This could be an interesting match as Western United have their presumed home advantage while Sydney are ahead 8 points in the A-League table.
It's no vacation for neither Western United nor Sydney as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Western United form and stats
1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Western United, who have the most conceded goals (7) at home in A-League, so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Western United to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Western United, their manager M. Rudan and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
K. Appiah-Kubi was the last player to score a league goal for Western United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Western United haven't scored in 302 minutes.
The Western United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Sydney here at GMHBA Stadium in a A-League match. Prior to that, an away loss at Central Coast Mariners.
Western United aren't scoring a lot here at GMHBA Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Sydney form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Sydney, who have the the best goal difference (+9) in A-League, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. The fact that Sydney have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Sydney love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Sydney, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Western United (placed 5th) in the A-League last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Perth Glory at their stadium, the result 3-1.
The Sydney manager S. Corica has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Sydney in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Western United - Sydney 0-2 entered in the official records.Western United missing players
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| Western United | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 38% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | 84 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 42 | 96 |
| 38 | 22 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 21 | 42 |
| 21% | 18% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 38% |
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Sydney has the most points (9) away
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+4) away
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United has the most conceded goals (7) at home
- Western United has the most conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Western United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Sydney | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Western United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 6 |