Excitement is expected at Commbank Stadium when Western Sydney Wanderers host Melbourne City in what should be a terrific game. Read the preview!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Melbourne City is in the best form (5-0-1) in A-League
Melbourne City 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.
Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne City 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.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have played 5 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Western Sydney Wanderers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Perth Glory (0-1). Cleur, defender, was given a rating of 7.15/10 in that game, top of the team. Cleur hit one key pass and won 13 of 20 duels.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Macarthur.Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Western Sydney Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Commbank Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded only 4 goals.
Melbourne City form and stats
4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melbourne City, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in A-League, in their A-League matches away.
Nabbout, Tilio and MacLaren scored in Melbourne's previous match, the home game against Western United that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Melbourne City was very dominant against Western United, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Nabbout, Tilio and MacLaren providing the goals. MacLaren has bagged at least one goal for the visitors ten games in a row. The know-how! Tilio got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Tilio scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Wellington Phoenix with the score of 3-1.Melbourne City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (5-2-0) when facing Wanderers.Maclaren loves to play against Western Sydney Wanderers and have scored 8 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 13 goals |  M. Tilio 3 goals |   O. Bozanić 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 18% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 9% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.6 | 15 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| 26% | 47% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 34% | 36% |
| 9.8 | 9.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.2 | 10.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.4 | 4 |
- All of Melbourne City's away-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 (12) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+16) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+6) away in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (5-0-1) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Sydney | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Western United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
