Look at this appealing fixture in the A-League. Sydney is in the 6th place after playing five matches. They greet Western Sydney Wanderers who are placed 2nd after five fixtures.
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (5) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have won all their away games so far.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Sydney and Western Sydney Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sydney form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Sydney have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.
Sydney lost their last game at Brisbane Roar (placed 8th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league fixtures. Midfield player Caceres got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Caceres scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Macarthur and winning 3-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sydney have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Both teams to score: YES! That has been the case in 5 league matches in a row for this club. Will it happen again?
At Allianz Stadium, Sydney has the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the A-League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 13 matches.
Wanderers's previous game was their home loss versus Central Coast Mariners (0-3). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Marcelo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.24. Marcelo won 6 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Newcastle Jets.We have checked recent matches where Western Sydney Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Western Sydney Wanderers has managed {1 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sydney victories, four draws and four Western Sydney Wanderers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Mak 3 goals |  P. Wood 2 goals |  J. Lolley 2 goals |
Sydney missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Sydney | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 6.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 6 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.4 | 22 | 30 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 8.8 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 37% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 12 | 13.5 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 3.8 |
- All of Sydney's matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sydney have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sydney have scored more than double the goals of Western Sydney Wanderers.
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (5) in A-League
- Sydney have yet to win a game at home.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have won all their away games so far.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Sydney | Last season | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 77% | ||
| 65% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 42% | ||
| 38% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 15% | ||
| 54% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 54% | ||
| 19% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 23% | ||
| 31% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 31% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 15.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | ||
| 12.4 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Sydney | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Macarthur | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Western United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
