Sydney will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Melbourne City.
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (13) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (30) in A-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for Melbourne City when visiting Sydney as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in A-League, have played 7 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Sydney bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Sydney in their previous game, a A-League match away at Melbourne Victory (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Adelaide United (0-1).
Sydney has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Sydney have conceded only 6 goals.
Melbourne City form and stats
Playing away, Melbourne City, who have the most scored goals (30) in A-League, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the A-League this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne City, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Wellington Phoenix (placed 10th) in the A-League last time out. Prior to that match, the Melbourne manager P. Kisnorbo faced defeat when travelling to Western United and losing 1-2.
Marco Tilio came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Wellington Phoenix last time out, making the manager P. Kisnorbo feel like a tactical genius.
Melbourne City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Melbourne have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Melbourne City - Sydney 3-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Sydney wins - draws - Melbourne City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 13 goals |  C. Noone 5 goals |   K. Barbarouses 4 goals |
Sydney missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Sydney | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 86% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 64% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 36% |
| 29% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.3 | 16.1 | 17.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 27% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 37% |
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sydney have scored home.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (30) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+13) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (13) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in A-League
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Sydney | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Western United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -21 | 8 |