Melbourne Victory are impatient to add to their goals scored at their own ground in the upcoming game versus Sydney.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest points (3) at home in A-League
- Sydney have the most scored goals (12) away in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Sydney have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melbourne Victory and Sydney should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory, who have the fewest points (3) at home in A-League, have collected 3 points from their A-League home games so far after 1-0-3.
The followers are hoping that Melbourne will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Perth Glory (placed 7th). Smith, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Smith hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
1-1 away at Adelaide United before that.It should be noted that a glance at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
At AAMI Park, Melbourne Victory has the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 4 league fixtures.
Sydney form and stats
Playing away, Sydney, who have the most scored goals (12) away in A-League, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the A-League this season. When Sydney is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Western United, Sydney and Newcastle Jets is teams we like to compare Melbourne Victory with.
Sydney play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Western United (placed 9th). Wilkinson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Wilkinson hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Perth Glory.Sydney has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Sydney struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Sydney - Melbourne Victory 2-3 was the end result in these teams' last head to head game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Melbourne Victory wins - draws - Sydney wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Mak 4 goals |  J. Lolley 4 goals |   N. D'Agostino 3 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Sydney missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 77% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 71% | 69% |
| 23% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 57% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 71% | 62% |
| 31% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 8% |
| 54% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 31% |
| 5.2 | 4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 3.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 11.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 17.1 | 16.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| 20% | 21% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | 24% |
| 10.8 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 12.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest points (3) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals away as Melbourne Victory have scored home.
- Sydney have the most scored goals (12) away 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Western United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Sydney | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
