Melbourne Victory vs Western Sydney Wanderers Predictions

Melbourne Victory drew 0-0 at home against Melbourne City during the weekends’ opening round of fixtures in the new A-League season, while Western Sydney Wanderers came from behind at home to beat Central Coast Mariners 2-1.

All of the stats point towards a home win for Melbourne Victory on Friday and we’re backing the hosts to claim a comfortable 2-0 victory.

Melbourne Victory have won their last five matches against Western Sydney Wanderers and haven’t lost any of their last eleven encounters with Friday’s guests. The hosts have also kept three clean sheets in their last five matches against Western Sydney Wanderers, so you can start to see why we’re backing a 2-0 win for Melbourne Victory on Friday.

The form of both teams in pre-season and at the start of the 2019/20 A-LEague campaign adds weight to our prediction of a home win and a 2-0 final scoreline, as Melbourne Victory are unbeaten in their last four matches and have kept clean sheets in their last two games, while Western Sydney Wanderers have failed to win either of their last two away games, failed to score on their last trip to Melbourne in September, and haven’t kept any clean sheets in their last six attempts.

Western Sydney Wanderers might have gotten off to a winning start last weekend but they were playing against a Central Coast Mariners side that ended the last campaign bottom of the table and really struggled for wins, so a home win was expected by the Wanderers’ faithful. Melbourne Victory drew a tight and tense derby match but will be confident of going one better on Friday night against a side they really enjoy playing against.

We’re confident that Melbourne Victory will win on Friday and have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The hosts have a great record against their guests and haven’t lost to them in eleven matches. Western Sydney Wanderers showed good character to come from behind to win at home last time out but Melbourne Victory are a much better team than Central Coast Mariners and if they go behind on Friday, then they certainly aren’t as likely to recover.