomer Hemed ↓ Bernie Ibini-Isei 61'
14
James Troisi
29
Terry Antonis ↓ Steven Peter Ugarkovic 71'
17
Keanu Baccus
13
Tate Russell
1
Daniel Margush
2
Ziggy Gordon
11
Keijiro Ogawa ↓ Ramy Najjarine 71'
3
Adama Traore
25
Phillip Cancar
23
Dimitri Petratos

Bench

Coach Carl Robinson

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Ben Folami ↓ Marco Rojas 66'
6
Leigh Broxham
13
Birkan Kirdar ↓ Robbie Kruse 72'
22
Jake Brimmer ↓ William Wilson 87'
7
Chris Ikonomidis
3
Jason Davidson ↓ Stefan Nigro 66'
5
Matthew Spiranovic
21
Roderick Miranda
9
Francesco Margiotta ↓ Nicholas D'Agostino 72'
2
Jason Geria
20
Ivan Kelava

Bench

23
Marco Rojas ↑ 66'
10
Robbie Kruse ↑ 72'
18
Nicholas D'Agostino ↑ 72'
16
Stefan Nigro ↑ 66'
1
Matt Acton
15
Aaron Anderson
32
William Wilson ↑ 87'

Coach Anthony Popovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Form

2022-02-16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory FC W 2022-02-11 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–3 Melbourne City FC L 2022-02-05 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–1 Western United FC L 2022-02-02 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–0 Perth Glory FC W 2022-01-29 Brisbane Roar FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2021-11-28 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–2 Newcastle United Jets FC D

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2022-02-16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2022-02-12 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2022-02-09 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2021-11-28 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-11-20 Western United FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2021-06-06 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.39 Western Sydney Wanderers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.44 Melbourne Victory FC xG

I would bet for: Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne Victory FC 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Western Sydney Wanderers FC41% Draw26% Melbourne Victory FC33%

Actual: Western Sydney Wanderers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.83

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Melbourne Victory FC

59%

Western Sydney Wanderers FC or Melbourne Victory FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Western Sydney Wanderers FC26% Draw46% Melbourne Victory FC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

7.9%

0 – 0

7.8%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 0

7.3%

0 – 2

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1

3.7%

0 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Handicap	Western Sydney Wanderers FC covers	Push	Melbourne Victory FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Western Sydney Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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