Sydney will aim to make use of their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 7 points behind Melbourne City.
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (29) in A-League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne City, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sydney and Melbourne City.
Sydney form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Sydney have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Sydney lost their last game at Western United (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Defender Grant got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Grant hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Wellington Phoenix that finished 1-1.Sydney has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sydney's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne City form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melbourne City, who have the most scored goals (29) in A-League, in their A-League matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Melbourne City, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Berenguer, Tilio and MacLaren scored in Melbourne's previous match, the home game against Central Coast Mariners that ended 3-2. MacLaren, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.03. MacLaren scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Newcastle Jets.The Melbourne City manager Kisnorbo has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. Melbourne City have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Sydney won five, Melbourne City triumphed in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 10 goals |   A. Caceres 4 goals |  D. da Silva 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 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 57% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 21% |
| 64% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.9 | 16.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.7 | 16 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 26% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | 35% |
| 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.5 | 10.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Melbourne City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (14) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (29) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+5) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+9) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sydney have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
- Sydney have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Western United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Sydney | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
