Receiving guests at their own home feels safe and good for Western Sydney Wanderers, but Melbourne City are fully motivated and qualified to win. How will it turn out?
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (19) in A-League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne City, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Melbourne City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Newcastle Jets, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Melbourne City.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Western Sydney Wanderers have to build on here at Marconi Stadium in the A-League.
The Wanderers regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Marconi Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Western United (placed 1st). Midfield player Baccus got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Baccus hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 59 successful passes (of 67 total).
Before that, Western Sydney Wanderers had a home game versus Perth Glory which ended with a victory 1-0.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Western Sydney Wanderers here at Marconi Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games).
Melbourne City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne City, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Newcastle Jets (placed 10th) last time out. Attacker MacLaren got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" MacLaren scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Western United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Adelaide United in just four days.
The Melbourne City manager Kisnorbo has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. In the opposite end, Melbourne have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City - Western Sydney Wanderers 3-3 was the result in these teams' latest head-to-head game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Western Sydney Wanderers victories, two draws and six Melbourne City wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. Maclaren likes to face Western Sydney Wanderers and have scored 8 goals in these encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 7 goals |  A. Nabbout 4 goals |   T. Hemed 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 89% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7.9 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.3 | 18.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | 16.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 26% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 44% | 34% |
| 12.6 | 9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Melbourne City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Western Sydney Wanderers.
- Melbourne City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (11) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (19) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+3) away in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in A-League
| 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 |
