Things are looking good for Melbourne City at this point, with their 1st place in the A-League table and welcoming Sydney (who are sitting at 6th).
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (39) in A-League
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (14) in A-League
Sydney have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City have performed here at AAMI Park this season with 5 wins from 7 A-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
Melbourne faced defeat in their previous match, away at Melbourne Victory (2-3). Before that beating this club had gone nine consecutive league meetings without a loss. The versatile forward Leckie bested all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 8.14 out of 10. Leckie scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Perth Glory and winning 4-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne City handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It's goals goals goals for Melbourne City who have scored 22 goals from 7 league home games.
Sydney form and stats
Playing away, Sydney have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the A-League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sydney, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Sydney's last game was the home draw against Brisbane Roar (1-1). The draw against Brisbane Roar came from a losing position. The Sydney manager Corica brought on Parsons as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Brattan got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Brattan hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 74 successful passes (of 81 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Western Sydney Wanderers with the score of 1-0.Sydney has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Sydney have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Sydney - Melbourne City 2-1. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: six wins for Melbourne, one draw and three wins for Sydney. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 16 goals |  M. Leckie 6 goals |   A. Le Fondre 6 goals |
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| Melbourne City | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 39 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 76% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 65% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 65% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 12% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16.7 | 17 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16.3 | 16.2 |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 39% | 41% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 9.6 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Melbourne City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (17) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (22) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (39) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+22) in A-League
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (14) in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Sydney | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Western United | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
