In week 9 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men, Melbourne City face Melbourne Victory on 2025-12-20 (kick-off 08:35 GMT) at AAMI Park.
In the last 4 meetings, A. Vidmar has beaten 2 times A. Diles, with 2 draws and no victories for A. Diles.
Current league positions have Melbourne City 4th on 12 points and Melbourne Victory 12th on 8 points.
Melbourne City misses 5 players: M. Leckie (Hamstring Injury), A. Lopane (Ankle Injury), A. Nabbout (Inactive), J. Nieuwenhuizen (Knee Injury), L. Wong (Knee Injury) but Melbourne Victory misses 3 players: B. Hamill (Knee Injury), F. Lino (Injury), R. Piscopo (Injury).
We're predicting Melbourne City to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-3-3, and Melbourne Victory are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
In their last outing, Melbourne City's highest-rated performer was K. Trewin (6.2), while Melbourne Victory's standout was Nikos Vergos (8.6).
Contrast in results: Melbourne City had to share the points 1-1 with Seoul, whereas Melbourne Victory claimed victory 2-1 vs. Adelaide United.
Melbourne City look strong (2-2-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Melbourne Victory have 1-1-3 in the same span.
Melbourne Victory lead this rivalry - 17 wins from 49 matches versus Melbourne City (who've won just 16 games), alongside 16 draws.
A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Melbourne City's 1-0-0 home form and Melbourne Victory's 1-1-3 away record.
Melbourne City is going head to head with Melbourne Victory on 20/12/2025 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 City v Melbourne Victory H2H statistics!