Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Western United and Melbourne City, taking place on Sunday, 07 January 2024, at Mars Stadium in Wendouree.
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Western United, Recent FormThe 2-0 away defeat to Newcastle United Jets will not have sat easily with the Western United squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. In that game they had 69% possession and managed 13 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Newcastle United Jets who had 17 attempts and 9 on target.
Whilst they have scored a reasonable 5 goals in their last 6 games, they are struggling to pick up points due to their defence, who have shipped 15 goals in the same period. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games, and so far this season they have failed to score in 6 of their 10 games.
Their recent results are not something they'll be looking to repeat, having lost 5 of their last 6 games. They've had a poor start to their season losing 8 of 10 league games.
Melbourne City, Recent FormThe last league instalment for Melbourne City produced a stunning 8-1 home win over Brisbane Roar. Their share of possession in that meeting was 58%, while racking up 24 shots along the way, 14 of which were on target. Brisbane Roar had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 15 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 6 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They've shown some decent form of late, being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 matches, with 3 of the 5 being victories for good measure.
On an individual basis, Jamie Maclaren will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 7 goals in Melbourne City's 10 league games this season.
Last time these two teams played each other in the league Western United sprung a suprise, upsetting the form book by winning the game 1-2.
The City defence has struggled at Mars Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 6 visits.
MCFC player Jamie Maclaren will be looking to cause Western Utd some problems having scored 4 goals in the last 3 league meetings between the teams at Mars Stadium.
With no real injury worries, Western Utd manager John Aloisi will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Western United Playing at home | Melbourne City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.5 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 68' | Time first goal scored | 25' |
| 56' | Time first goal conceded | 36' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 1.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
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