Saturday’s A-League Round 4 match is between Melbourne Victory and Western United. The opening kick is set to commence at 7:30PM AEDT with the game to be played at Marvel Stadium. The away team Western United are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Melbourne Victory and Western United.
When: Saturday 2nd November, 7:30PM AEDT
Where: Marvel Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
It might not have been overly pretty but the Victory got their first win of the new season in Brisbane.
Of course losing Andrew Nabbout to a hamstring injury in the first half of that game will hurt them going forward, especially if it puts more pressure on Ola Toivonen in the front third.
Western United on the other hand lost their first Victorian Derby to Melbourne City and now travel up the road to face the Victory.
On the plus side they have scored in every match so far, but they’ve only managed one goal in each contest.
Both Mark Rudan and Marco Kurz are defence first managers, looking to set the side up to be solid at the back and try to win games 1-0 or 2-0.
Two plays leap out in this one, the first one is both teams to score considering the attacking talent on offer, but these managers love a clean sheet… actually any manager would.
Given the way this season is unfolding so far, take neither side to keep a clean sheet though, there have only been five clean sheets in 15 matches and one of those was a 0-0 draw.
Odds:
Tip: Western United at $3.50
Correct Score: Western United 2 – 1 at $11.00
Teams:
Melbourne Victory squad: 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Corey BROWN, 4.James DONACHIE, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Kenny ATHIU, 8.Jakob POULSEN, 11.Ola TOIVONEN (c), 14.Thomas DENG, 16.Josh HOPE, 17.Elvis KAMSOBA, 18.Migjen BASHA, 19.Ben CARRIGAN, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Adama TRAORE, 22.Kristijan DOBRAS, 24.Anthony LESIOTIS, 25.Brandon LAUTON, 30.Matthew SUTTON (gk), 50.Brendan WHITE (gk)
**2-3 to be omitted**
Ins: 24.Anthony LESIOTIS (promoted), 25.Brandon LAUTON (promoted), 50.Brendan WHITE (gk) (injury replacement player)
Outs: 9.Andrew NABBOUT (hamstring)
Unavailable: 1.Matt ACTON (shoulder), 5.Tim HOOGLAND (quad), 10.Robbie KRUSE (hamstring), 13.Birkan KIRDAR (international duty), 26.Jay BARNETT (international duty)
Western United FC Squad: 1.Filip KURTO (GK), 2.Aaron CALVER, 3.Brendan HAMILL, 4.Andrew DURANTE, 5.Dylan PIERIAS, 6.Connor CHAPMAN, 8.Panagiotis KONE, 10.Scott MCDONALD, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Dario JERTEC, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Max BURGESS, 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 17.Joshua CAVALLO, 18.Besart BERISHA, 19.Josh RISDON, 20.James DELIANOV (GK), 22.Ersan GULUM, 23.Alessandro DIAMANTI, 26.Kwabena APPIAH-KUBI
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 3.Brendan HAMILL (promoted), 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS (promoted), 17.Joshua CAVALLO (promoted)
Outs: 27.Jerry SKOTADIS (not selected)
Unavailable: 7.Valentino YUEL (ankle – 4 weeks), 25.Luke DUZEL (International Duty), 9.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS (calf – 1 week)
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change
