On Saturday Dec 17th, in week 8, Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City will play a match in Melbourne in a clash of these two closely matched A-League teams in the ever popular Melbourne derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Melbourne City recorded a 1-2 loss against Sydney. Jamie MacLaren struck first for Melbourne City in the 22nd minute from the penalty spot, but Joe Lolley got the equalizer for Sydney in the 23rd minute from the penalty spot But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Adam Le Fondre. Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while melbourne Victory sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Macarthur. Ben Folami struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 84th minute on a feed from Nishan Velupillay, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Macarthur couldn’t muster any offence and Melbourne Victory ran away with the shutout win. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City last played eachother at the Aami Park on Oct 22nd. Melbourne City took the match by a score of 2 to 0. MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 17th minute from the penalty spot, then Cadete added another on an own goal in the 19th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Melbourne Victory couldn’t manage to score, and Melbourne City took the shutout win.
Melbourne Victory is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Bruno Fornaroli and Nicholas D’Agostino each only have 1 goal in their last five. Jamie MacLaren has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 6 goals for Melbourne City.