Sydney vs Melbourne Victory betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the A-League Men match on December 28th, 2024

Sydney and Melbourne Victory will on Saturday, December 28th, 2024 at 08:35h (UTC), play in a A-League Men football game in Australia, check the Sydney vs Melbourne Victory betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sydney vs Melbourne Victory will occur

The game will be played in the small Netstrata Jubilee Stadium stadium, in the city of Sydney, with a capacity for 20505 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Sydney vs Melbourne Victory 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 3.17 goals per match played.

Sydney last match

In the last match played, Sydney met Adelaide United, in a match valid for the A-League Men. The match ended in a draw by 3-3. The coach U. Talay's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 4.00 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Certainly not a good performance for Sydney, although some players performed above average, such as Patrick Wood. The player was decisive to his team in avoiding defeat with his presence on the field and some excellent interventions during the match.

Melbourne Victory 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 Victory, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Melbourne City team with a final score of 1-1.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.60.

Sydney vs Melbourne Victory h2h

Melbourne Victory was in 1st place in the A-League Men while Sydney was in 8th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Melbourne Victory team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Sydney used in the match.

These teams the last time they met which was on 26-01-2024 played out a 1-1 draw in a highly contested A-League Men match during the 2023/2024 football season.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Melbourne Victory team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Sydney team, which won only 2 matches.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Sydney

A-League Men leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Sydney comes into this game with only 10 points. The team occupies 8th place in the A-League Men, saddled with a negative balance of 3 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw.

Which means that in the 10th round, the team has no advantage, over Wellington Phoenix team who is in the position 9.

Occupying the middle of the league table in the Australia A-League Men and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns, Sydney will try to use the home factor as an advantage to win the meeting.

Sydney analysis

At the end of round 9 in A-League Men, Sydney scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals.

Teams usually have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. Therefore, to control the game, the Sydney team usually tries to reach an average ball possession of 59.25%.

In comparison to Melbourne Victory 874 attacks and 13 goals, Sydney has had 931 attacks and 17 goals.

Best goalscorer from Sydney

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Patryk Klimala. The Attacker has scored 4 times in the current season and has helped Sydney come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Melbourne Victory

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Melbourne Victory team with 17 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, 2 draws, and 1 loss.

In the 10th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point against Adelaide United who occupies position 2.

Melbourne Victory analysis

We have reached matchday 9 in A-League Men and at the moment Melbourne Victory has made 13 goals and conceded 5.

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

With a balance of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw in the A-League Men, Melbourne Victory playing away usually gives opponents slim chances of beating them.

Best goalscorer from Melbourne Victory

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Zinédine Machach. Melbourne Victory owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 2 goals in this season.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 5.56 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

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 6.13 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 2.67 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Sydney side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Melbourne Victory who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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