Read our prediction for Western United vs Melbourne City below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Western United vs Melbourne City Prediction & Betting tips
Very good, nice match between Western United and Melbourne City. It is a good game to look for goals or corners due to the way both teams play, and this time we focus on corner kicks.
Western occupies the tenth place with 14 points in 11 rounds, the playoff spots are five points behind but it is also the team that has played the fewest games. Their latest results show that they are a team with streaks, two wins in a row, two losses, one victory and one defeat.
Rudan bets on a system of three center-backs, two very long lanes, two more positional half centers, two half points and a forward. The strengths of this team are found in the lanes and in the defense-attack transitions. Pierias and Pain are the ones who usually play in the lane, for me the first one is the best, great speed and he also joins the attack very easily, catching his back to his side, which translates into five goals in 11 games. Pain does not have as much travel but he is also constant on the climbs of it.
Guarrotxena and Diamanti are the midfielders, the ones who have the most freedom when it comes to playing and are very important when it comes to connecting with Berisha and keeping the ball for the team to come out. Diamanti also has a hit with the left-hander that generates occasions in itself, either in the center to a changed leg in play or from the corner that are so close that they are almost shots on goal. The lateral centers are a great asset considering that you accumulate a lot of people with the forward and the two half points, and from that lateral center you can get corners.
When they play against a team that in principle must have the ball, they defend in a low block, and after each recovery the mission is to put the ball behind the back of the defense and if that defense is ahead and is not very fast, chances of one are generated. for one against the goalkeeper as we saw against a at 4-1 a couple of weeks ago.
This system also has a problem, and it is the spaces behind the lanes that make the center back have to go out of position and almost generate a 1 for 1 in that area. In addition to the fact that if the lanes sink a lot when the rival team has the ball, it is possible to create plays of 2 for 1 between winger and winger against lane, and not have the help.
We are going with City, which as I have said on several occasions, the most fit team in the competition right now. Six consecutive victories, scoring two or more goals in all of them and generating a lot. Right now they are third with 24 points in 12 games, two less than the Mariners who are first with 26 and one less than Adelaide who has 25.
Kisnorbo has found the eleven type of him and except for injuries he does not touch him. Glover in goal, Atkinson and Jamieson on the wings, Good and now after Reis was released due to injury he had to put in Griffiths who was playing center-half. Now the couple in the middle is Luna and Metcalfe, and above Nabbout and Noone on the wings, Berenguer half point and above Maclaren.
The four understand each other perfectly, they all usually appear and when one of them has a bad day, another solves it. In the last match against the Wanderers they solve the match Noone and Nabbout, Maclaren’s goal is already in discount, when normally it is the opposite.
In City the wingers are also very important, and in this case more Atkinson on the right, he tends to have much more presence. In this game the incorporations are going to be fundamental, so I mentioned before that there would be a 2 for 1 against the Western winger and they could take advantage of that superiority quite well.
If they can suffer in defense when it comes to losing the ball, if they look for their backs and they have the line very high they will have to run backwards and they will grant chances. I don’t know how fast Griffiths can be on those balls.
Western United vs Melbourne City head to head matches
16.01.21 AL Melbourne City Western United 2 : 1
26.08.20 AL Melbourne City Western United 2 : 0
19.08.20 AL Western United Melbourne City 1 : 3
03.01.20 AL Melbourne City Western United 3 : 2
27.10.19 AL Western United Melbourne City 1 : 2
* Our advice is: Melbourne City to win
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.57
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