The Melbourne City & Western Sydney Wanderers managers P. Kisnorbo and C. Robinson are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the A-League league table.
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+10) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in A-League
The hosts Melbourne City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the A-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Central Coast Mariners, was also a home game here at AAMI Park. The away team is better rested.
These teams have little in common geographically as Western Sydney Wanderers 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
4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Melbourne City, who have the the best goal difference (+10) in A-League, have to build on here at AAMI Park in the A-League. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Melbourne City has won five games in a row. The Newcastle Jets match was the last time out without a victory. It’s been three wins in a row for Melbourne here at AAMI Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Melbourne City, as their goalkeeper Tom Glover has completely shut out the opponents for 360 minutes in the A-League.
Before that, Melbourne had a home game versus Macarthur which ended with a victory 3-0.
The Melbourne manager P. Kisnorbo has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have an excellent away record in the A-League so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games.
Western Sydney Wanderers are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the A-League against Perth Glory (placed 10th). Prior to that match, a home win 4-3 against Wellington Phoenix.
The travelling fans enjoy Wanderers's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Western Sydney Wanderers - Melbourne City 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Melbourne won six, Western Sydney Wanderers won three and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 11 goals |   M. Duke 4 goals |  C. Metcalfe 3 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 77% |
| 55% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.3 | 17.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 15.5 | 15.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 41% | 39% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 32% |
- All of Melbourne City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+10) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have not yet lost a game away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (7) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most scored goals in the second half (17) 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 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sydney | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Western United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 7 |