This match features two teams living in the basement of the A-League, Western United holding 8th place and Western Sydney Wanderers lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
The visiting Western Sydney Wanderers played their last game only three days ago, a A-League match.
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.
Western United form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Western United have to build on here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in the A-League.
In their previous game, the manager M. Rudan led his Western United to a defeat in the A-League match away at Newcastle Jets. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium. In the game before, an away victory match versus Melbourne Victory with a 2-1 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Western United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Western as a small favourite), we find three games. Western United has won one of these, drawn zero and lost two.
A decent goal production from Western in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Western defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Playing away, Western Sydney Wanderers have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the A-League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Western Sydney Wanderers, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Wanderers in their previous game, as they lost their A-League-match, hosting Perth Glory, 1-3. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Wellington Phoenix.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Western Sydney Wanderers playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Wanderers wins, two draws and six defeats.
Western Sydney Wanderers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Wanderers have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Western Sydney Wanderers - Western 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Western United wins - draws - Western Sydney Wanderers wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Berisha 14 goals |   M. Duke 12 goals |  M. Burgess 5 goals |
Western United missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Western United | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 36 | 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 30 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 50% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 23% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 55% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 18% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 264 | 163 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 159 | 326 |
| 96 | 54 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 41 | 92 |
| 38% | 37% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 34% | 33% |
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Western United has the fewest clean sheets (1) 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.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 34 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 31 |
| 8 | Western United | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |