In a mid week match on Monday Dec 26th, in week 9, Western United hosts Melbourne Victory in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. 11th placed Western United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Aleksandar Prijović scored the first goal for Western United in the 5th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Western United took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Melbourne Victory, 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 single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Macarthur was frustrated by Melbourne Victory’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Melbourne Victory ended the match with the shutout victory. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Melbourne Victory won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
Melbourne Victory is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Bruno Fornaroli and Nicholas D’Agostino each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Milanovic and Aleksandar Prijović have been the hottest scorers for Western United in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.