Western United vs Melbourne City Preview & Prediction | 2024-25 Australian A-League
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Ahead of the third match day of the 2024/25 Australian A League campaign, Western United and Melbourne City begin the weekend’s round of fixtures sitting eighth and seventh in the table after inconsistent starts.
KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Monday 4th November, 2024: UK – 8:00am / US ET – 4:00am / US PT – 1:00am
HOW TO WATCH/STREAM: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+
WESTERN UNITED TEAM NEWS: SEVERAL INJURY ISSUES
Ahead of the visit of Melbourne City this weekend, Western United are dealing with a few injury absentees. Centre-back Jamie Donachie is sidelined for the hosts alongside the likes of Ben Garrucio, Ramy Najjarine and Khoder Kaddour.
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Sutton; Russell, Imai, Leonard, Shamoon; Danzaki, Pasquali, Thurgate, Grimaldi; Ibusuki, Lavale
UNAVAILABLE: Donachie (Injured), Garrucio (Injured), Najjarine (Injured), Kaddour (Injured)
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MELBOURNE CITY TEAM NEWS: LOTS OF INJURIES
Melbourne City are dealing with several injury concerns as they prepare to face Western United for this weekend. Harrison Shillington and Alessandro Lopane are sidelined alongside the likes of Max Caputo.
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Beach; Talbot, Ferreyra, Souprayen, Behich; Cohen, Trewin, Atkinson, Tillo; Ugarkovic, Nabbout
UNAVAILABLE: Necovski (Injured), Shillington (Injured), Lopane (Injured), Durakovic (Injured), Mazzeo (Injured), Caputo (Injured)
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WESTERN UNITED VS MELBOURNE CITY PREDICTION
Western United have started this season with back-to-back draws. They shared a 1-1 draw against Wellington Phoenix in New Zealand on the opening weekend of the campaign before then sharing a 1-1 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers in their most recent outing, last weekend. They now face a Melbourne City side that did start with a 1-0 defeat of Newcastle Jets before losing 3-1 to Melbourne Victory in the Melbourne derby. Given their solid and unbeaten start, a double chance bet in favour of Western United, given their home advantage, looks the way to go for this one.
WESTERN UNITED VS MELBOURNE CITY TIP: DOUBLE CHANCE – WESTERN UNITED TO WIN OR DRAW
