Melbourne Victory vs Manchester United Prediction

Competition: Friendly game
Date: 15th July 2022
Time: 12:05
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne)

Manchester Utd will play their second preparatory match for the new season against Melbourne Victory, in Australia. Somewhat surprisingly, in the match played in Bangkok on Tuesday, they outclassed their biggest rival Liverpool 4:0, but it should be noted that Jurgen Klopp sent to field a combined squad, while the new coach of Manchester Utd, Erik ten Hag, from the first minute on the field brought out the best he has. A lot of players were linked with the Red Devils during this transfer window, but they did little concretely. The only new player on the team, for now, is left-back Tyrell Malacia, who came from Feyenoord.

Melbourne had a somewhat disappointing season behind it. They were eliminated in the semi-finals of the domestic championship by the future champion Western United, although they won the first match on the road with a score of 1:0. It is interesting that in this transfer window they brought in Nani, who gained fame in the Manchester United team, and it will be interesting to see if he will get some minutes on the field.

Our recommendation for this match is a victory for the visiting team and over 2.5 goals. Although it can be assumed that the coach of Manchester Utd will give a chance to some players with fewer minutes last season, it is clear that the quality is to a large extent on the side of this team. Melbourne is a rather modest team that played its last match almost 2 months ago, and we think that it would be a huge success for them even if they score just one goal. The potential correct score is 1:3.