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Preview

  • As week 18 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men arrives, Melbourne City take on Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park on 2026-02-21 (kick-off 08:35 GMT).
  • On average in 2 games, Referee D. Elder registers 5-6 yellows and 0 reds, and 22 fouls.
  • Over 5 head-to-head encounters, A. Vidmar has 2 wins and A. Diles has 1 win with 2 draws.
  • After 17 matchdays, Melbourne City sit 7th with 22 points and Melbourne Victory are 6th having collected 24 points.
  • Melbourne City have 4 players sidelined: T. Kanamori (Knee Injury), M. Leckie (Hamstring Injury), A. Nabbout (Calf Injury), E. Rashani (Muscle Injury) but Melbourne Victory face one absence: B. Hamill (Knee Injury).
  • Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Melbourne City should be met by Melbourne Victory's expected 4-2-3-1.
  • No winners or losers: Melbourne City drew 0-0 vs. Gangwon, as did Melbourne Victory with Brisbane Roar: 1-1.
  • Neither side is flying – Melbourne City 1-3-1 and Melbourne Victory 2-1-2 over the last 5 matches.
  • Melbourne Victory hold the upper hand H2H: of 50 meetings, they've triumphed 18 times, conceded 16 times and shared 16 draws.
  • A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Melbourne City's 3-2-3 home form and Melbourne Victory's 3-1-5 away record.

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Melbourne City is going head to head with Melbourne Victory on 21/2/2026 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!