On the 17th of May, Western United hosts Melbourne Victory in a meeting of these two evenly matched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Western United recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wellington Phoenix. Aleksandar Prijović scored the first goal for Western United in the 10th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Wellington Phoenix couldn’t muster any offence and Western United ran away with the shutout win. Western United is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while melbourne Victory sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Sydney. Nicholas D’Agostino scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 14th minute, then Adam Le Fondre got the equalizer for Sydney in the 16th minute on a feed from Kosta Barbarouses. Melbourne Victory is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Aami Park, Melbourne Victory and Western United battled to a 1-1 draw. Nikolai Topor-Stanley struck first for Western United in the 47th minute on a feed from Connor Pain, then in the 85th minute, Jason Davidson sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Brendan Hamill earning them at least the one point.
Both Jake Brimmer and Nicholas D’Agostino have been the hottest scorers for Melbourne Victory in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Aleksandar Prijović has been the most prolific scorer on Western United in his last five matches with two goals.