On the 12th of March, in this week 19 match, Western United will host Melbourne City at Whitten Oval in a clash of the A-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Western United sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets. Leo Lacroix struck first for Western United in the 16th minute on a feed from Ben Garuccio, then Lacroix added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Aleksandar Prijović. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Western United should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 2nd placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Perth Glory. Florin Berenguer Bohrer scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 8th minute, then Mathew Leckie added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Metcalfe. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Saturday Jan 29th, Western United won by a score of 1 to 0. Steven Luštica scored the first goal for Western United in the 71st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Melbourne City couldn’t muster any offence and Western United ran away with the shutout win.
Melbourne City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jamie MacLaren and Mathew Leckie each having 3 goals in their last 5. For Western United, their top scorers are Ben Garuccio and Steven Luštica, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.