Struggling Melbourne Victory will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sydney in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a AFC Champions League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bali United, was also a home game here at AAMI Park. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in A-League, have played 7 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Melbourne Victory's last game was hosting Bali United and winning 5-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Adelaide United in the A-League.
As mentioned above, Melbourne Victory "killed" Bali United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There will be little rest for Melbourne Victory after this match as they are travelling to Kashima Antlers for a AFC Champions League game in only four days.
Melbourne Victory are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. From these home matches, Melbourne Victory have conceded only 6 goals.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sydney, who have the most scored goals (30) in A-League, collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the A-League. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Sydney as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
It's the second away game in a row for Sydney, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Newcastle Jets (placed 11th) in the A-League last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Adelaide United.
Sydney have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 6 away matches. Sydney have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sydney - Melbourne Victory 2-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne Victory 3 wins, 1 draw and Sydney 6 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Le Fondre
13 goals
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O. Toivonen
7 goals
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K. Barbarouses
6 goals
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Melbourne Victory missing players
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| Melbourne Victory | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 30 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 86% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 77% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 77% |
| 36% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.6 | 6.9 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 10 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 180 | 98 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 52 | 147 |
| 54 | 25 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 27 | 69 |
| 31% | 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 44% | 43% |
- Melbourne Victory has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Sydney has the most scored goals (30)
- Sydney has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+17)
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sydney 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 | Sydney | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Western United | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 9 |