The managers S. Corica and T. Popović are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the A-League league table.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Perth Glory when visiting Sydney as the cities are 3900 kilometers apart.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney have performed well at Mohale's Hoek DiFA Ground, Difa Mohale's HOEK so far this season with 8 wins from 12 matches. Points have also been lost, 1 after draws and 3 from defeats.Sydney drew their last game, 1-1 away at Western Sydney Wanderers. In the match before that, Sydney hosted Shanghai SIPG and drew the AFC Champions League game 3-3.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sydney perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sydney as a small favourite), we find one game. Sydney has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
A decent goal production from Sydney in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Perth Glory, who have the most points (28) away in A-League, collect 28 points from their 12 away matches. 8 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Perth Glory are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.The supporters enjoyed Perth Glory's previous game versus Newcastle Jets, a A-League 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Central Coast Mariners with the score of 3-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Perth Glory playing away and similar expectations, we found 50 relevant matches. Results were 19 Perth Glory wins, 13 draws and 18 defeats.
The Perth Glory manager T. Popović has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 12 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
Sydney and Perth Glory have met before this season: Perth Glory - Sydney 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 9 wins for Sydney, 0 draws and 1 win for Perth Glory.Top Goalscorers
Sydney missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Sydney | Perth Glory | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | Played | 12 | 25 |
| 42 | 21 | Scored | 26 | 51 |
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 92% |
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | 92% | 84% |
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 52% |
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 32% |
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | 25% | 20% |
| 68% | 58% | Both teams to score | 58% | 52% |
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 42% | 44% |
| 4% | 8% | Failed To Score | 8% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Sydney hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 29 | 57 |
| 2 | Sydney | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 49 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -26 | 18 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -36 | 10 |
