After the first set of fixtures it's Melbourne Victory - Western Sydney Wanderers 3-3 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second A-League fixture of the season?
It's quite the trip for Western Sydney Wanderers when visiting Melbourne as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The previous season, Melbourne Victory's league stats were 13 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, resulting in 2nd spot in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {42 goals} and conceded 25. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Melbourne Victory produced 6-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 13 conceded.
Melbourne Victory enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sydney's place. The match ended 3-2 with Ikonomidis, Brillante and D'Agostino scoring. Midfield player Brillante got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Brillante scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Western United in the Ffa Cup.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Western Sydney Wanderers performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 15/23 goals scored/conceded.
Wanderers won their last game, 1-0 versus Perth Glory played at home. Cleur, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Cleur served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
The match before that was the Ffa Cup-duel against Brisbane Roar, a home defeat (1-3). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Western Sydney Wanderers when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Melbourne wins - draws - Western Sydney Wanderers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brillante 1 goals |  C. Ikonomidis 1 goals |  N. D'Agostino 1 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Melbourne Victory | Last season | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 75% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 42% | ||
| 29% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 31% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 15% | ||
| 61% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 54% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 23% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 31% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.1 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 15.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 |
