Mars Stadium: Get ready for a football party when Western United welcomes Sydney. Read all about the match here!
- Western United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
The hosts Western United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the A-League. That game was an away game at Perth Glory, so at least Western United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sydney have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Western United form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 10 A-League games here at Mars Stadium for Western United. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Western has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Rudan and the players.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 210 minutes without scoring a league goal. L. Wales was the last player to find the net.
Western United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Perth Glory (0-3). The attacker Alessandro Diamanti was "man of the match" for Western with a rating of 8.13/10. Diamanti hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Heartbreak before that as Western lost 0-5 at Western Sydney Wanderers's place.The Western United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Western United have conceded only 8 goals.
Sydney form and stats
3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sydney in their A-League matches away.
Sydney has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Newcastle Jets for a A-League game that ended a draw (1-1). Midfield player Miloš Ninković was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Ninković hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 58 successful passes (of 63 total).
A 2-3 defeat away at Western Sydney Wanderers before that.After this away game Sydney return home for a A-League game against Melbourne Victory. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sydney has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Sydney in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sydney - Western United 2-0 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Western United victory, zero draws and two Sydney wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva 8 goals |   B. Berisha 7 goals |  D. Pierias 6 goals |
Western United missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western United | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 33 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 86% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 76% |
| 52% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 43% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 57% |
| 33% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 29% |
| 33% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 14.6 | 15 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 28% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | 25% |
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches under the total-line (11) in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Western United have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | Sydney | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Western United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -5 | 28 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -29 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 14 |