Tense top table potboiler in A-League as Western Sydney Wanderers have travelled the 497 miles required to confront Melbourne City at their AAMI Park.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (58) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (24) in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Melbourne City form and stats
9-3-0 is the performance here at AAMI Park so far in the A-League, giving Melbourne City a total of 30 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! Two home wins in a row for Melbourne bring valid hopes of a third.
A strong away win for Melbourne City against Western United the last match, as MacLaren were on target. Glover loved the game against Western United. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. The talented striker MacLaren bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 9.01 out of 10. MacLaren scored three goals.
1-1 away at Central Coast Mariners before that.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Melbourne's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league games with this team has had at least three goals.
Goals are plentiful at AAMI Park in the league this season as Melbourne City has scored 34 goals here in 12 home games. Melbourne City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
3-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Western Sydney Wanderers in their A-League matches away.
Borrello, Simmons, Yengi and Nieuwenhof scored in Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Wellington Phoenix that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Western Sydney Wanderers was very dominant against Wellington Phoenix, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Borrello, Simmons, Yengi and Nieuwenhof providing the goals. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Borrello and that is impressive stuff! Borrello, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.61. Borrello scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Melbourne Victory.Will there be lots of goals? This side have played 5 consecutive league matches all with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
Wanderers have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Western Sydney Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City have avoided a loss in the last 8 matches (5-3-0) versus Western Sydney Wanderers.This isn't the first time these parties get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Western Sydney Wanderers - Melbourne 1-1. Maclaren loves to face Western Sydney Wanderers and have scored 8 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 23 goals |   B. Borrello 12 goals |  M. Tilio 7 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 58 | 34 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 30 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 24 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 92% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 68% |
| 68% | 83% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 8% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 6.6 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17.1 | 17.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14.2 | 13.7 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 38% | 41% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 27% | 32% |
| 10.3 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- 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 at home.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most points (30) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (34) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (58) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+28) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (14) away in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (24) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (10) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (15) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 32 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 29 |
| 8 | Western United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -14 | 29 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 28 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Macarthur | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -15 | 26 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
