Western Sydney Wanderers are welcoming Melbourne Victory for another important game after their 3-5 result against 7th-placed Western United.
Melbourne Victory could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Perth Glory, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Melbourne Victory.
It's quite the trip for Melbourne Victory when visiting Western Sydney Wanderers as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Western Sydney Wanderers at their home stadium (Spotless Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager J. Marigny led his Wanderers to a defeat in the A-League match away at Western United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Spotless Stadium. Before that game, the home loss against Perth Glory with the scoreline 1-3.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The Wanderers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory have only collected 11 points from their away games in the A-League, after 3-2-7 (12 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne Victory, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Perth Glory (placed 5th) in the A-League last time out. A loss against Central Coast Mariners was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, Melbourne was the only team on the pitch versus Perth Glory in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Melbourne Victory find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Melbourne's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Melbourne Victory - Wanderers 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wanderers one win, three draws and Melbourne Victory six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Duke 14 goals |   A. Nabbout 7 goals |  M. Rojas 6 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 39 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 42 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 48% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 72% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 36% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 16% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 16% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 345 | 167 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 139 | 325 |
| 103 | 51 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 49 | 102 |
| 32% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 31% |
- Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (22)
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Melbourne Victory is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 31 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 30 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |