Melbourne City vs Western United Prediction: The visiting team have failed to score against the home team in their last four games

Melbourne City vs Western United: Prediction and odds on the A-League match on May 24, 2025

The Australia A-League Semi-finals 2nd-leg Play-Offs matchup will see Melbourne City against Western United at AAMI Park Stadium. After a resounding 3-0 win on the road in their 1st-leg matchup, Melbourne City will aim to secure a win on their home soil and extend their previous win to two games to secure a place in the final stage. while Western United will aim to prevent a defeat on the road, even though they suffered a humiliation on the home soil in their 1st-leg matchup. Let’s analyse previous results, overall performance, recent forms, and my betting opinion on how to place your bets.

Melbourne City: Forms and Statistics

Melbourne City extended their winning ways to two during their last four games against Western United, picking a 3-0 win in their 1st-leg matchup. Before the match, they were victorious against Sydney FC, picked a resounding 5-1 win in the match closed. Before the match, they tied against Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney FC. During these games, they have scored ten goals while conceding three. In this match, Melbourne City will aim to secure a win and extend their previous win to two games and find a place in the final playoffs.

Melbourne City: Lineup

🔖 Melbourne City’ Predicted XI (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Patrick Beach

Defender players: Aziz Behich, Kai Trewin, German Ferreyra, Nathaniel Atkinson

Midfielder players: Steven Ugarkovic, Alessandro Lopane, Andreas Kuen

Attacking players: Marco Tilio, Yonatan Cohen, Max Caputo

⛔️ Unavailable: Nieuwenhuizen ( Knee Injury), Jayden Necovski (Knee Injury), Jeggo (Achilles Tendon Injury), Leckie (Injured), Andrew Nabbout (Knee Injury), Samuel Souprayen ( CalfInjury) Steven Ugarkovic (Inactive)

👤 Head Coach: Aurelio Vidmar

Western United: Forms and Statistics

Western United snapped their winning streak to three during their last four games against Melbourne City in a humiliating 0-3 defeat. Before the match, they were victorious against Adelaide United, Auckland FC and Sydney FC. During these games, they have scored eight goals while conceding seven. In this match, Western United will aim to secure a win on the road and get back to winning ways to find a place in the final playoffs.

Western United: Lineup

🔖 Western United’s Predicted XI (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Matthew Sutton

Defender players: Benjamin Garuccio, Dylan Leonard, Tomoki Imai, Tate Russell

Midfielder players: Angus Thurgate, Rhys Bozinovski, Mathew Grimaldi

Attacking players: Riku Danzaki, Hiroshi Ibusuki, Noah Botic

⛔️ Unavailable: James Donachie (Injury)

👤 Head Coach: John Aloisi

Melbourne City vs Western United: Head-to-head statistics

Melbourne City won all their last five games, while Western United failed to secure a win. However, both teams scored against one another in one game, and more than two goals were in two games.

Melbourne City vs Western United: Betting tips & Odds

• In three of their last five games between Melbourne City and Western United have had TO 9 Corner kicks. This option is provided on the Bet365 bookmaker website for odds of 1.66
• In four of their last five games between Melbourne City and Western United have had BTTS-NO. This option is provided on the Betway bookmaker website for odds of 2.43
• In two of their last five games between Melbourne City and Western United have had more than 2.5 goals. This option is provided on the 1xbet bookmaker website for odds of 1.61
• In four of their last five games between Melbourne City and Western United have had at least a goal at half-time. This option is provided on the 1XBet bookmaker website for odds of 1.60
• In three of their last five games between Melbourne City and Western United have had Melbourne City to scored 2 goals. This option is provided on the 1XBet bookmaker website for odds of 1.74
• In their last five games between Melbourne City and Western United have had Western United scored UN 1 goal. This option is provided on the 1XBet bookmaker website for odds of 2.14

Melbourne City vs Western United match prediction 24 May 2025

Melbourne City will have confidence of winning on their home soil following their previous win in their 1st-leg matchup, while Western United who have failed against the home team in four of their last five games, will aim to find the net. Therefore, I expect the home team to secure a win on their home soil, while I expect them to prevent conceding and I expect them to score at least 2 goals.

Below are our predictions for this game.

Our match prediction: is that the home team will score 2 goals for a coefficient of 1.74 in the 1XBet bookmaker.

Our betting tip on the match: is BTTS-NO for a coefficient of 2.43 in the Betway bookmaker.

Our final betting tip on the match: is the home team to win for a coefficient of 1.95 in the Bet365 bookmaker.