Western Sydney Wanderers have some points to catch up on from their 9th place, and the first chance is vs Sydney. Read more!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (7) in A-League
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have played 7 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The followers are hoping that Western Sydney Wanderers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Newcastle Jets (placed 8th). Midfield player Ugarkovic got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Ugarkovic hit five key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 43 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Western United.Wanderers aren't scoring a lot here at Commbank Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Sydney form and stats
Playing away, Sydney have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season.
Sydney failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Melbourne City (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Amini was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.3. Amini hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 66 total).
Prior to that match, the Sydney manager Corica faced defeat when travelling to Western United and losing 0-1.A new game in only three days for Sydney, the AFC Champions League home match versus Kaya. Busy days.
The visiting Sydney have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the squads met previously this season; Western Sydney Wanderers - Sydney 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wanderers three wins, four draws and Sydney three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Caceres 4 goals |  D. da Silva 4 goals |   T. Hemed 3 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 69% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 67% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 27% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 16.1 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 15.4 | 15.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 25% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 26% |
| 11.5 | 8.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.4 | 11.9 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (7) in A-League
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sydney | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
