Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the A-League Men match on December 21st, 2024

Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City will play on December 21st, 2024, Saturday at 08:35h (UTC), in a match counting for the A-League Men in Australia, check the Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City will occur

The game will be played in the small AAMI Park stadium, in the city of Melbourne, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City betting tip 2024/2025

The A-League Men has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.29 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 3.15 goals per match played.

Melbourne Victory last match

Melbourne Victory comes from a win recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Perth Glory, in a match valid for A-League Men, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-0. On the field, T. Popović's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.25.

It was certainly not the best Melbourne Victory performance of the season. However, the exhibition of Clarismario should be highlighted. He called responsibility in the contest and was a crucial player in the team's victory.

Melbourne City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for A-League Men, Melbourne City, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Auckland team with a final score of 2-2.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.60.

Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City h2h

Melbourne Victory was in 10th place when they last played Melbourne City who was 4th place in A-League Men. Melbourne Victory played using the 4-2-3-1 formation while Melbourne City responded with a 4-4-2 arrangement.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the A-League Men. The meeting took place on 26-10-2024 and ended with a 1-3 win for Melbourne Victory.

Melbourne Victory

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Melbourne Victory team with 16 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final Series Play-offs, with a campaign of 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

In the 9th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Adelaide United who places just above in 2nd place.

Melbourne Victory analysis

After 8 matches, Melbourne Victory shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 12 goals and conceded 4.

While they’ve won twice as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 3 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Best goalscorer from Melbourne Victory

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Zinédine Machach. The Midfielder has scored 2 times in this competition and helped Melbourne Victory avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Melbourne City

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Melbourne City team with 13 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final Series Play-offs, with a campaign of 4 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses.

Which means that the team is over Macarthur team who is in the position 5 in the 9th round and has a 2 points disadvantage.

Melbourne City analysis

Currently, in the A-League Men, Melbourne City sums 14 goals for and a total of 8 goals against, after 8 rounds played.

As we approach the Regular Season, Melbourne City is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.57 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the A-League Men.

The Melbourne City team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 56.14%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

Chances of winning against Melbourne City who playing away has a balance of 4 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws in the A-League Men, are very slim.

Melbourne City is a more offensive team than Melbourne Victory, having 809 attacks vs. 760 from Melbourne Victory, having scored 14 times, in comparison, Melbourne Victory converted into goal 12 times.

Best goalscorer from Melbourne City

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Yonatan Cohen. The Attacker has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Melbourne City come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Melbourne Victory 2 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Melbourne City 2.75 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 5.43 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 1.88 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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