Melbourne City vs Westen United Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Melbourne City are trying to push themselves back towards the very top end of the table as they begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting above Western United on goal difference.

Kick-off date/time: Tuesday 7th January, 2025: UK – 7:00am / US ET – 2:00am / Monday 6th January, 2025 - US PT – 11:00pm

How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+

Melbourne City Team News: Injury crisis for City

Melbourne City have something of an injury crisis ahead of this week’s clash against Western United as the likes of Jordan Necovski and James Jeggo are sidelined alongside experienced Australia international attacking duo Andrew Nabbout and Mathew Leckie.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Beach; Talbot, Trewin, Souprayen, Behich; Atkinson, Ugarkovic, Wong; Mazzeo, Sulemani, Politidis

Unavailable: Necovski (Injured), Jeggo (Injured), Kuen (Injured), Lopane (Injured), Leckie (Injured), Tilio (Injured), Cohen (Injured), Nabbout (Injured), Caputo (Injured)

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Westen United Team News: Nothing fresh

There are no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues for the Western United to deal with ahead of their trip to Victoria with centre-back James Donachie and winger Khoder Kaddour the only player still sidelined for the visitors.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sutton; Russell, Imai, Leonard, Garuccio; Bozinovski, Thurgate; Najjarine, Grimaldi, Danzaki; Botic

Unavailable: Donachie (Injured), Kaddour (Injured)

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Melbourne City vs Westen United Prediction

Melbourne City come into this one on the back of an impressive and comfortable 2-0 defeat of the Wellington Phoenix in their most recent outing last week. That means the Victorians are now unbeaten in their last five matches in the A League. They now face a Western United side that most recently enjoyed an entertaining 3-2 defeat of struggling Perth Glory a few days ago to make it four successive victories for the visitors. These are two sides that are in good form and it could well end up being an entertaining encounter for the neutral in which both teams scoring looks a good bet for this one.

Melbourne City vs Westen United Tip: Both teams to score