A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Sydney fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Melbourne Victory's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (55) in A-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Western United.
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.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney have played 11 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Sydney, who won 1-0 against Western United (placed 8th). Nobody expected Sydney to beat Western United in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Luke Brattan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.84/10. Brattan hit nine key passes and had 68 successful passes (of 77 total). The victory against Western United came after Adam Le Fondre's winning goal. The Sydney manager S. Corica was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 63rd minute.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Newcastle Jets that finished 1-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A-League game versus Western Sydney Wanderers in only four days. This game is also played here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
Sydney has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Sydney have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory, who have the most conceded goals (55) in A-League, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the A-League, after 1-2-8 (11 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Melbourne in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Newcastle Jets.
Melbourne are travelling again after losing away to Macarthur in their previous match (1-3). Midfield player Jake Brimmer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.32/10. Brimmer hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 69 total).
Prior to that match, the Melbourne manager S. Kean faced defeat when travelling to Perth Glory and losing 1-2.A new game in only four days for Melbourne, the A-League home match versus Adelaide United. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Melbourne as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. For Melbourne, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sydney - Melbourne Victory 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sydney won seven games, zero matches ended with a draw and Melbourne Victory has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  D. da Silva 8 goals |  K. Barbarouses 6 goals |  M. Ninković 4 goals |
Sydney missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Sydney | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 30 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | 55 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 82% |
| 41% | 27% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 64% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 27% |
| 55% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 59% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.9 | 11.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 24% | 20% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 28% |
- Melbourne Victory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest points (5) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest scored goals (8) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (27) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (55) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-31) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches under the total-line (11) 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 | Melbourne City | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 44 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 3 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Western United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -31 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 14 |