Melbourne Victory hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 12th position in the A-League table. Visiting Sydney holds 6th place with 19 pts.
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (31) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) 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!
It's quite the trip for Sydney when visiting Melbourne as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the A-League this season. Melbourne Victory, who have the most conceded goals (31) in A-League, have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at AAMI Park. Three consecutive losses here at AAMI Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Melbourne Victory drew their last game, 1-1 away at Central Coast Mariners (placed 1st). Prior to that, an away loss at Wellington Phoenix.
The Melbourne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. As for conceded goals, Melbourne Victory's unpleasant statistic is 18 goals surrendered.
Sydney form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sydney playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Sydney lost away at Adelaide United (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Sydney travelled to Perth Glory and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
After this away game Sydney return home for a A-League game against Perth Glory. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Sydney are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sydney have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory-Sydney H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Melbourne Victory three wins, Sydney seven wins, zero draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Brimmer 4 goals |  R. Gestede 3 goals |  C. McManaman 3 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Sydney missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 54% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 54% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 14.2 | 14.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 28% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 24% |
- Melbourne Victory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (18) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (31) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-18) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in A-League
- 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 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 5 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 6 | Sydney | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Western United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -18 | 8 |