A-League Round 1

Western Sydney

v

Melbourne C.

Saturday, October 18th, 2025
5:00 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
CommBank Stadium (Western Sydney, NSW)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the A-League Round 1 clash between Western Sydney and Melbourne City. You can view other fixtures for this round in the A-League match centre.

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Western Sydney Draw Melbourne C.	2.20 3.75 2.70	2.40 3.70 2.55
Goals	Over 2.5 Under 2.5	1.53 2.50	1.53 2.50

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Western Sydney Draw Melbourne C.	2.50 3.50 2.50	2.37 3.50 2.62
Goals	Over 2.5 Under 2.5	1.51 2.50	1.51 2.50

Member Tipping

The # and % columns denote the number of tippers for each selection, not the number of units tipped. Submit or edit your tips for this fixture.

All Tippers

Selection	#	%
Western Sydney Draw Melbourne C.	9 7 16	28.1% 21.9% 50.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	4 5	44.4% 55.6%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Western Sydney Draw Melbourne C.	0 0 0	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Western Sydney Supporters

Selection	#	%
Western Sydney Draw Melbourne C.	0 0 0	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Melbourne C. Supporters

Selection	#	%
Western Sydney Draw Melbourne C.	0 0 0	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: Western Sydney

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-05-10	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne V.	Loss	1-2
2025-05-03	Macarthur vs. Western Sydney	Win	1-3
2025-04-26	Newcastle vs. Western Sydney	Win	0-1
2025-04-19	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	Draw	2-2
2025-04-13	Western Sydney vs. Western Utd	Win	2-0
2025-04-05	Auckland vs. Western Sydney	Draw	1-1
2025-03-29	Wellington vs. Western Sydney	Draw	2-2
2025-03-15	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne V.	Win	4-2
2025-03-02	Western Sydney vs. Perth	Win	4-1
2025-02-22	Central Coast vs. Western Sydney	Win	0-4
2025-02-16	Western Sydney vs. Macarthur	Win	2-1
2025-02-08	Sydney vs. Western Sydney	Draw	3-3

Form Guide: Melbourne City

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-05-31	Melbourne C. vs. Melbourne V.	Win	1-0
2025-05-24	Melbourne C. vs. Western Utd	Draw	1-1
2025-05-16	Western Utd vs. Melbourne C.	Win	0-3
2025-05-03	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	Win	5-1
2025-04-26	Melbourne C. vs. Adelaide	Draw	0-0
2025-04-19	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	Draw	2-2
2025-04-11	Melbourne C. vs. Brisbane	Win	3-2
2025-04-05	Melbourne C. vs. Central Coast	Win	1-0
2025-03-29	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	Win	2-3
2025-03-12	Melbourne C. vs. Newcastle	Loss	0-1
2025-03-07	Melbourne C. vs. Macarthur	Win	2-0
2025-02-28	Wellington vs. Melbourne C.	Win	0-1

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2025-04-19	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	2-2
2024-11-30	Melbourne C. vs. Western Sydney	0-2
2024-04-20	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-2
2024-03-12	Melbourne C. vs. Western Sydney	7-0
2024-01-12	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-0
2023-04-28	Melbourne C. vs. Western Sydney	3-2
2023-01-15	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-1
2022-02-11	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-3
2022-01-09	Melbourne C. vs. Western Sydney	3-3
2021-03-26	Melbourne C. vs. Western Sydney	4-1
2021-03-02	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	0-2
2020-03-14	Melbourne C. vs. Western Sydney	1-1

Note: only league fixtures are included, not
pre-season or cup fixtures.

Performance Guide: Western Sydney

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Melbourne C.
Streak	1 loss	1 loss	1 draw	1 draw
Record	6-2-6	13-7-7	8-5-5	13-8-13
Value	$-1.72	$3.26	$1.33	$-2.18
Draw Value	$-6.05	$1.11	$1.75	$-1.99
Record as Fav	6-1-4	11-3-4	4-1-1	7-1-2
Value as Fav	$1.28	$4.23	$2.21	$4.26
Record as Dog	0-1-2	2-4-3	4-4-4	6-7-11
Value as Dog	$-3.00	$-0.97	$-0.88	$-6.44
Clean Sheets and BTTS	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Total Games	14	27	18	34
Clean Sheets	1	5	3	6
Held Scoreless	1	1	2	5
Both Teams Scored	12	21	13	23
Winning Margins and Win to Nil	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Total Wins	6	13	8	13
Won by 1 goal	1	5	6	8
Won by 2 goals	2	4	1	3
Won by 3 goals	3	3	1	2
Won by 4 goals	0	1	0	0
Won by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Won by 6+ goals	0	0	0	0
Won to nil	1	5	3	6
Losing Margins and Lost to Nil	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Total Losses	6	7	5	13
Lost by 1 goal	5	5	2	7
Lost by 2 goals	1	2	3	3
Lost by 3 goals	0	0	0	2
Lost by 4 goals	0	0	0	0
Lost by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Lost by 6+ goals	0	0	0	1
Lost to nil	1	1	2	5
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U 2.5 Streak	2 overs	2 overs	2 overs	1 over
O/U 2.5 Record	12-2	20-7	10-8	21-13
Overs 2.5 Value	$4.04	$2.34	$-2.86	$-0.18
Unders 2.5 Value	$-8.20	$-6.83	$-1.28	$-6.13
O/U 0.5 Record	14-0	27-0	18-0	34-0
O/U 1.5 Record	13-1	24-3	16-2	30-4
O/U 3.5 Record	9-5	16-11	6-12	14-20
O/U 4.5 Record	6-8	9-18	3-15	10-24
O/U 5.5 Record	2-12	4-23	1-17	4-30

Performance Guide: Melbourne City

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Western Sydney
Streak	1 win	1 win	1 draw	1 draw
Record	7-4-3	16-7-6	5-5-8	13-8-13
Value	$1.45	$1.33	$-7.09	$-7.62
Draw Value	$0.35	$-2.72	$1.75	$-1.99
Record as Fav	6-2-1	15-5-3	4-4-4	11-7-6
Value as Fav	$3.75	$4.63	$-3.79	$-3.02
Record as Dog	1-2-2	1-2-3	1-1-4	2-1-7
Value as Dog	$-2.30	$-3.30	$-3.30	$-4.60
Clean Sheets and BTTS	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Total Games	14	29	18	34
Clean Sheets	5	13	2	5
Held Scoreless	3	6	3	6
Both Teams Scored	6	11	13	23
Winning Margins and Win to Nil	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Total Wins	7	16	5	13
Won by 1 goal	4	9	2	7
Won by 2 goals	0	3	3	3
Won by 3 goals	2	2	0	2
Won by 4 goals	0	1	0	0
Won by 5 goals	1	1	0	0
Won by 6+ goals	0	0	0	1
Won to nil	5	12	2	5
Losing Margins and Lost to Nil	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Total Losses	3	6	8	13
Lost by 1 goal	2	3	6	8
Lost by 2 goals	0	2	1	3
Lost by 3 goals	1	1	1	2
Lost by 4 goals	0	0	0	0
Lost by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Lost by 6+ goals	0	0	0	0
Lost to nil	3	5	3	6
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U 2.5 Streak	3 overs	2 unders	2 overs	1 over
O/U 2.5 Record	7-7	11-18	10-8	21-13
Overs 2.5 Value	$-2.29	$-10.66	$-2.86	$-0.18
Unders 2.5 Value	$1.62	$12.64	$-1.28	$-6.13
O/U 0.5 Record	14-0	28-1	18-0	34-0
O/U 1.5 Record	9-5	18-11	16-2	30-4
O/U 3.5 Record	5-9	9-20	6-12	14-20
O/U 4.5 Record	3-11	5-24	3-15	10-24
O/U 5.5 Record	0-14	1-28	1-17	4-30

Further Analysis: Western Sydney

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	5-4-5	3-2-1
H2H Betting Value	$-1.62	$2.15
Over/Under 2.5	14-0	2-4
Overs Betting Value	$6.39	$-2.99
Unders Betting Value	$-14.00	$4.18

Further Analysis: Melbourne City

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	7-4-4	4-0-2
H2H Betting Value	$-2.50	$2.10
Over/Under 2.5	8-7	2-4
Overs Betting Value	$-1.34	$-2.85
Unders Betting Value	$1.60	$3.93

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Western Sydney	H2H	$0.20	$2.13	$0.03
	Over 2.5	$-1.86	$0.87	$0.79
	Under 2.5	$4.00	$-2.00	$-2.95
Melbourne C.	H2H	$-0.15	$2.87	$-0.40
	Over 2.5	$-1.30	$-4.11	$-6.38
	Under 2.5	$1.41	$4.37	$8.22

The above figures represent the net profit from wagering
$1.00 on the associated selection each game.

Where applicable, the line and O/U figures start from
the dates provided in the Notes section below the
Performance Guide.

Notes

1. The Value represent the net profit from wagering $1.00 on the associated selection each game.
2. For the 'Last 12 Months' figures the H2H records date back to October, 2024. The O/U records date back to October, 2024.
3. The H2H records between Western Sydney and Melbourne City date back to August, 2010. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to August, 2010.
4. Where applicable, in the Value Guide for the last 6, 12 and 18, games, the actual lookback period is limited by the earliest line and O/U dates stated in Note 2 above.

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