Western Sydney 0-1 Melbourne Victory: match report, goals and statistics

Match summary

Melbourne Victory beat Western Sydney 1-0 in Australian A-League Women on Saturday, 17 October 2026.

Melbourne Victory led 1-0 at half-time. The game was played at Western Sydney Wanderers Academy, Sydney.

Before kick-off

Western Sydney: 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5 matches (D-L-L-L-W), scoring 3 goals and conceding 7 goals.

Melbourne Victory: 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5 matches (L-W-W-L-L), scoring 5 goals and conceding 5 goals.

Melbourne Victory arrive in better form, taking 6 of a possible 15 points from their recent matches, compared with 4 for Western Sydney.

The previous meeting between the sides before this game was Melbourne Victory 1-0 Western Sydney on Saturday, 14 March 2026.

Goals and key moments

The match produced 1 goal.

Alana Jancevski found the net for Melbourne Victory in minute 32, making it 0-1.

Discipline and substitutions

The match saw 2 yellow cards: 1 for Western Sydney and 1 for Melbourne Victory.

Substitutions recorded: 4 substitutions for Western Sydney and 4 substitutions for Melbourne Victory.

Match statistics

Western Sydney had 52.3% of possession, against 47.7% for Melbourne Victory.

Western Sydney had 3 shots, 2 on target, while Melbourne Victory had 7 shots, 3 on target. Western Sydney won 2 corners and Melbourne Victory won 4 corners. Western Sydney committed 14 fouls and Melbourne Victory committed 12 fouls.

Melbourne Victory had the most shots on target (3).

Impact on the table

The table shows Western Sydney in 11th place (0 points from 0 matches) and Melbourne Victory in 6th place (0 points from 0 matches). The two sides are level on 0 points in the standings.

More on this match

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