Anticipation builds as Melbourne Victory prepare to host Auckland at AAMI Park on 2025-10-18 (kick-off 09:35 GMT), in week 1 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men.
Looking back over 4 duels, S. Corica has 2 wins versus A. Diles, who has 1 win, with 1 draw.
Melbourne Victory misses 2 players: J. Davidson (Inactive), B. Hamill (Knee Injury) while Auckland misses no players.
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Melbourne Victory should be met by Auckland's expected 4-4-2.
Melbourne Victory won 3-0 against Perth Glory, while Auckland lost their fixture 0-2 vs Heidelberg United.
Melbourne Victory's form is 2-0-3 recently, but Auckland are on a roll with 2-2-1 in their last 5 matches.
Auckland lead this rivalry - 2 wins from 4 matches versus Melbourne Victory (who've won just 1 game), alongside 1 draw.
Melbourne Victory is going head to head with Auckland FC on 18/10/2025 08:35 GMT at AAMI Park for the Australia A-League Men. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Melbourne Victory v Auckland FC H2H statistics!