Melbourne City 1-3 Melbourne Victory — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 21 Feb 2026

📅21/02/2026 · 🕒11:35 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
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
41%
2.25
Draw
30%
3.28
Away
29%
2.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
56%
1.91
Over 2.5
44%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.66
No
50%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
31%
3.35
2-3 Goals
40%
1.76
4-5 Goals
19%
3.3
6+ Goals
10%
12.25
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.35 — our 31% vs market 23.5%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
3.31
1/2
8%
29.5
1/X
5%
12.55
X/1
15%
5.33
X/2
10%
6.2
X/X
19%
4.69
2/1
8%
25.5
2/2
11%
4.19
2/X
5%
12.85
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
41%
Home Win
41%
+0.7pp
30%
Draw
27%
+2.6pp
29%
Away Win
32%
-3.4pp
56%
Under 2.5
48%
+7.2pp
44%
Over 2.5
52%
-7.2pp
50%
BTTS Yes
56%
-6.3pp
50%
BTTS No
44%
+6.3pp
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 Melbourne City EU Bookmakers 44%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne Victory EU Bookmakers 36%
+7% / +1% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -5%
1.64/1.26 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.30/1.41
-19% / +22% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -12% / +0%
51% Ball Possession 49%
13 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
369 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 346 · 79%
25.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 25.9
19.4 Crosses 18.0
2.4 Yellow Cards 1.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Melbourne City
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Melbourne Victory
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.43 xG 1.55
48% Ball Possession 52%
12 Total Shots 17
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 6
306 Passes 314
77% Pass Accuracy 75%
23 Box Touches 28
17 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 1
20.12.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 0-1 HT 0-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
08.11.2025 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 0-2 HT 0-1 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
31.05.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-0 HT 1-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
22.02.2025 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 2-2 HT 1-1 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
21.12.2024 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-1 HT 0-1 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
26.10.2024 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-3 HT 0-3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Melbourne City
1-3
AWAY Melbourne Victory
1.32 xG 1.71
56% Ball Possession 44%
8 Total Shots 19
4 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 5
337 Passes 253
79% Pass Accuracy 75%
12 Box Touches 34
13 Crosses 16
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Melbourne City vs Melbourne Victory
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne Victory beat Melbourne City 3-1 away from home. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match lean was Melbourne City at 41%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Melbourne City had 56% of the ball to Melbourne Victory's 44%, shots finished 8-19, expected goals 1.32 to 1.71.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Melbourne City and 1.17 for Melbourne Victory.

What was the final score of Melbourne City vs Melbourne Victory?

Melbourne City 1-3 Melbourne Victory in the Australia - A-League on 21/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Melbourne City vs Melbourne Victory?

Before kick-off our model rated a Melbourne City win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Melbourne City 41%, draw 30%, Melbourne Victory 29%. The final score 1-3 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Melbourne City) ✗ Under 2.5
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