Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Betting Tips, H2H & Predictions

Melbourne City travel to city rivals Melbourne Victory with hopes of keeping their aspirations alive.

Key Stats

• Melbourne Victory have won three of their last four league fixtures
• Melbourne City have lost three of their last four matches
• Melbourne City have scored just two goals in their last five matches

Team Previews, Form and Standout Player

Melbourne Victory come into this game having defeated Wellington Phoenix 1-0 in their last match. A second half goal from Vargos was enough to seal all three points for the Victory. Currently sitting 3rd in the A-League table, a win against Melbourne City would see the home side move to five points off 1st place.

Melbourne City have the opportunity to jump their opponents into 3rd position, currently sitting just one point behind with a game in hand. Melbourne City won their last fixture against Perth Glory, thanks to a first half strike from Wong. Nikolaos Vergos will be one to watch for this fixture. The

Melbourne Victory attacker has registered four goals and three assists in 12 starts this season.

Melbourne Victory Preview

Melbourne Victory Predicted Line-up: Langerak, Rawlins, Hamill, Roderick, Traore, Teague, Valadon, Velupillay, Machach, Piscopo, Vergos

Melbourne Victory are not expected to miss any players for the fixture.

Melbourne City Preview

Melbourne City Predicted Line-up: Beach, Atkinson, Ferreyra, Behich, Talbot, Tilio, Leckie, Schreiber, Rahmani, Caputo, Wong

Melbourne City will be without Jayden Necovski, Andrew Nabbout, Yonatan Cohen, James Jeggo and Steven Ugarkovic through injury.

Head To Head

Melbourne City have failed to defeat Melbourne Victory in their last five meetings. The two sides have also drawn on three occasions during this period.

• 17th February 2024 - Melbourne City 0-0 Melbourne Victory
• 6th April 2024 - Melbourne Victory 2-1 Melbourne City
• 5th May 2024 - Melbourne Victory 1-1 Melbourne City
• 26th October 2024 - Melbourne City 1-3 Melbourne Victory
• 21st December 2024 - Melbourne Victory 1-1 Melbourne City

Betting Tips For Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City

Our team of professional experts have decided that the best tip for this game is Melbourne Victory to win. Odds on Betfred of 11/10 means a bet of £10 has a potential return of £21.

Final Prediction

Melbourne Victory 1-0 Melbourne City