Flashy Melbourne Victory visit Western Sydney Wanderers after their 1-1-result versus Adelaide United. Check out our comprehensive preview!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most scored goals (12) in A-League
It's quite the trip for Melbourne Victory when visiting Western Sydney Wanderers as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Three A-League home games done for Western Sydney Wanderers, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
An away draw last time out for Western Sydney Wanderers, facing Melbourne City in a game that ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Wanderers in the Melbourne City match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Western Sydney Wanderers, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Melbourne City. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Ugarkovic got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Ugarkovic served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 54 successful passes (of 62 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Central Coast Mariners (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Western Sydney Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wanderers as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Western Sydney Wanderers has won five of these, drawn three and lost five.
Wanderers are traveling soon after this match as the A-League match at Adelaide United awaits in three days.
Western Sydney Wanderers aren't scoring a lot here at Marconi Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. On the other hand, Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded 4 goals.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The seven points Melbourne Victory have gathered from their first three away trips in the A-League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Melbourne Victory's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Adelaide United that finished 1-1. Defender Miranda was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Miranda hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
Prior to that result Melbourne won their away game at Adelaide United in the Ffa Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Melbourne Victory in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Melbourne Victory, three draws and five defeats.
Melbourne Victory are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. As opposed to that, Melbourne have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Wanderers wins - draws - Melbourne Victory wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 4 goals |   T. Hemed 2 goals |  F. Margiotta 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 6 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 19.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 41% |
| 14.2 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 16 | 14.9 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
- Melbourne Victory have not yet lost a game away.
- Melbourne Victory have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most points (7) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most scored goals (12) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the best goal difference (+4) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 Victory | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
