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 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Western Sydney Wanderers are 3-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Western Sydney Wanderers manager J. Marigny and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Melbourne City (placed 2nd) in the A-League. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brisbane Roar (1-3).
The Western Sydney Wanderers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Sydney form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (41) in A-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the A-League. Sydney are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Sydney delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Perth Glory (placed 5th) in their previous match; a A-League game. Prior to that result Sydney won their away game at Melbourne Victory. The scoreline was 4-1.
The Sydney manager S. Corica has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sydney - Western Sydney Wanderers 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Western Sydney Wanderers three wins, two draws and Sydney five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Le Fondre 16 goals |   M. Duke 11 goals |  K. Barbarouses 8 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | 41 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 74% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 25% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 32% |
| 15% | 22% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 21% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 273 | 132 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 86 | 222 |
| 80 | 43 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 42 | 100 |
| 32% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 52% | 41% |
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Sydney has the most points (22) away
- Sydney has the most scored goals (22) away
- Sydney has the most scored goals (41)
- Sydney has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 47 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 13 |