Western United have come here for an engaging duel versus the hosting Western Sydney Wanderers. Get smart on the match with this thorough A-League preview!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in A-League
- Western United have scored in all their away matches so far.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Western United, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
This should be an action-packed game with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have played three A-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Koutroumbis was the last player to find the net.
Wanderers lost their last game at Central Coast Mariners (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Antonis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Antonis hit two key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 66 total).
Ahead of that match, Wanderers lost 0-2 at home to Macarthur.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Western Sydney Wanderers handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and two defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wanderers here at Marconi Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Western Sydney Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Western United form and stats
Western United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two away games in a row for Western United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Midfield player Wales was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Wales served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Adelaide United.We have checked recent matches where Western United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were zero victories, one draw and six defeats.
Western United have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Western Sydney Wanderers victories, one draw and two Western United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Hemed 2 goals |   C. Pain 2 goals |  D. Wenzel-Halls 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Western United missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.8 | 19.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 12.5 | 13.7 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 12.8 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.7 |
- 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.
- Western United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Western United 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 Victory | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Adelaide United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
