Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Wednesday, 05 April 2023, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormMelbourne City manager Rado Vidošić will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 1-1 draw in his team's last league outing against Newcastle United Jets. In that game they had 61% possession and managed 15 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Newcastle United Jets who had 8 attempts and 3 on target.
Vidošić will be closely scrutinising his squad's defensive frailties, his back line having shipped 12 goals in their last 6 matches, despite having picked up some points through the 11 goals they've managed to net. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 21 games in a row. The defensive quality of his current squad will be troubling Vidošić of late, his defence having only notched up 1 clean sheet from their last 6 home games.
Their strong run of form at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 17 games in a row.
When it comes to home matches at AAMI Park, Jamie Maclaren will be feeling confident about finding the net again, with 6 league goals for Melbourne City in their last 6 home games.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 away win over Wellington Phoenix in their last league game, Melbourne Victory will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. They came away from that fixture with a 39% share of the possession and clocked up 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target, in comparison to Wellington Phoenix, who managed 12 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
Manager Tony Popović will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 9 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 7 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 games. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
On an individual basis, Bruno Fornaroli will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 5 goals in Melbourne Victory's last 6 league games.
Last time these two teams played each other in the league Melbourne Victory sprung a suprise, upsetting the form book by winning the game 3-2.
The Victory defence has struggled at AAMI Park, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 7 visits. In their last 3 away league games against City, Victory have conceded a total of 10 goals and that's an average of 3.33 per game.
When playing away from home in the league, Victory have failed to win any of their last 4 meetings with Melb City, with the last 2 of those games ending in a draw.
Melb City player Jamie Maclaren will be looking to get on the scoresheet again against Victory, having scored 6 goals in the last 3 league meetings between the teams at AAMI Park.
With no real injury worries, Melb City manager Rado Vidošić will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Victory manager Tony Popović has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne City Playing at home | Melbourne Victory Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 54' |
| 55' | Time first goal conceded | 28' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 1.5 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 5 |
| 6-1 | Biggest victory | 3-2 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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