Melbourne Victory vs Western United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the A-League Men match on January 10th, 2025

Melbourne Victory will be playing against Western United in a A-League Men football match scheduled to take place on Friday, January 10th, 2025, at 08:35h (UTC), in Australia, check the Melbourne Victory vs Western United betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Melbourne Victory vs Western United will occur

The game will be played in the small AAMI Park stadium, in the city of Melbourne, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Melbourne Victory vs Western United 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 3.14 goals per match played.

Melbourne Victory last match

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

Taking into account the previous analysis, the probabilities of winning were high, which is reason enough to consider the draw (odd 4.33) as a bad outcome.

Although the overall performance of Melbourne Victory fell short of the pre-match expectations, the good performance of some players should be noted. For example, Jing Lual played an excellent match and showed himself to be a solid point for his teammates to rely on even in times of difficulty.

Western United last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for A-League Men, Western United, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Melbourne City team with a final score of 2-0.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.25, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Melbourne Victory vs Western United h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Western United occupied 10th place in A-League Men and, team Melbourne Victory the 3rd place. Western United entered the field with the tactic 4-4-2, while Melbourne Victory arranged their formation in a 4-2-3-1.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 01-12-2024, in the 2024/2025 season of the A-League Men, which ended with a 1-3 win for Melbourne Victory.

The Western United team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Melbourne Victory its counterpart.

Melbourne Victory

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Melbourne Victory team with 19 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final Series Play-offs, with a campaign of 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

This means that in the 13th round the team has an advantage of 1 point in relation to the Macarthur team that is in the 5th place.

Melbourne Victory analysis

After 12 matches, Melbourne Victory shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 15 goals and conceded 10.

Having a record of 3 wins versus 0 losses, and 2 draws in comparison to the 2 games they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Best goalscorer from Melbourne Victory

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Roderick Miranda. The Defender has already scored 2 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Melbourne Victory, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Western United

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Western United team with 18 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final Series Play-offs, with a campaign of 5 wins, 3 draws, and 4 losses.

Saddled with the same score that the Macarthur team in position 5, in the 13th round.

Western United analysis

After round 12 of A-League Men we count 19 goals scored by Western United and 16 conceded.

Playing away Western United usually leaves little room for opponents to win against them, with a balance of 4 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the A-League Men.

Western United is a more offensive team than Melbourne Victory, having 1185 attacks vs. 1166 from Melbourne Victory, having scored 19 times, in comparison, Melbourne Victory converted into goal 15 times.

Best goalscorer from Western United

Hiroshi Ibusuki has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Western United to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 5.5 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Melbourne Victory is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.09 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Melbourne Victory in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.08 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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