This could be an interesting match as Western United have their presumed home advantage while Melbourne City are ahead 5 points in the A-League table.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sydney.
Western United form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Western United, who have the most scored goals (25) at home in A-League, have to build on here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in the A-League. Western has recorded two wins in a row here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
It's back home for Western, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sydney away with the result 2-1. Steven Lustica and Besart Berisha found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Perth Glory and winning 2-0.
Goals decide football matches and Western United are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.
Melbourne City form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Melbourne City playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
There were no winners in Melbourne City's previous match, a A-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Adelaide United (placed 7th). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Sydney.
Drawing 2-2 against Adelaide United after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager E. Mombaerts needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
The Melbourne manager E. Mombaerts has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 12 league matches. As for defending, Melbourne City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Melbourne City - Western 3-2. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Western victories, zero draws and two Melbourne City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 20 goals |   B. Berisha 18 goals |  A. Diamanti 7 goals |
Western United missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Western United | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 45 | 25 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | 46 |
| 34 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 76% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 52% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 72% |
| 32% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 58% | 44% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 24% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 68% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 300 | 180 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 184 | 377 |
| 110 | 60 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 79 | 147 |
| 41% | 42% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 31% |
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Western United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Western United has the most scored goals (25) at home
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Western United is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 53 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Western United | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |