Western United FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Western United FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at AAMI Park.
- Western United FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Kearney Robinson
- Referee Ben Abraham
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Newcastle United Jets FC 26 48 2 Adelaide United FC 26 43 3 Auckland FC 26 42 4 Melbourne Victory FC 26 40 5 Sydney FC 26 39 6 Melbourne City FC 26 38 7 Macarthur FC 26 34 8 Wellington Phoenix FC 26 33 9 Central Coast Mariners FC 26 32 10 Perth Glory FC 26 31 11 Brisbane Roar FC 26 26 12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Nov Melbourne City FC H 0–1 L 27 Oct Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 1–1 D 20 Oct Wellington Phoenix FC A 1–1 D 28 Apr Melbourne City FC A 0–1 L 21 Apr Perth Glory FC A 4–3 W 16 Apr Adelaide United FC H 3–3 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Nov Western United FC A 1–0 W 26 Oct Melbourne Victory FC H 1–3 L 19 Oct Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–0 W 05 May Melbourne Victory FC A 2–3 L 28 Apr Western United FC H 1–0 W 20 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 2–1 W Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Western United FC to score. At the same time, Melbourne City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Melbourne City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne City FC that had 208 games and scored 386 goals.
- 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Melbourne City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Western United FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 35' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 40' Another change for Melbourne City FC made on 40 minute. Marco Tilio leaves to be changed by Medin Memeti.
- 45' Samuel Souprayen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 7 Yellow cards this season.
- 49' Andrew Nabbout puts Melbourne City FC on the lead.
- 54' Another change for Melbourne City FC made on 54 minute. Andrew Nabbout leaves to be changed by Yonatan Cohen.
- 59' Western United FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 61' Abel Walatee has so much to prove this time. He replaces Matthew Grimaldi on 61 minute.
- 62' Zane Schreiber is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
- 66' That looks like a foul for a card for Nathaniel Atkinson.
- 71' It looks surprising Western United FC does not make any changes. Matthew Grimaldi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 76' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Andreas Kuen suffering a number of foals already.
- 77' That looks like a foul for a card for Abel Walatee.
- 77' Time for substitution for Western United FC. Rhys Bozinovski is replaced by Sebastian Pasquali.
- 78' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Zane Schreiber by Mathew Leckie on 78 minute.
- 83' Western United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 83.
- 88' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Western United FC and Melbourne City FC (для сухой ничьи).
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Western United FC
Starting XI- 33
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- 13
- 6
- 9
- 77
- 23
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Matthew Grimaldi ↓ Abel Walatee 61'
- 29
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Oliver Lavale ↓ Noah Botic 61'
- 30
Bench-
21
Sebastian Pasquali ↑ 77'
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19
Noah Botic ↑ 61'
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- 22
- 14
- 34
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20
Abel Walatee ↑ 61'
Coach John AloisiMelbourne City FC
Starting XI- 6
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15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Yonatan Cohen 54'
- 13
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23
Marco Tilio ↓ Medin Memeti 40'
- 27
- 30
- 2
- 33
- 38
- 26
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19
Zane Schreiber ↓ Mathew Leckie 78'
Bench-
7
Mathew Leckie ↑ 78'
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10
Yonatan Cohen ↑ 54'
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19
Medin Memeti ↑ 40'
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- 47
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Coach Aurelio Vidmar -
Head to Head
Western United FC Form
2024-11-04 Western United FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC L 2024-10-27 Western United FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2024-10-20 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–1 Western United FC D 2024-04-28 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Western United FC L 2024-04-21 Perth Glory FC 3–4 Western United FC W 2024-04-16 Western United FC 3–3 Adelaide United FC DMelbourne City FC Form
2024-11-04 Western United FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2024-10-26 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Melbourne Victory FC L 2024-10-19 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2024-05-05 Melbourne Victory FC 3–2 Melbourne City FC L 2024-04-28 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Western United FC W 2024-04-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC W