The Melbourne City & Western United managers Kisnorbo and Aloisi are both dreading and feeling excited about this highly important game in the upper area of the A-League league table.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (55) in A-League
- Western United have the most clean sheets (10) in A-League
Melbourne City and Western United 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.
Melbourne City form and stats
7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Melbourne City so far this season. Melbourne are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Melbourne City's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Adelaide United (after extra-time). The home side are looking to build on that result. Leckie, a forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Leckie dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
0-0 away at Adelaide United before that.The Melbourne City manager Kisnorbo has got the team scoring with 27 from 13 home games in the league. On the other hand, Melbourne have conceded 16 goals.
Western United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Western United, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Melbourne Victory last time out. Goalkeeper Young was absolutely vital in the Western United victory against Melbourne Victory, making eight saves. Attacker Prijović got a player rating of 8.9 in the game. "Man of the match" Prijović scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Melbourne Victory.Western United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 18 goals have been conceded by Western in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Western United - Melbourne City 2-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - one - three (Melbourne City wins - draws - Western United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. One of the stars has been Maclaren with 9 goals scored against Western United in these 9 matches.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 16 goals |   A. Prijović 12 goals |  M. Leckie 9 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Western United missing players
| Melbourne City | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 57 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 45 |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 66% |
| 75% | 79% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 46% | 43% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 17% |
| 61% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 48% |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 38% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.6 | 16.1 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.6 | 13.2 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 41% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 32% | 34% |
| 10.5 | 9.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.8 | 16.7 | 15 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 5.9 | 5 |
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (55) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+22) in A-League
- Melbourne City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (10) in A-League
- 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 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
