Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Saturday, 23 December 2023, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormMelbourne City were forced to settle for a share of the points in their last league match, which wound up a 3-3 draw against Central Coast Mariners. During that encounter they had 56% possession and had 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target, while their opponents hit 9 of their 14 shots on goal.
While they have been strong in attack with 12 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 8 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 28 games in a row, but they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games at AAMI Park.
There will be mixed feelings from City, although undefeated in their last 3 league games at home, 2 of these games ended in a draw.
On an individual basis, Jamie Maclaren will be looking to get on the scoresheet again at AAMI Park having scored 6 goals in Melbourne City's last 6 home games in the league.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormIn their last match Melbourne Victory enforced their superiority over Sydney FC with a 3-0 home win. They achieved 32% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Sydney FC's tally of 20 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 12 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 8 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 8 games in a row.
Bruno Fornaroli will be looking forward to more goals after clocking up an impressive 7 goals in the past 6 league matches for Melbourne Victory.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 2-1 win for Melbourne City.
The Victory defence has struggled at AAMI Park, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 8 visits.
Victory has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit MCFC, being unable to find a win from any of their last 5 league meetings at AAMI Park.
With no real injury worries, MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | Goals scored | 2.3 |
| 2 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 42' | Time first goal scored | 53' |
| 57' | Time first goal conceded | 28' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 5 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | - |
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