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Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · February 19 2025, 04:52
Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Preview: Team News & Prediction
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On a weekend of derby fixtures in the Australian A League, we have the Melbourne derby between two sides fighting for inconsistency, the Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday 22nd February, 2025: UK – 8:35am / US ET – 3:35am / US PT – 12:35am

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

Melbourne Victory Team News: Nothing fresh

The home team have a fully fit and available squad for this weekend’s derby with no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues so they would be able to name an unchanged eleven for this one if they so choose.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Langerak; Rawlins, Hamill, Roderick, Traore; Teague, Valadon; Velupillay, Machach, Piscopo; Vergos

Unavailable: 

Questionable: 

Melbourne City Team News: Several injuries

Melbourne City are dealing with a long list of injury concerns as they make the trip across town this weekend as Australia international duo James Jeggo and Andrew Nabbout are among those sidelined alongside Jordan Necovski and Alessandro Lopane.

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Beach; Atkinson, Ferreyra, Behich, Talbot; Tilio, Leckie, Ugarkovic, Rahmani; Caputo, Wong

Unavailable: Necovski (Injured), Trewin (Injured), Jeggo (Injured), Kuen (Injured), Lopane (Injured), Cohen (Injured), Nabbout (Injured)

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Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Prediction

This Melbourne derby features two sides sitting third and fourth respectively ahead of this weekend’s round of fixtures. Melbourne Victory come into this one on the back of a slender 1-0 defeat of the Wellington Phoenix last weekend, meaning they have now enjoyed three victories in their last four matches. They now face a Melbourne City side that ended a three-match losing streak with a slender 1-0 defeat of struggling Perth Glory last weekend. This one is expected to be a tense and nervy affair between two sides lacking a fluency in the final third so a low-scoring derby seems quite likely.

Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Tip: Under 2.5 goals

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