Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, taking place on Saturday, 18 February 2023, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne Victory, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Melbourne Victory players having failed to take any points away from their recent 2-1 away defeat at the hands of Newcastle United Jets.
When it comes to attacking power Tony Popović will be justly satisfied with his squad's performances of late, which has seen them chalk up 7 goals in their last 6 matches. However, it hasn't all been going well, and questions remain about their defence with 10 goals lost in those 6 matches resulting in some crucial points dropped. Up front, they have been showing a certain level of consistency in breaching their opponents' defences, with goals netted in 5 of their last 6 outings. Tony Popović will be slightly concerned about his defence, after only managing 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
With 4 defeats and just 1 victory in their last 6 league matches, they have had a poor run and will need to turn that around if they want to start climbing the table.
Melbourne City, Recent FormHaving secured a 4-2 away win against Perth Glory in their latest league match, Melbourne City will have a positive feeling ahead of this match. In that game they recorded 58 % of the possession, with 13 attempts on goal, 6 on target. Their opponents found the target on 4 of their 9 shots on goal.
With 18 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, their manager Rado Vidošić will be very pleased with his team's form going forward, but he will be casting a cautious eye over his defence, who have shipped 7 goals in the same period. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games. Few teams have managed to keep City away from their goal, having scored in all but 1 of their games this season.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 8 games in a row.
On an individual basis, Jamie Maclaren has been a major threat in front of goal all season having scored 16 goals in the league so far.
The last meeting between these 2 teams in the league resulted in an unsurprising 0-2 win for Melbourne City.
Playing at home, Victory have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Melb City.
Jamie Maclaren will be looking to get on the scoresheet for Melb City against Victory in this one, having netted 8 goals in the previous 5 encounters between the two.
With no real injury worries, Victory manager Tony Popović will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Melb City manager Rado Vidošić has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne Victory Playing at home | Melbourne City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 1.9 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 25' | Time first goal scored | 25' |
| 35' | Time first goal conceded | 24' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 3 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 4-2 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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