A total of twelve sets of matches have gone by and both Western United and Sydney are high up in the table. Let's get started!
- Western United have the most clean sheets (5) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
Sydney have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Western and Sydney.
Western United form and stats
Western United have been very solid at home in the A-League so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. After failing to beat Melbourne Victory here at AAMI Park, Western United has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The Western United supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Western Sydney Wanderers and win 3-2. The versatile forward Prijović outdid all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 9.12 out of 10. Prijović scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sydney that finished 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Western have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn two and lost five.
The manager Aloisi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Perth Glory in only four days.
Western United has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Western United have conceded only 3 goals.
Sydney form and stats
2-3-1 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 Wellington Phoenix for a 1-1 draw. Grant was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.41. The defender Grant served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Western United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Sydney in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sydney, three draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Melbourne City in just three days.
The visiting Sydney have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived match featuring both these contenders is the Sydney - Western 1-1 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - one - three (Western United wins - draws - Sydney wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Prijović 4 goals |   A. Caceres 4 goals |  D. da Silva 4 goals |
Western United missing players
Sydney missing players
| Western United | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 13.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 15.2 | 15.8 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 27% | 28% |
| 13.7 | 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.8 | 12.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (6) in A-League
- Western United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (5) in A-League
- Western United have the most matches under the total-line (5) in A-League
- 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 | Western United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Sydney | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
