Western United vs Western Sydney Wanderers pre-match information

Western Sydney Wanderers 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.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only four days ago.

Western United form and stats

4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Western United have to build on here at AAMI Park in the A-League. 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 four wins in a row.

The home team returns to AAMI Park after drawing with Sydney (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfielder Diamanti was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Diamanti hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Western Sydney Wanderers with a 1-0 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sydney are coming to town in three days.

Western United aren't scoring a lot here at AAMI Park in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Defensively Western United have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.

Impressive finishing from Petratos and Russell secured the home win 2-0 against Melbourne Victory in their previous game. Russell was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Russell scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 11 duels.

A 1-3 loss hosting Melbourne City before that.

We have checked recent matches where Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Western Sydney Wanderers manager Rudan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Newcastle Jets.

The visiting Wanderers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head encounter ended Western Sydney Wanderers - Western United 0-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Western United three wins, one draw and Western Sydney Wanderers two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Luštica 3 goals

A. Prijović 3 goals

C. Pain 2 goals

Western United missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players