Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Saturday, 17 February 2024, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormMelbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar will need to instil positive feelings within his team after they endured a 5-1 away mauling from Brisbane Roar. In that game they had 47% possession and managed 14 attempts on goal, with 9 on target, compared to Brisbane Roar who had 16 attempts and 9 on target.
Vidmar is sure to be taking a close look at his defence, who have given away 13 goals over the last 6 matches and yet amazingly still managed to collect some valuable points during this poor defensive spell due to their 7 goals scored. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They have lost 4 of their last 6 matches, which will be a focus of concern, but their 2 wins in that period did produce some valuable points nevertheless.
Jamie Maclaren will be feeling confident about adding his name to the scoresheet once more at AAMI Park, having notched up 5 goals for Melbourne City in their last 6 league matches at home.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormThe Melbourne Victory players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Macarthur FC recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. They achieved 66% possession in that match and had 29 strikes at goal, with 9 hitting the target, up against Macarthur FC's tally of 6 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
Manager Tony Popović will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 7 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 have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games on the road.
There will be mixed feelings from Victory, having been undefeated in their last 9 away league games, but drawn the last 3 of these games.
Bruno Fornaroli is the man of the moment right now and the toast of the fans, having notched up 7 goals in Melbourne Victory's last 6 league matches.
The previous meeting between these two sides was not one to live long in the memory; that match finished without a goal, and both teams settling for a point apiece.
Playing away from home, Victory have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against MCFC.
Victory has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit MCFC, being unable to find a win from any of their last 6 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 | 1.7 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 52' | Time first goal conceded | 54' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 5.1 |
| 8-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | - |
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