Melbourne Victory vs Auckland
Melbourne Victory entered this match after a 2-1 victory over Western Sydney Wanderers at the Commbank Stadium in New South Wales last weekend. Kasey Bos opened the score for Melbourne Victory before Zach Sapsford equalized for the home team. Later, Zinedine Machach won Victorians with a decisive goal in the 37th minute.
Now the teachers and coach Arthur Diles face Auckland, the team has ended its first A League season in the first place full of surprises. The New Zealand team is part of the model that owns many clubs of Bill Foley, like Ha “brother” Bournemouth (Premier League) and Lorient (Ligue 1).
However, when the fans trusted in Auckland, they suffered 42-4 defeat against Western United at Ironbark Fields in the final round of the A-League 2024/25. This failure also ended their previous unbeaten series at 14.
Obviously, Melbourne Victory entered the semi-final first leg of the A-League with great performance. At home, they are also winning 4, drew 2 and lost only 1 in the last 7 matches. Their goal is to win to create an advantage before the second leg. With the above analysis, the fans can trust the home team Melbourne Victory. Therefore, a bet for Melbourne Victory in this first leg can be a reasonable choice.
Information Melbourne Victory vs Auckland
Welcoming Auckland this time, coach Arthur Diles of host Melbourne Victory has the most powerful squad when there is only the absence of Mitchell Langerak because of injury.
Meanwhile, Auckland will play with the optimal force.
Expected squad Melbourne Victory vs Auckland
- Melbourne Victory (4-3-3): Duncan; Roderick Miranda, Kasey Bos, Lachlan Jackson, Brendan Hamill; Zinédine Machach, Alexander Badolato, Jordi Valadon; Nikos Vergos, Nishan Velupillay, Daniel Arzani.
- Auckland (4-4-2): Michael Woud; Hiroki Sakai, Daniel Hall, Francis De Vries, Nando Pijnaker; Felipe Gallegos, Jake Brimmer, Louis Verstraete, Cameron Howieson; Rogerson, Guillermo May.
Melbourne Victory vs Auckland
- No team has a clean sheet: 6/7 of the last match of Melbourne Victory and the last 7/10 matches of Auckland have closed without any team to keep the home clean. In addition, the last 6/9 home matches of Melbourne Victory also ended with at least 1 goal for each team.
- Melbourne Victory won the Asian odds: Melbourne Victory won the last 5/8 matches, winning 4/6 home matches. And Auckland lost 6, drew 1, only won 2 in the last 9 matches in all competitions. Therefore, the fans can trust in the home team this time.
- Melbourne Victory scored the first half: Melbourne Victory scored at least 1 goal in the first half in 6/8 recent matches, in the last 6/9 home matches. Most likely this match will witness Melbourne Victory do the same in the first half.
