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 4th and Melbourne Victory's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (46) in A-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne Victory, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Sydney form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Sydney are 4-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). The last three games played by Sydney, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Two draws in a row at home now for Sydney.
Sydney drew their last game, 2-2 away at Central Coast Mariners (placed 2nd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Adelaide United.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Central Coast Mariners as Trent Buhagiar's goal in the 83rd minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Sydney's goalie Andrew Redmayne played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Central Coast Mariners with a stunning six saves. The hometeam coach S. Corica made a successful contribution in the game against Central Coast Mariners, bringing on Trent Buhagiar who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sydney home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gamba Osaka are coming to town in one day.
Sydney has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 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
There's been little loot from Melbourne Victory's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the A-League. Melbourne Victory, who have the most conceded goals (46) in A-League, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Melbourne had fun at their own home (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium) last time out, beating Western Sydney Wanderers 5-4. Dylan Ryan, Jacob Butterfield, Ben Folami (2) and Storm Roux scored. Preceding that game, the 0-7 loss visiting Melbourne City's place.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Western Sydney Wanderers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today?
You'll want to know how Melbourne managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and three home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Melbourne as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Melbourne Victory are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Melbourne Victory - Sydney 0-3 earlier this season. Sydney-Melbourne Victory H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sydney seven wins, Melbourne Victory three wins, zero draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Barbarouses 6 goals |  D. da Silva 6 goals |  M. Ninković 4 goals |
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| Sydney | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 46 |
| 94% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 78% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 82% |
| 44% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 65% |
| 17% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 47% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 28% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 22% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.7 | 15.2 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 22% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 30% |
- 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 (6) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals (46) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-26) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) 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 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Sydney | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Western United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 14 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 13 |