Western United 0-3 Melbourne City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 16 May 2025

📅16/05/2025 · 🕒12:35 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 1-3
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
39%
2.99
Draw
20%
3.28
Away
41%
2.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.03
Over 2.5
53%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.6
No
44%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
23%
2-3 Goals
45%
4-5 Goals
21%
6+ Goals
11%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
23%
1/2
7%
1/X
5%
X/1
8%
X/2
22%
X/X
9%
2/1
7%
2/2
11%
2/X
8%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Melbourne City win — 41%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Away Win BTTS Yes — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
39%
Home Win
30%
+8.9pp
21%
Draw
27%
-6.3pp
41%
Away Win
43%
-2.6pp
47%
Under 2.5
45%
+1.2pp
53%
Over 2.5
55%
-1.2pp
56%
BTTS Yes
58%
-2.8pp
44%
BTTS No
42%
+2.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Western United EU Bookmakers 33%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne City EU Bookmakers 48%
-3% / -19% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / +10%
1.54/1.51 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.66/1.39
-19% / +2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -4% / -8%
45% Ball Possession 55%
11 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 6
300 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 349 · 79%
27.1 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 28.6
18.8 Crosses 18.5
1.8 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Western United
1W-0D-5L
AWAY Melbourne City
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.22 xG 1.62
43% Ball Possession 57%
12 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 4
329 Passes 471
78% Pass Accuracy 83%
19 Box Touches 25
15 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 2
07.01.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 2-0 HT 1-0 Western United Western United AVUS
04.11.2024 Western United Western United 0-1 HT 0-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
28.04.2024 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-0 HT 1-0 Western United Western United AVUS
07.01.2024 Western United Western United 1-2 HT 1-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
21.10.2023 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-2 HT 0-0 Western United Western United AVUS
22.04.2023 Western United Western United 1-3 HT 1-1 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Western United
0-3
AWAY Melbourne City
1.50 xG 1.21
50% Ball Possession 50%
14 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 2
317 Passes 335
75% Pass Accuracy 78%
17 Box Touches 24
14 Crosses 11
3 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Western United vs Melbourne City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne City ran out comfortable winners over Western United 3-0 away from home. Half-time: 0-1.

We called this one close before kick-off — 39% / 21% / 41% — and on the day Melbourne City made the difference. The goals read — both teams to score (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Western United had 50% of the ball to Melbourne City's 50%, shots finished 14-13, expected goals 1.50 to 1.21.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne City led the recent series with 5 wins. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Western United and 1.67 for Melbourne City.

What was the final score of Western United vs Melbourne City?

Western United 0-3 Melbourne City in the Australia - A-League on 16/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Western United vs Melbourne City?

Before kick-off our model rated an Melbourne City win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Western United 39%, draw 21%, Melbourne City 41%. The final score 0-3 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Melbourne City), Over 2.5 — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Melbourne City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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