📏 Form Guide

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers will be looking for an improved result here after the 2-1 A-League loss in their previous game against Wellington Phoenix.

In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers had 55% possession and 10 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Western Sydney Wanderers was Brandon Borrello (41'). For their opponents, Wellington Phoenix had 18 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Ifeanyi Eze (16') and Kazuki Nagasawa (56') scored for Wellington Phoenix.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Western Sydney Wanderers have taken part. Opposition teams scored 15 times in these games while Western Sydney Wanderers managed to get a total of 6. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Western Sydney Wanderers:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Melbourne Victory in their last 4 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Melbourne Victory

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In the game prior to this, Melbourne Victory drew 2-2 in the A-League match with Newcastle United Jets.

In that game, Melbourne Victory had 38% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Melbourne Victory was Charles Nduka (31', 34'). Newcastle United Jets had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Eli Adams (19', 89') scored for Newcastle United Jets.

The numbers tell their own story, and Melbourne Victory have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals overall. At the back, Melbourne Victory seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

A look at their previous results shows us that Melbourne Victory:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings dating back to 10/12/2023 shows that Western Sydney Wanderers have won 3 of these games & Melbourne Victory 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 28 overall which averages out at 4.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league contest between the two was A-League match day 12 on 10/01/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Melbourne Victory 0-1 Western Sydney Wanderers.

That time, Melbourne Victory managed 66% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Western Sydney Wanderers had 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kosta Barbarouses (29') scored.

The referee was Daniel Elder.

📰 Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

In our view, The Wanderers will probably use the 4-4-2 system in the match, handing starts to Jordan Holmes, Dylan Scicluna, Nathan Barrie, A. Pantazopoulos, Alex Gersbach, Atiya Waraga, Angus Thurgate, Joshua Brillante, Ryan Fraser, Bozhidar Kraev and Brandon Borrello.

ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne Victory

From our viewpoint, Victory will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Jack Warshawsky, Joshua Rawlins, Sebastian Esposito, Roderick Miranda, Jason Davidson, Denis Genreau, Louis D'Arrigo, Nishan Velupillay, Matthew Grimaldi, Clarismario Rodrigus and Charles Nduka.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Western Sydney Wanderers will likely create enough chances to score a goal against this Melbourne Victory lineup, although just one goal isn’t likely to be enough to avoid a loss.

Therefore, we’re predicting a 1-2 win for Melbourne Victory at full-time. Looking forward to this.

Andre Moura, 09:11 25/04/2026