Mar 19th features a match where Melbourne City hosts Melbourne Victory at Aami Park in a meeting of these two A-League teams in the ever popular Melbourne derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 1st placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Western United. Lacroix scored the first goal for Western United in the 16th minute, then Rene Krhin added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Dylan Pierias. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while melbourne Victory sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Central Coast Mariners. Nicholas D’Agostino struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 38th minute, then Nicolai Müller got the equalizer for Central Coast Mariners in the 84th minute on a feed from Jason Cummings earning Central Coast Mariners a comeback draw. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 18th of December, Melbourne City hosted Melbourne Victory in their last match together. Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory battled to a 2-2 draw. Francesco Margiotta scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 12th minute, but Jamie MacLaren got the equalizer for Melbourne City in the 60th minute .
Melbourne Victory’s most prolific scorer has been Nicholas D’Agostino. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Melbourne City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Florin Berenguer Bohrer and MacLaren each having 3 goals in their last five.