2024/25 A-League Round 13 Tips & Preview

2024/25 A-League Round 13 Tips & Preview

The A-League keeps on rolling and we’ve got another massive week of domestic men’s Australian football coming your way!

Here is my preview for Round 13 of the 2024/25 A-League Season!

MELBOURNE VICTORY V WESTERN UNITED
Draw @ $4.00

It’s a Victorian Derby of some sorts to get us started off this week.

Would you believe me if I told you the $1.72 favourite in this one has a last five record of one win three draws and a loss, meanwhile the $4.25 underdog has four wins and a loss in their last five?

It’s certainly a strange one to pick on first glance but for me I lean towards the draw.

Six of Western United FC’s last seven games as an underdog following a loss have resulted in a draw and given the Vics current run of draws.

I reckon we could be on for another one here.

WELLINGTON PHOENIX V ADELAIDE UNITED
Wellington Phoenix H2H @ $3.05

Wellington have hit a bit of a rough patch form wise over the Christmas period.

Just the one win in their last five starts and will be up against it here against the third placed Adelaide.

One thing I’ve learned in my time as an A-League tipster is to never count on the Nix and I think they’re value at $3.05.

The betting trends back me up too, Wellington has won each of its last four games as a home underdog following a loss.

Wellington H2H

MELBOURNE CITY V BRISBANE ROAR
Melbourne City H2H @ $1.50

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written about the Roar.

I took some time off over Christmas as I’m entitled too and I’ve come back to find out that they STILL have not won a game this season.

It can’t be long till this once great club is taken out the back and put out of their misery.

Things are grim in Brisbane and I’m backing City to rub salt into the wounds this weekend.

SYDNEY FC V CENTRAL COAST MARINERS
Sydney FC H2H @ $1.62

Seventh plays ninth on Saturday evening and the Sky Blues are fairly short priced favourites against a CCM outfit who have a pretty dismal record of 3-5-3.

It’s hard to make a case for the Mariners here, they have the second worst goals for this season and it’s really cost them a bunch this year.

The betting trends don’t really give us much to work with either Sydney FC has won each of its last six Week 13 home matches.

All signs point to Sydney, that’s where my money is.

PERTH GLORY V AUCKLAND FC
Auckland FC -1 @ $2.05

We’ve got ourselves a distance derby, the new record for longest away leg in world football (I refuse to be fact checked on that).

Perth are still as woeful as ever, boasting a goal difference of -26 and Auckland are still top of the table.

Do I really need to spell this out for you?

Auckland to win, hell I might even take them -1.

NEWCASTLE JETS V MACARTHUR FC
Macarthur H2H @ $2.45

It’s a fairly close one to wrap us up this weekend.

It’s Newcastle’s $2.60 to Macarthur’s $2.45.

Is it weird that I just think that the Bulls look great value here?

The Jets have just the three wins to their name this season while Macarthur have won three of their last five.

Newcastle has lost seven of its last eight day matches following a win that’s enough to back me up surely.

Macarthur for the win here.