In a mid week match in week 13, on Wed Mar 23rd, Melbourne Victory plays host to Western United in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Melbourne Victory, recorded a 1-1 draw against Melbourne City. Marco Rojas struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 19th minute, then Good tied it up for Melbourne City in the 45th minute on a feed from Florin Berenguer Bohrer squeezing out at least the one point for Melbourne City. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Western United, recorded a 0-3 loss against Sydney. Milos Ninkovic struck first for Sydney in the 23rd minute, then Luciano Narsingh added another in the 58th minute on a feed from Milos Ninkovic In the end, Western United was frustrated by Sydney’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sydney ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Western United should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Western United and Melbourne Victory last played eachother at the Aami Park on the 26th of December. Melbourne Victory won by a score of 3 to 1. Jason Geria scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 18th minute, then Joshua Brillante added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Francesco Margiotta.
Lacroix has been the most prolific scorer on Western United in the last 5 matches with three goals. Melbourne Victory’s most prolific scorer has been Nicholas D’Agostino. The Australian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.