A-League: Sydney welcome Western Sydney Wanderers in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- Sydney have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have scored in all their away matches so far.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. This match was also played here at Sydney United Sports Center. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Western Sydney Wanderers have had more rest.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Sydney form and stats
6-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Sydney, who have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League, so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sydney after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Sydney goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the A-League.
Sydney's last game was hosting Melbourne Victory (placed 11th) and winning 2-0. Ben Warland was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.81 out of 10. The defender Warland won 0 of 1 duels.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Western United.Sydney has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Sydney are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sydney United Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Playing away, Western Sydney Wanderers have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the A-League this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Wanderers are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Wanderers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-5 to Perth Glory (placed 8th). Midfielder Thomas Kevin Aquilina was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Aquilina hit one key pass and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total). Western Sydney Wanderers lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Western United.A new game in only three days for Wanderers, the A-League home match versus Wellington Phoenix. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Wanderers's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Wanderers have conceded 22 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sydney and Western Sydney Wanderers have met before this season: Western Sydney Wanderers - Sydney 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Sydney wins - draws - Western Sydney Wanderers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva 9 goals |   B. Kamau 8 goals |  K. Barbarouses 7 goals |
Sydney missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Sydney | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 38 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 86% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 59% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 52% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 82% | 68% |
| 35% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 23% |
| 17% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.6 | 15.5 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 14.7 | 15.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 25% | 22% | 5% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | 33% |
- Sydney have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches under the total-line (13) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western Sydney Wanderers haven’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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Sydney | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Western United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -33 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 14 |