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Predictions and Tips
The A-League meeting at Allianz Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Sydney FC locking horns with Auckland FC.
Our Sydney FC v Auckland FC predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

Sydney FC
DDWDLW
Sydney FC, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-3 A-League victory over Adelaide United.
In that match, Sydney FC had 55% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Sydney FC, goals were scored by Patryk Klimala (18', 52') and Adrian Segecic (94'). On the other side, Adelaide United got 16 shots at goal with 7 on target. Archie Goodwin (46', 73') scored for Adelaide United.
Fixtures involving Sydney FC have often been lively encounters of late with high scoring expected. Over their past six clashes alone, a total of 20 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of these being chalked up by Sydney FC. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern will be sustained in this match or not.
Auckland FC
WDDDWD 📈
In their last fixture, Auckland FC drew 1-1 in the A-League match with Western Sydney Wanderers.
In that game, Auckland FC managed 42% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Auckland FC was Felipe Gallegos (45'). Western Sydney Wanderers had 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Nicolas Milanović (51') was the scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers.
Auckland FC have had no problems opening up opposition defences of late, scoring 16 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Auckland FC have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same clashes.
Coming into this clash, Auckland FC are undefeated in their last 5 league matches away from home.
🤜🤛 Head to head
The last league game featuring the two was A-League match day 2 on 27/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Auckland FC 1-0 Sydney FC.
In that game, Auckland FC managed 41% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Nando Pijnaker (97').
Sydney FC got 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.
The referee was Shaun Evans.
📰 Team News: Sydney FC
Kyle Shaw (Hamstring injury) and Aaron Gurd (Broken collarbone) are unavailable for Sydney FC boss Ufuk Talay.
📋 Team News: Auckland FC
From a largely full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness issue for the Auckland FC manager Steve Corica to be concerned with. Neyder Moreno (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.
⚡ Prediction
It’s likely that Auckland FC will do well to find the back of the net against a Sydney FC side who have all the attributes to really run this game.
We predict a convincing 3-0 winning margin for Sydney FC at the end of this one.
Peter Guest, 06:14 12/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Sydney FC
Formed: 2004
Stadium: Allianz Stadium (42,500)
Captain: Rhyan Grant
Chairman: Scott Barlow
Manager: Ufuk Talay
Competitions: A-League position 6
⭐ Key Man: Patryk Klimala
Customarily taking to the field in the Striker position, Patryk Klimala was born in Świdnica, Poland. Having played his first senior match for Jagiellonia Białystok in the 2016 - 2017 season, the skilful Forward has managed to score 10 league goals in this A-League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 20 appearances.
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22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 46 | DDDWD |
2 |
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23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 43 | WLWWW |
3 |
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22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 41 | WWWWW |
4 |
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23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 39 | DDWLW |
5 |
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22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 36 | WWWDD |
6 |
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22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 33 | DWDLW |
7 |
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22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 33 | DDLLL |
8 |
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23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 32 | LLWDW |
9 |
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22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 26 | DWLDL |
10 |
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23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | -15 | 25 | LLDWL |
11 |
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23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 24 | LLDDW |
12 |
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22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -22 | 11 | DWLLL |
13 |
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23 | 2 | 5 | 16 | -38 | 11 | DLLLL |
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Western Sydney Wanderers |
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Central Coast Mariners |
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Central Coast Mariners |
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Auckland FC |
Goals scored | 2.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 30 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-3 |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 53 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Adrian Segecic | 12 |
Patryk Klimala | 10 |
Joe Lolley | 9 |
Jordan Courtney-Perkins | 4 |
Anthony Cáceres | 3 |
Guillermo May | 8 |
Neyder Moreno | 8 |
Logan Rogerson | 7 |
Nando Pijnaker | 4 |
Jake Brimmer | 3 |
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