📏 Form Guide

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-0 A-League victory versus Macarthur FC.

In that game, Sydney FC had 56% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Sydney FC, goals were scored by Marcel Tisserand (76') and Joe Lolley (93'). At the other end, Macarthur FC got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Ufuk Talay's Sydney FC have managed to score a sum total of 10 times over their prior 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 9.

Coming into this contest, Sydney FC are unbeaten in their previous 4 home league matches.

Melbourne Victory

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Melbourne City in A-League action, Melbourne Victory will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Melbourne Victory had 58% possession and 21 shots at goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Melbourne City got 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Max Caputo (2') and Peter Antoniou (55') scored for Melbourne City.

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Melbourne Victory has been noticeable recently. A glance at their last 6 outings reveals that it’s occurred 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 8 and Melbourne Victory have scored 6. We shall soon see if that trend will end up being continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 04/03/2023 tells us that Sydney FC have won 2 of these games & Melbourne Victory 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for The Sky Blues and 8 for Victory. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was A-League match day 16 on 24/01/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Melbourne Victory 2-0 Sydney FC.

In that game, Melbourne Victory managed 36% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Nikos Vergos (24') and Bruno Fornaroli (90').

For their opponents, Sydney FC got 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Lachlan Keevers.

📰 Team News: Sydney FC

In our view, The Sky Blues will probably go for a 4-4-2 system this time, beginning the first half with H. Devenish-Meares, Rhyan Grant, Marcel Tisserand, Alexander Grant, Joel King, Joe Lolley, Rhys Youlley, Paul Okon-Engstler, Alhassan Toure, Victor Campuzano and Piero Quispe.

ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne Victory

From our viewpoint, Victory might play in a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Jack Duncan, Joshua Inserra, Roderick Miranda, Lachlan Jackson, Jason Davidson, Jordi Valadon, Juan Mata, Denis Genreau, Keegan Jelacic, Jing Reec and Matthew Grimaldi.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Melbourne Victory have it in them to break down this Sydney FC team, although it probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Sydney FC at full-time. It should be a decent one.

Victor Martins, 08:18 22/11/2025