A-League: A pair of teams who have played superbly up to now. Get smart on Sydney - Western United with this complete guide!
- Sydney have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in A-League
- Western United have the most clean sheets (5) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Western United have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sydney and Western United 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
Sydney have played 6 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sydney enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Adelaide United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Bobô and Kamsoba scoring. Heward-Belle, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.52 out of 10 in that game. Heward-Belle saved a penalty.
Before that, Sydney had a home game versus Central Coast Mariners which ended with a victory 3-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sydney handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, four draws and four defeats.
The Sydney fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Sydney have conceded 9 from these games.
Western United form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Western United, who have the most clean sheets (5) in A-League, in their A-League matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Western United, whose coach Aloisi could celebrate last time after the win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Lacroix, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Lacroix won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Macarthur.We have checked recent matches where Western United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were zero victories, one draw and six defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Western United have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. 7 goals have been conceded by Western United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Sydney wins - draws - Western United wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. One of the profiles has been Fondre with 4 goals scored against Western United in these 4 matches.Top Goalscorers
  A. Caceres 4 goals |  E. Kamsoba 3 goals |  D. da Silva 3 goals |
Sydney missing players
Western United missing players
| Sydney | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 60% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 16.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 28% |
| 12.2 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 15.8 | 13.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
- Sydney have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (5) in A-League
- Western United have the most matches under the total-line (4) in A-League
- Western United 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 | Western United | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Sydney | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
