Sydney FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 A-League defeat last time out to Wellington Phoenix.

In that game, Sydney FC had 61% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Wellington Phoenix had 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Oskar Zawada (21') scored for Wellington Phoenix.

In their preceding 6 fixtures, Steve Corica's Sydney FC have managed to score a total of 8 times, an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.

Heading into this fixture, Sydney FC have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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After tasting defeat last time out to Perth Glory in A-League competition, Western Sydney Wanderers and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 66% possession and 29 attempts on goal with 6 on target. At the other end, Perth Glory got 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Aaron McEneff (96') was the scorer for Perth Glory.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Western Sydney Wanderers has become evident in recent matches. Examining their last 6 outings shows that it has happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 6 and Western Sydney Wanderers have scored 11.

Going into this encounter, Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league matches. What a terrible run of away results.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 23/05/2021 shows us that Sydney FC have won 3 of these and Western Sydney Wanderers 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them from The Sky Blues and 5 netted by The Wanderers. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was A-League match day 16 on 11/02/2023 and the score finished Western Sydney Wanderers 0-1 Sydney FC.

On that day, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 58% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

At the other end, Sydney FC got 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Max Burgess (16') was the scorer.

The referee was Adam Kersey.

📋 Team News: Sydney FC

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Sydney FC manager Steve Corica to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Adam Le Fondre (Hamstring Injury) will miss out. Max Burgess will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We think that The Sky Blues look set to go for a 4-3-3 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Andrew Redmayne, Rhyan Grant, James Donachie, Alex Wilkinson, Joel King, Paulo Retre, Luke Brattan, Anthony Caceres, Joe Lolley, Robert Mak and Diego Caballo.

🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Western Sydney Wanderers boss Mark Rudan has some current player fitness concerns. Rhys Williams (Hamstring Injury) and Tate Russell (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be making appearances. Tomislav Mrcela will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We’re of the thinking that The Wanderers could decide to make use of a 4-3-1-2 lineup, starting Lawrence Thomas, Aidan Simmons, Tom Beadling, Marcelo, Adama Traore, Calem Nieuwenhof, Milos Ninkovic, Romain Amalfitano, Amor Layouni, Brandon Borrello and Kusini Yengi.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Western Sydney Wanderers are likely to breach the defence of this Sydney FC lineup, however that possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Sydney FC at the end of this one. Should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:32 14/03/2023