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Melbourne City vs Western United Live Stream & Tips - Tight A-League semi-final second leg in store

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Last updated: 21 May 2025
Andrew Hendrie 21 May 2025
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  • Melbourne City vs Western United predictions for Saturday's A-League semi-final 2nd leg
  • City won the first leg 3-0 against Western
  • City's defence has been impressive, conceding no goals in the last 4 meetings
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City face Western on Saturday (Photo by Getty Images)


Melbourne City vs Western United Preview


Melbourne City thrashed Western United 3-0 in the first leg and have a Grand Final in their grasp. Western have now failed to score in their last four meetings and I like under 2.5 goals here with City not needing to take risks.
  • Melbourne City vs Western United Preview
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  • Melbourne City Form
  • Melbourne City Team News
  • Western United Form
  • Western United Team News

  • Under 2.5 goals has landed in the last 4 meetings between the sides
  • Under 2.5 goals has landed in 13 of Melbourne City's last 20 games

Head To Head


Melbourne City have won eight of the last nine meetings between the teams, including the last four in a row without conceding a single goal.

Melbourne City Form


It's been an extremely impressive season from City, who are now 90 minutes away from returning to the Grand Final.

Despite a massive casualty ward throughout the season, City have repeatedly delivered the goods and found one of their most clinical performances when it mattered most last week, crushing Western 3-0 to gain a huge upper hand heading into this contest.

German Ferreyra opened the scoring for City with just his second goal for the club before a magical strike from Yonatan Cohen doubled their lead. Mat Leckie then came off the bench in the second half to score his first A-League goal since 2023 to seal the dominant victory.

Melbourne City Team News


Aurelio Vidmar is expected to name the same side that cruised past Western in the first leg.

Western United Form


Western were one of the standout teams in the regular season and held their nerve to beat Adelaide 3-2 in the elimination finals, with the competition's leading scorer Noah Botic netting a hat-trick.

However, Botic was left out of the starting squad last week and Western could have done with their star striker as they missed several good chances in the opening half.

Despite battling a quad strain, Botic came off the bench in the second half, but struggled to make an impact. Western will need Botic to deliver in the second leg if they are to have any chance of overturning their 0-3 deficit.

Western United Team News


Aloisi will likely start Botic if the striker is anywhere near full fitness.

Verdict

I like Under 2.5 goals. City have won the last four meetings without conceding and they have one of the best defences in the competition. I'll back City to keep Western at bay and do what they need to do in order to progress.

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