Melbourne Victory will welcome Western Sydney Wanderers to AAMI Park this Sunday for the 20th Round of the 2021/22 A-League regular season.
Venue: AAMI Park (Melbourne)
Key Statistics
Melbourne Victory are unbeaten in their last three home league games (W2, D1).
The hosts are unbeaten in their last five A-League games (W2, D3).
They have kept only one clean sheet in their last 19 league games.
WS Wanderers have two clean sheets from their last three games.
They have lost six of their last eight away league games (W1, D1).
Head to head
Melbourne Victory have five wins in their last ten head-to-head meetings with WS Wanderers (D1, L4).
Latest performances in all competitions
Melbourne Victory: D-D-L-D-W
WS Wanderers: D-W-L-W-L
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory will look to pick up their first competitive win in five games when they welcome Western Sydney Wanderers to AAMI Park this Sunday.
The hosts have endured a poor run of form since winning the FFA Cup in early February. Since then, they have played nine games but have won just two times.
Before winning that trophy, they were on an eight-game unbeaten run and were also leading the league table. But fast forward to this round of games, they are sitting in fifth, 13 points behind Melbourne City, albeit with four games in hand.
With ten games left for them to play, a win in this game will keep them in the top-two conversation. But they must put up a far better performance than their recent performances to get anything from this game.
Possible Melbourne Victory starting line-up
Ivan Kelava; Jason Davidson, Roderick Miranda, Brendan Hamill, Jason Geria; Joshua Brilliante, Jay Barnett; Nishan Velupillay, Jake Brimmer, Marco Rojas; Francesco Margiotta.
Injured: Robbie Kruse.
Doubtful: Joshua Risdon.
Suspended: None.
Unavailable: Ben Folami, Nicholas D’Agostino.
Western Sydney Wanderers
WS Wanderers’ attempt to climb into the top six took another big hit last weekend as they were held to a goalless draw at home to Adelaide United.
The visitors come into this round of games sitting in tenth, with 19 points from 17 games.
With just nine games left to play in the regular season, they are in a race against time to secure top-six given that they are currently five points behind the top six.
But after finally ending their away run of seven games without a win when they beat Adelaide United 2-1 last time out, they will fancy their chances of recording a second away win.
Possible WS Wanderers starting line-up
Daniel Margush; Phillip Cancar, Tomislav Mrcela, Thomas Aquilina, Adama Traore; Steven Ugarkovic, Terry Antonis, Ramy Najjarine; Keijiro Ogawa, Dimitri Petratos, Tomer Hemed.
Injured: Rhys Williams, Vedran Janjetovic
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Melbourne Victory 1-1 WS Wanderers
