The visiting Sydney side should be favourites in this visit to Melbourne Victory, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a AFC Champions League game only three days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sydney, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in A-League, have played 9 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Melbourne Victory's last game was hosting Adelaide United (placed 6th) and winning 2-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Newcastle Jets that finished 1-1.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Andrew Nabbout scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Melbourne Victory has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Melbourne Victory have conceded 10 goals.
Sydney form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (37) in A-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the A-League. Sydney have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
The Sydney manager S. Corica has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. It's not easy to score on Sydney as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Melbourne Victory - Sydney 0-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Melbourne Victory, zero draws and seven wins for Sydney. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
 A. Le Fondre 15 goals |   O. Toivonen 10 goals |  K. Barbarouses 7 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Sydney missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 89% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 76% |
| 63% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 71% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 63% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 26% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 247 | 137 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 71 | 192 |
| 81 | 41 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 37 | 90 |
| 28% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 49% | 41% |
- Melbourne Victory has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (14)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Sydney has the most points (19) away
- Sydney has the most scored goals (18) away
- Sydney has the most scored goals (37)
- Sydney has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+23)
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Western United | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 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 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 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 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -24 | 13 |