The league table in A-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Melbourne City leading Western Sydney Wanderers by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
Melbourne City and Western Sydney Wanderers 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 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.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City are steadily winning A-League games and points here at AAMI Park. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AAMI Park.
A good away victory last time out for Melbourne City, who won 3-2 against Perth Glory (placed 5th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Brisbane Roar in a game that was won 1-0.
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 Melbourne City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost two.
The Melbourne City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Melbourne City have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Playing away, Western Sydney Wanderers have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats in the A-League this season.
Western Sydney Wanderers lost away at Brisbane Roar (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Western Sydney Wanderers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Western Sydney Wanderers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Western Sydney Wanderers - Melbourne City 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne City won five games, one match ended with a draw and Western Sydney Wanderers has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |   M. Duke 11 goals |  N. Müller 5 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 36 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 29 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 79% |
| 75% | 70% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 53% |
| 45% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 65% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 63% |
| 25% | 30% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 16% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 302 | 150 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 135 | 267 |
| 119 | 51 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 33 | 76 |
| 30% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 33% |
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 13 |