Sydney manager S. Corica looking for three points in Western Sydney Wanderers showdown

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (20505 seats)

1st position in the A-League table for Sydney so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Western Sydney Wanderers visits Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.

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.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Sydney form and stats

This stadium, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, has been a fortress for Sydney in the A-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-0. Sydney has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Western Sydney Wanderers defeat 125 days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Sydney, as their goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne has completely shut out the opponents for 339 minutes in the A-League.

Happy days for Sydney in their previous game, a A-League match away at Central Coast Mariners (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Yokohama F. Marinos (0-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sydney handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Goals decide football matches and Sydney are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Sydney have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Western Sydney Wanderers playing as the away team in the A-League this season.

Pirmin Schwegler, Simon Cox, Nicolai Müller and Mitchell Duke (2) scored in Western Sydney Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Adelaide United that ended 5-2. A draw for Western Sydney Wanderers before that, at their own venue hosting Newcastle Jets (1-1).

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Western Sydney Wanderers, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Western Sydney Wanderers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Western Sydney Wanderers have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Western Sydney Wanderers - Sydney 1-0. Sydney-Western Sydney Wanderers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sydney five wins, Western Sydney Wanderers two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SydneyA. Le Fondre
A. Le Fondre
15 goals
Western Sydney WanderersM. Duke
M. Duke
9 goals
SydneyK. Barbarouses
K. Barbarouses
7 goals

Sydney missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players

Sydney Western Sydney Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 1 8 17
14 8 4 Won W 0 3 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 5 8
37 19 10 Scored S 0 10 23
13 6 3 Conceded C 2 14 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
75% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 53%
31% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 24%
19% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
62% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 65%
31% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 29%
 
4.1 3.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.5 5.5
4.4 4.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 4.8
1.5 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
176 105 53 Total Shots T S 9 115 247
85 48 28 Shots on Target S O 2 27 70
44% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 33%
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Western Sydney Wanderers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (13)
  • Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
  • Sydney has the most points (24) at home
  • Sydney has the most scored goals (37)
  • Sydney has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • Sydney has the the best goal difference (+13) at home
  • Sydney has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sydney have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sydney have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sydney is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sydney 16 14 1 1 37 13 8 8 0 0 19 6 8 6 1 1 18 7 24 43
2 Perth Glory 17 8 6 3 32 17 8 4 2 2 20 12 9 4 4 1 12 5 15 30
3 Melbourne City 18 9 3 6 32 27 9 6 1 2 16 12 9 3 2 4 16 15 5 30
4 Wellington Phoenix 18 9 3 6 27 22 10 7 1 2 16 9 8 2 2 4 11 13 5 30
5 Adelaide United 18 9 0 9 32 32 9 6 0 3 17 11 9 3 0 6 15 21 0 27
6 Brisbane Roar 18 7 5 6 20 22 8 4 2 2 12 10 10 3 3 4 8 12 -2 26
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 17 6 3 8 23 25 9 3 3 3 13 11 8 3 0 5 10 14 -2 21
8 Western United 18 6 3 9 23 25 10 3 1 6 14 16 8 3 2 3 9 9 -2 21
9 Melbourne Victory 18 4 5 9 21 27 8 2 3 3 9 9 10 2 2 6 12 18 -6 17
10 Newcastle Jets 18 3 6 9 19 36 9 2 4 3 11 14 9 1 2 6 8 22 -17 15
11 Central Coast Mariners 18 4 1 13 17 37 9 3 1 5 9 17 9 1 0 8 8 20 -20 13

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.