Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Melbourne City and Sydney, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (57) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (23) in A-League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sydney have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melbourne City form and stats
31 points is a decent return from 13 A-League games here at AAMI Park for Melbourne City. The data says 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Melbourne's last game was hosting Macarthur and winning 2-0. Stefan Colakovski, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Colakovski scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Newcastle Jets (1-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Melbourne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.
Melbourne are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 13 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Melbourne have conceded 15 goals.
Sydney form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in A-League, are W6-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League. Sydney have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.
The supporters enjoyed Sydney's previous game versus Adelaide United, a A-League 2-1 win played at home. The attacker Bobô got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Bobô scored one goal.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Brisbane Roar.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Sydney in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sydney, two draws and three defeats.
Sydney has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 13 games. Sydney have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sydney - Melbourne 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Melbourne, one draw and six wins for Sydney. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 25 goals |   D. da Silva 12 goals |  K. Barbarouses 8 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
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| Melbourne City | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 59 | 38 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 24 | 41 |
| 32 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 89% | 93% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 74% |
| 63% | 79% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 54% | 41% |
| 44% | 57% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 19% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 11% |
| 59% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 52% |
| 30% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 8.1 | 7.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17.5 | 18.9 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 15.7 | 15.3 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 35% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | 26% |
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most matches over the total-line (15) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (31) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (36) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (57) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+25) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (23) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in A-League
- Sydney have the most clean sheets (10) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches under the total-line (15) in A-League
- Sydney have the most scored goals (24) away in A-League
- Sydney have the the best goal difference (+10) away in A-League
- Sydney have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sydney is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |