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The A-League features another edition of the Melbourne Derby this weekend as Melbourne City take on Melbourne Victory on Saturday. Both teams have impressive players in their ranks and will want to win this game.
Melbourne City are at the top of the A-League standings and have been in impressive form this season. The reigning champions stunned Sydney FC with a 4-0 victory in their previous game and will be confident ahead of this fixture.
Melbourne Victory, on the other hand, are in third place in the league table at the moment and have punched above their weight so far. The home side edged Perth Glory to a 1-0 victory last week and will look to achieve a similar result this weekend.
Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Head-to-Head
Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory are on an even footing as far as their head-to-head record is concerned and have won 13 games apiece out of a total of 36 matches played between the two teams.
The previous meeting between the two local rivals took place last month and ended in a 1-1 draw. Both teams wasted chances on the day and will need to be more clinical this weekend.
Melbourne Victory form guide in the A-League: W-W-D-D-D
Melbourne City form guide in the A-League: W-W-W-W-D
Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Team News
Melbourne Victory
Matt Acton and Robbie Kruse are injured at the moment and have been ruled out of this fixture. Roderick Miranda has served his suspension over the past week and will be available for selection.
Injured: Matt Acton, Robbie Kruse
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Melbourne City
Melbourne City are unlikely to make drastic changes to their team for the game against Melbourne Victory this weekend. Scott Jamieson has recovered from his injury and could feature in this game.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Predicted XI
Melbourne Victory Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Ivan Kelava; Jason Davidson, Brendan Hamill, Matthew Spiranovic, Jason Geria; Joshua Brilliante, Jay Barnett; Ben Folami, Jake Brimmer, Marco Rojas; Nicholas D’Agostino
Melbourne City Predicted XI (4-3-3): Tom Glover; Jordan Bos, Jordon Hall, Curtis Good, Kerrin Stokes; Aiden O'Neill, Taras Gomulka, Florin Berenguer; Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Andrew Nabbout, Stefan Colakovski
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Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City Prediction
Melbourne City are back at the top of the league table but will need to work hard to stay ahead of an in-form Western United side. The hosts have lethal attacking players in their ranks and have a point to prove in this fixture.
Melbourne Victory have punched above their weight this season and will be confident of another positive result this weekend. Melbourne City are the better team on paper, however, and hold a slight upper hand in this game.
Prediction: Melbourne Victory 1-2 Melbourne City
