On Sat Apr 9th, in week 23, Melbourne Victory plays host to Melbourne City in a meeting of these two A-League teams in the anticipated Melbourne derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 4th placed Melbourne Victory is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Adelaide United. Marco Rojas struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 7th minute on a feed from Jason Geria, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Adelaide United 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, while melbourne City is fresh off their 6-0 blowout win against Wellington Phoenix. Finn Surman scored the first goal for Melbourne City on an own goal in the 17th minute, then Mathew Leckie added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Berenguer Bohrer At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wellington Phoenix couldn’t manage to score, and Melbourne City took the shutout win. Melbourne City is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory battled to a 1-1 draw. Marco Rojas struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 19th minute, then in the 45th minute, Berenguer Bohrer sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Curtis Good earning them at least the one point.
Both MacLaren and Marco Tilio have been the hottest scorers for Melbourne City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Marco Rojas has been the most prolific scorer on Melbourne Victory in his last 5 matches with two goals.