Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, taking place on Saturday, 06 April 2024, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne Victory, Recent FormMelbourne Victory head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 2-1 home win against Perth Glory in their last league encounter. In that game they had 59% possession and managed 17 attempts on goal, with 7 on target, compared to Perth Glory who had 8 attempts and 3 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Tony Popović will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 9 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games at AAMI Park.
On an individual basis, Bruno Fornaroli will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 17 goals in Melbourne Victory's 23 league games this season.
Melbourne City, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-1 away defeat by Central Coast Mariners will have left the Melbourne City squad feeling a little deflated. They came away from that fixture with a 61% share of the possession and clocked up 19 attempts on goal with 9 on target, in comparison to Central Coast Mariners, who managed 12 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 10, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 5 goals and some valuable points in the process. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded at least one goal in 10 of their 11 games on the road.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 6 games.
Tolgay Arslan will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 4 goals in the last 6 league games for Melbourne City.
It was a 0-0 draw last time these two met, so not one to look back on fondly, with both sides taking away just a single point for their troubles.
On each of the last 2 outings between MCFC and Victory in the league, City have not performed well in front of goal and have come up empty-handed in terms of goals. Playing away from home, MCFC have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against Victory.
It has been a share of the points the last 2 times these sides have met in the league, with the game ending in a draw on both occasions; that said, MCFC may be feeling slightly more positive, having built up a run of 3 matches undefeated against their opponents.
With 2 goals notched up from the last 3 league meetings against Victory at their home ground AAMI Park, MCFC man Mathew Leckie will be looking for more of the same in this one.
With no real injury worries, Victory manager Tony Popović will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne Victory Playing at home | Melbourne City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 2.3 |
| 34' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 38' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.3 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.9 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
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