Melbourne City go on their trip to Sydney and Allianz Stadium packed with confidence, but the host team is no muppet. More news on the fixture here!
- Sydney have yet to win a game at home.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (14) 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.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney have played three A-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Sydney are returning here after visiting Celtic in a Sydney Super Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a A-League defeat to Western Sydney Wanderers (0-1).The Sydney fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City are yet to lose a point on their A-League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Two away matches in a row for Melbourne, whose manager Kisnorbo could celebrate last time after the win against Newcastle Jets. MacLaren has scored for this team six matches in a row. The skill! der Venne got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Venne scored one goal and hit four key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Perth Glory.Melbourne City are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) versus Sydney.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 8 goals |   R. Mak 3 goals |  P. Wood 2 goals |
Sydney missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Sydney | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 18.3 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13.7 | 15.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.7 | 7 |
| 34% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| 12.5 | 14 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12 | 9.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- All of Melbourne City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most points (9) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (14) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+10) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+5) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have won all their away games so far.
- Melbourne City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (5-1-0) in A-League
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sydney have yet to win a game at home.
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Western United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
