We would expect a noteworthy contrast in performance between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Western Sydney Wanderers in front of Western United by 5 points.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in A-League
- Western United have the most conceded goals (26) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Western United have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Western Sydney Wanderers at their home stadium (Commbank Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. The last three games played by Wanderers, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Western Sydney Wanderers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Central Coast Mariners that ended 2-2. The striker Borrello won the honour of being "man of the match" for Wanderers with a rating of 8.31/10. Borrello scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.
1-1 away at Newcastle Jets before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western Sydney Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 14 league matches, 11 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
The Western Sydney Wanderers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Wanderers have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Western United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Western United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Macarthur (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. The draw against Macarthur came from a losing position. The Western United manager Aloisi brought on Milanovic as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Troisi got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Troisi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 44 total).
Before that, Western secured a home win against Sydney with the score 1-0.Western United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Western United's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Western are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches. Western United has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Western United - Wanderers 1-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - one - five (Western Sydney Wanderers wins - draws - Western United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Borrello 4 goals |   N. Milanovic 4 goals |  O. Bozanić 3 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Western United missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 83% | 71% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 7% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 6.2 | 8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.2 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.3 | 12.3 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 27% | 50% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 11.9 | 13.3 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.2 | 15.7 | 14.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 7 | 6.1 |
- All of Western United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have the most conceded goals (26) in A-League
- Western United have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in A-League
- Western United have the the worst goal difference (-8) in A-League
- Western United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Western United 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 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Sydney | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
