In this week 17 match on the 18th of February, Melbourne Victory will host Melbourne City at Aami Park in a clash of these two extremely mismatched A-League teams in the anticipated Melbourne derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. Melbourne Victory sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Newcastle Jets. Beka Mikeltadze struck first for Newcastle Jets in the 37th minute on a penalty, but Nishan Velupillay got the equalizer for Melbourne Victory in the 51st minute on a penalty. Melbourne Victory looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while melbourne City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-2 win against Perth Glory. Bos scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 16th minute, then Jack Clisby tied it up for Perth Glory in the 25th minute , but luckily for Melbourne City it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 22nd, Melbourne Victory hosted Melbourne City at the Aami Park in their last match together. Melbourne City was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Jamie MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 17th minute on a penalty, 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.
Richard van der Venne has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Melbourne City. Jake Brimmer has been the most prolific scorer on Melbourne Victory in his last 5 matches with two goals.