High flying Western United visit Western Sydney Wanderers after their 2-2-result vs Macarthur. Check out our broad preview!
- Western United have the most clean sheets (4) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Western United have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Western Sydney Wanderers and Western United.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Western Sydney Wanderers at their home stadium (Marconi Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The Wanderers club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Perth Glory and win 1-0. Midfielder Rodwell was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.32 (out of ten) in that game. Rodwell scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brisbane Roar (0-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western Sydney Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.
Western Sydney Wanderers aren't scoring a lot here at Marconi Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games.
Western United form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Western United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Macarthur for a 2-2 draw.
Before that, Western United secured a home win against Melbourne City with the score 1-0.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 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Western's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the preceeding five meetings): Western Sydney Wanderers won two games, one match ended in a draw and Western United got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
  T. Hemed 2 goals |  J. Rodwell 2 goals |   S. Luštica 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Western United missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 33% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 19.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 15.2 | 14.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 26% |
| 13.4 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16 | 12.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Sydney | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
