Struggling Western Sydney Wanderers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sydney in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Sydney is in the best form (3-3-0)
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have played 9 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Wanderers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 4-5 away versus Melbourne Victory. Ahead of that match, Western Sydney Wanderers lost 1-2 at home to Brisbane Roar.
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 have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wanderers defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sydney form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Sydney go into this game after a win, the home game against Melbourne Victory that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Central Coast Mariners.
Sydney are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sydney have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney have met before this season: Sydney - Wanderers 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Wanderers won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Sydney has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  D. da Silva 7 goals |  K. Barbarouses 6 goals |   B. Kamau 5 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 31 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 74% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 42% |
| 37% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 16% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 5% |
| 68% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.7 | 16.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 33% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 25% |
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches under the total-line (10) in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sydney is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | Melbourne City | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Sydney | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | Western United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -27 | 14 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 13 |