Melbourne Victory vs Macarthur. Prediction and bets on the Australian Championship match

Melbourne Victory

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Macarthur FC

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Melbourne Victory and Macarthur will play in the third round of the Australian Championship on November 3. The hosts reached the final last season, where they lost the title to Central Coast Mariners. The visitors were eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing by a large margin to Sydney. Macarthur started the new season with a victory in the Australian Cup. Will they be able to beat last season finalist away? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

Melbourne Victory

Current form

Melbourne Victory finished the last regular season only in third place, more than 10 points behind the leaders. However, this did not prevent the team from reaching the playoff final. In the semi-finals, they managed to beat the second team of the season, New Zealand Wellington Phoenix (0:0, 2:1). In the final, the hosts did not have enough strength to beat Central Coast Mariners (1:3). Before the start of the A-League season, the Melbourne team fought for the Australian Cup. In this tournament, they easily beat NBC Spirit (4:0), Moreton City Excelsior (4:0) and Adelaide United (1:0), but in the final confrontation, Victory lost to today opponent, Macarthur (0:1).

Patrick Kisnorbo men started the A-League season with a goalless draw against the current champions. In the second round, they managed to beat their neighbors, Melbourne City (3:1). After two rounds, the team is third in the table.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the home team players are ready for the upcoming match.

Interesting trends for betting

The team has suffered only one defeat in its last eight matches.
The hosts have failed to score in two of their last three matches

Probable lineup : Duncan - Geria, Rawlins, Hammill, Bos - Teague, Valadon - Velupille, Mashash, Piscopo - Vergos

Macarthur FC

Current form

Last season, Macarthur managed to sneak into the A-League playoffs, taking fifth place in the regular season. However, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinals, losing to Sydney with a crushing score of 0:4. But in the new season, the Sydney club has already managed to win a trophy. The visitors won the Australian Cup, beating today opponent, Melbourne Victory (1:0) in the final. The Bulls will also try to achieve success in the championship. In the first round, the team showed a powerful performance, leaving Perth Glory no chance (6:1). However, they failed to build on their success - in the second round, the club suffered a home defeat to Newcastle Jets (1:2).

Disqualifications and injuries

The visitors were without Christian Popovic, Christopher Ikonomidis and Bernardo Oliveira due to injuries.

Interesting trends for betting

The team has suffered only one defeat in its last seven matches.
In the last seven matches, the visitors have not left the field without scoring a goal

Probable lineup : Kurto - Uskok, Jurman, Vujica - Adamson, Brattan, Rose, Skorr - Hallman, Drew, Jakolis

Tip and bets

TipHandicap (-1) on Melbourne Victory

2.05

The hosts have had a great start to the season and are looking to extend their unbeaten run in the A-League. Melbourne Victory are clearly looking to take revenge on Macarthur for their cup defeat and have every chance of winning at home. The Melbourne club has not beaten Macarthur in their last three meetings, but we believe that the hosts will still get three points this time.

Our prediction is Asian handicap (-1) on Melbourne Victory at 2.05

Will the prediction win?

Tiptotal under three goals

1.90

Bet on total

In the last matches, the opponents scored little, but acted excellently in defense. We believe that the teams will choose the same style of play in the face-to-face match, so we should expect a tough fight without many scoring chances.

The second bet is total under three goals for 1.90

Bet on the first half

Melbourne Victory have secured an advantage in the first half in most of their recent wins, and we expect that to happen today. We'll bet on the home team to win in the first half.

Prediction - Melbourne Victory win in the first half with odds of 2.08

Will the prediction win?