It's the second possibility for points this season as Western United and Sydney bump heads at AAMI Park.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 United form and stats
Last season, Western United's league stats were 13 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, providing 3rd spot in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {40 goals} and let in 30. Performing at home in the last season Western United delivered 9-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 12 conceded.
Western United lost their last game at Melbourne City (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Young had a busy but productive day in the Melbourne City match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Sydney United (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) (Ffa Cup).
Sydney form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sydney performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Sydney in their previous game as they lost hosting Melbourne Victory, 2-3. The attacker Lolley got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Lolley hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
A defeat, in the Ffa Cup away at Oakleigh Cannons, before that.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - one - four (Western wins - draws - Sydney wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Milanovic 1 goals |   J. Donachie 1 goals |  R. Mak 1 goals |
Western United missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western United | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Western United | Last season | Sydney | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 67% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 65% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 38% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 19% | ||
| 47% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 54% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 19% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 31% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 15 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
