Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Western Sydney Wanderers, taking place on Friday, 12 January 2024, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormMelbourne City enter this game with a comfortable 2-1 away win over Western United last time out in the league. Their share of possession in that meeting was 55%, while racking up 19 shots along the way, 6 of which were on target, in contrast to Western United, who had 13 shots on goal with 8 on target.
Manager Aurelio Vidmar will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 17 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 6 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 2 clean sheets in those games.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 6 games.
Jamie Maclaren will be feeling confident about adding his name to the scoresheet once more at AAMI Park, having notched up 6 goals for Melbourne City in their last 6 league matches at home.
Western Sydney Wanderers, Recent FormThe 1-0 home defeat to Central Coast Mariners will not have sat easily with the Western Sydney Wanderers squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They achieved 60% possession in that match and had 20 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Central Coast Mariners' tally of 13 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 9 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 10 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
With 3 defeats and just 2 wins from their last 6 outings, this cannot be regarded as a good run of form.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Western Sydney Wanderers, Marcus Antonsson will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
When these two teams last met in the league it was a 3-2 win for Melbourne City.
The Wanderers defence has struggled at AAMI Park, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 9 visits. When The Wanderers are away to City in the league, they know how to find the net, with 6 goals in their last 3 meetings and an average of 2 per game. We have seen plenty of goals from City when they play at home against The Wanderers. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 10 goals, which is an average of 3.33 goals per game.
In the league, MCFC has had a good run at home against The Wanderers, being unbeaten in their last 9 meetings at AAMI Park.
Jamie Maclaren will be looking forward to this meeting with The Wanderers, the MCFC player has found the net 3 times in the previous 3 league matches against them at AAMI Park.
With no real injury worries, MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
The Wanderers manager Marko Rudan has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne City Playing at home | Western Sydney Wanderers Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 1.5 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 60' |
| 58' | Time first goal conceded | 41' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 8-1 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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