A-League duel: Close contest expected between Sydney and Melbourne Victory

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

It's the very first match of the new campaign for Sydney and Melbourne Victory. The leaf is empty, the opportunities infinite.

Melbourne Victory have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Sydney form and stats

The previous season, Sydney's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, leading to 8th spot in the A-League. In these 26 matches they scored 37 goals and gave away 44. Performing as the home side in the former season Sydney generated 4-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 24 conceded.

Until that defeat this club had gone seven consecutive league games without a defeat.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

Let's have a look at how Melbourne Victory performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 20/12 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Melbourne Victory in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Melbourne Victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Melbourne Victory as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Melbourne have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Melbourne Victory has scored 1 goal and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Sydney victories, one draw and one Melbourne Victory win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Sydney missing players

Melbourne Victory missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sydney Melbourne Victory
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Sydney Last season Melbourne Victory
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   14 28
8 4   Won W   8 14
7 4   Drew D   4 9
11 5   Lost L   2 5
37 21   Scored S   21 44
44 24   Conceded C   12 29
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 75%
65% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 50%
38% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 29%
19% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 11%
54% 77%   BTTS BTTS   57% 61%
19% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 29%
31% 15%   Failed to Score F T   14% 14%
 
5.9 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.2
4.2 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.8
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
14.3 15   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 14.1
4.7 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5
30% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
12.4 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.9
4.8 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.