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- Western Sydney Wanderers is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne Victory, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only four days ago.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers's results here at Commbank Stadium in the A-League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The Western Sydney Wanderers manager Rudan might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Wanderers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Melbourne City here at Commbank Stadium. Midfielder Baccus was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Baccus dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 71 successful passes (of 85 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Western United with the scoreline 0-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Western Sydney Wanderers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost six.
Wanderers are traveling soon after this match as the A-League match at Western United awaits in four days.
Western Sydney Wanderers have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. 8 goals have been conceded.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Newcastle Jets with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Brimmer got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, top player of the team. Brimmer scored one goal, hit seven key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).
Prior to that match, the Melbourne manager Popović faced defeat when travelling to Wellington Phoenix and losing 0-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne Victory playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Melbourne Victory wins, three draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Melbourne Victory are hosting Central Coast Mariners in the A-League only three days away.
Melbourne Victory are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wanderers three wins, one draw and Melbourne Victory six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 4 goals |   T. Hemed 2 goals |  J. Rodwell 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 90% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 70% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 17.3 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 13.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 26% | 21% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 32% |
| 12.4 | 9.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.2 | 15 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-7) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Sydney | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 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 |
