Saturday’s A-League Round 6 match is between Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers. The opening kick is set to commence at 7:50 PM local time with the game to be played at Marvel Stadium. The home team Melbourne Victory are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers.
When: Saturday 1/12/18, 7.50PM
Where: Marvel Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
Melbourne complete the back to back Sydney fixture set with the red and black side from the Harbour City.
This fixture has not been a pleasant one for the Wanderers, winless in the last eight meetings between these sides and they travel to Marvel Stadium as underdogs.
Victory represent some decent value here in the head to head market and that is the play to make here, but in the 18 games between the two sides, trends might also suggest an exact score play.
There have been four times that the Victory have won this fixture 3-0 and another two times it has finished 2-0, and three of the Wanderers five games this season have finished with a “Win to Nil” market.
For the sake of the tip, play it safe and just back a better Victory side to get three points at home but don’t be afraid to look into the other markets as well.
Odds:
Tip: Melbourne Victory at $1.83
Correct Score: Melbourne Victory 2-1 at $8.00
Teams:
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Matt ACTON (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3. Corey BROWN, 4.Keisuke HONDA, 5.Georg NIEDERMEIER, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 8.Terry ANTONIS, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.James TROISI, 11. Ola TOIVONEN, 13. Birkan KIRDAR, 14.Thomas DENG, 15.Raul BAENA, 16.Josh HOPE, 19. Rahmat AKBARI, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22.Nick ANSELL
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 13. Birkan KIRDAR (promoted), 19. Rahmat AKBARI (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Kenny ATHIU (hamstring – TBC), Jai Ingham (quad – TBC)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 1.Danijel NIZIC (gk), 4.Josh Risdon, 5.Brendan HAMILL (c), 7.Nick FITZGERALD, 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 9.Oriol RIERA, 10.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS, 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 18.Marc TOKICH, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Rashid MAHAZI, 24.Raul LLORENTE, 34.Patrick ZIEGLER, 49.Abraham MAJOK
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 7.Nick FITZGERALD (promoted), 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS (promoted), 34.Patrick ZIEGLER (returns from injury)
Outs: 33.Tate Russell (not selected)
Unavailable: 6.Kosta GROZOS (injury – one week), 12.Ruon TONGYIK (injury – two weeks), 19.Mark BRIDGE (injury – three weeks), 28.Roly BONEVACIA (injury – two weeks)
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change
