With the anxious opening match finished it’s time for the second A-League meeting of the season. Western Sydney Wanderers are eager to welcome Western United in front of their home support.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
In the previous season, Western Sydney Wanderers's league results were 11 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, providing 4th position in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {43 goals} and gave away 27. Appearing as the host team in the former season Western Sydney Wanderers generated 8-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 10 conceded. The first A-League game here at Gombani Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Western Sydney Wanderers's home game statistics were 8 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 13 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Wanderers, who played 0-0 against Wellington Phoenix. That match was also played at this venue (Gombani Stadium). Bonetig, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Bonetig won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Brisbane Roar in the Ffa Cup. 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 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
At Gombani Stadium, Western Sydney Wanderers has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Western United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Western United performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 20/24 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the A-League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 13 matches.
Western play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Melbourne City (placed 10th). Western United goalie Heward-Belle was high and low in the Melbourne City game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Wales, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Wales scored one goal and hit seven key passes.
A defeat, in the Ffa Cup away at Sydney, earlier. We have checked recent matches where Western United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 6 victories, 1 draw and 11 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Western United has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous nine meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Western Sydney Wanderers, one draw and five wins for Western United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wales 1 goals | N. Botic 1 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Western United missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Last season | Western United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 70% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 77% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 65% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 38% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 19% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 65% | ||
| 37% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 15% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 19% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.3 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | ||
| 12.6 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.1 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Western United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Melbourne City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Macarthur | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -17 | 26 |
