Melbourne City and Sydney are both riding high in the A-League with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Melbourne City 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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sydney, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Melbourne City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at ANZ Stadium as Melbourne City have scored 18 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the A-League are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager E. Mombaerts led his Melbourne to a defeat in the A-League match away at Newcastle Jets. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at ANZ Stadium. In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Central Coast Mariners.
Tom Glover had a busy but productive day in the Newcastle Jets match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ANZ Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Melbourne have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sydney, who have the most scored goals (46) in A-League, collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the A-League. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Western Sydney Wanderers game have they lost an away game, meaning Sydney has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
The manager S. Corica was unhappy after their last game, a A-League match played at their home ground Netstrata Jubilee Stadium. Sydney suffered a 1-2 loss to Newcastle Jets (placed 8th). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Wellington Phoenix.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sydney are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Sydney as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sydney - Melbourne 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Sydney has nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 18 goals |   A. Le Fondre 18 goals |  K. Barbarouses 7 goals |
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| Melbourne City | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 42 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 23 | 46 |
| 34 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 77% |
| 74% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 68% |
| 43% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 32% |
| 26% | 18% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 70% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 350 | 166 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 92 | 250 |
| 134 | 55 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 45 | 111 |
| 31% | 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 51% | 41% |
- Melbourne City has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (16)
- Melbourne City has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Sydney has the most points (23) away
- Sydney has the most points from losing position (13)
- Sydney has the most scored goals (46)
- Sydney has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western United | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 28 | -30 | 15 |