A look at the A-League standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Check out our Western Sydney Wanderers - Sydney match guide!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in A-League
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (13) in A-League
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 A-League games here at Commbank Stadium for Western Sydney Wanderers. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Western Sydney Wanderers supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Western United and win 1-0. Finally, a league win after four fixtures without one. N'Gbakoto (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.15/10. N'Gbakoto scored one goal, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Central Coast Mariners that finished 2-2.Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 15 league games, 12 have seen zero, one or two goals.
Wanderers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. From these home matches, Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded only 5 goals.
Sydney form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sydney playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Sydney are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the fixture against Central Coast Mariners (placed 3rd). The attacker Fondre got a match rating of 8.35 in that game. Fondre scored two goals.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Melbourne Victory at their stadium, the result 2-1.The travelling fans enjoy Sydney's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. As for defending, Sydney rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played earlier this season: Sydney - Western Sydney Wanderers 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wanderers five wins, three draws and Sydney two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Le Fondre 6 goals |  J. Lolley 5 goals |   Y. N'Gbakoto 4 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 23 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 80% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 40% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 6.6 | 8.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 11.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 17 | 16.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 25% | 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| 11.6 | 12.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.1 | 12.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (13) in A-League
- Sydney have the most scored goals (14) away in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- 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 (3) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sydney | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Macarthur | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
