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Melbourne City vs Auckland: Australian Championship Match Prediction
Melbourne City and Auckland will play in the eighth round of the Australian A-League. The visitors continue to lead the tournament and have not lost a single point yet. The hosts are in fourth place and are six points behind the leader. Which of the opponents will be stronger on December 15? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
Melbourne City FC
AustraliaCurrent form
Melbourne City managed to start the new regular season with four away wins in a row - they managed to beat Newcastle Jets (1:0), Western United (1:0), Perth Glory (5:0) and the league main outsider, Brisbane Roar (4:1). At the same time, the club has already lost twice on its home field - first to Melbourne Victory (1:3), who knocked the hosts out of the playoffs last season, and then to the much more modest Western Side Wanderers (0:2). In the league table, the club occupies fourth place and is four points behind its neighbors from Victory, having a game in hand.
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts will be without Alessandro Lopane, Andrew Nabbout, Jayden Nekovski, Marco Tilio and Matthew Leckie due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not yet played a draw this season.
- The hosts have lost both home games this season.
Estimated lineup: Beach - Talbot, Trewin, Supraien, Atkinson - Ugarkovich, Schreiber - Cohen, Kuhn, Politidis - Memeti
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Auckland FC
New ZealandCurrent form
Auckland are enjoying a great first season in the Australian A-League, winning six of their first six matches in the competition. The newly formed club rightfully leads the standings and only conceded their first goal in professional football in the last round. Steve Chorica team managed to secure clean wins over Brisbane Roar (2:0), Sydney (1:0), Wellington Phoenix (2:0), Macarthur (1:0) and Newcastle Jets (2:0). In the sixth round, the visitors again won the New Zealand derby, beating Wellington Phoenix on their home field, this time with a score of 2:1.
Disqualifications and injuries
All visiting players are now fit.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won six consecutive victories in the Australian A-League
- The visitors have conceded only one goal in six matches
Probable lineup: Poulsen - Sakai, Hull, Pidjnaker, De Vries - Verstraete, Gallegos - Rogerson, Brimmer, Gillion - May
Trends
Bet Exact score 0:2
The visitors have won two of their last four games by that score.
16.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in three of the hosts' last four matches
2.17Bet Number 2 in the final score
This pattern has worked in three of the visitors' last four matches
2.15Tip and bets
The visitors continue to beat all their opponents and go without losing points. Today the New Zealand club again has good chances of winning, because Melbourne City lost both home matches. The team even lost to the rather weak Western Sydney, so it will be difficult to take points from Auckland. We suggest betting on the success of the visitors with a zero handicap.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (0) on Auckland for 2.20
Bet on total
The visitors are playing well in defense and have conceded only one goal this season. At the same time, all of Auckland matches this season, except for the last one, have ended with a total under, so we will probably see no more than two goals scored now.
Our prediction is under 2.5 goals for 2.00
Bet on the first half
We don't expect the opponents to go forward in force immediately after the starting whistle. It will obviously take time to get to know each other. In this scenario, a draw at the end of the first half is likely.
Our prediction is a draw in the first half at 2.25
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