Melbourne City FC vs Western United FC Prediction: Home team to win

On Saturday morning, in the most recent round of Australian A-League fixtures, the Premier's Plate holders take on the A-League champions at AAMI Park.

Melbourne City is now in first place in the rankings, four points ahead of the Western Sydney Wanderers in second place with a game in hand, and Western United is currently in fourth place, four positions behind the final playoff slot. The following is a study of betting as well as betting tips.

Melbourne City FC (WWLWW)

Maclaren now leads the league in goals scored with 12, and he'll be hoping to add to that total against a Western United defence that has allowed the most goals in the league so far this season (19).

In the 2022–2023 Australian Football League season, Melbourne City have been in dazzling form, registering 22 points out of a possible 27 over the course of their first 10 matches.

On December 10, Rado Vidosic's team lost 2-1 to Sydney FC. A week later, their match against fierce rivals Melbourne Victory in the Melbourne derby was called off after 22 minutes due to Hearts goalkeeper Tom Glover being hit with a metal sand bucket.

Referee Alex King, who was also injured in the incident, made the decision to end proceedings following the mass pitch invasion after protests were held prior to the start of the match objecting to the decision of the Australian Professional Leagues to sell the A-League Grand Final licencing right to Sydney for three years. The protests were staged against the decision of the Australian Professional Leagues to sell the licencing right.

The Hearts got back to their winning ways with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Central Coast Mariners on December 27, thanks to a goal scored by Jamie Maclaren in the first half of the match. This triumph came after the inexcusable sights that occurred at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.

In terms of the over/under markets, 5 out of their most recent 6 matches have finished with at least three goals being scored. This suggests that the over/under will probably be hit at some point. BTTS results have been seen in 4 of their last 6 fixtures.

Western United FC (WLWWD)

After only winning one of their first seven matches, Western United have shown brief flashes of their potential for the 2021-22 season by registering two successes and a share of the spoils against Brisbane Roar on December 30 from their most recent three matches.

At the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on December 18, the Western Service Crew kicked off their comeback by defeating Melbourne City's closest Premier League title challengers, the Western Sydney Warriors, thanks to a goal scored by Aleksandar Prijovic in the fifth minute. This goal was enough to secure the victory for the Western Service Crew.

Even though Western United was defeated by Adelaide United by a score of 2-1 in the opening game of the current A-League season on October 7, it is still feasible for them to earn at least one point in Saturday's highly anticipated matchup.

In terms of the over/under markets, their most recent 6 of 10 matches have resulted in at least three goals being scored. Also, 8 0f 10 fixtures resulted in the BTTS.

Expert Betting Tips

Since the year 2020, these two teams have competed against one another 11 times in the A-League. The home team is now up by a slim margin of 6-4, and one of the games has ended in a draw.

It's interesting to note that the home team has only one victory over Western in the last six matches between the two teams; they took that victory in Melbourne back in October. While Western have only managed to find the back of the net 14 times in 10 matches, Melbourne hold the second-best scoring record in the A-League with 19 goals scored in nine matches.

The home team's defensive record, which includes seven goals allowed in nine contests, is tied for second best in the league. The Western defence has the worst record in the competition, having allowed 19 goals to their opponents.