📊 Form Guide

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-1 A-League loss in their previous game against Newcastle United Jets.

In that game, Sydney FC managed 57% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sydney FC was Fábio Gomes (45'). Newcastle United Jets had 13 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Clayton Taylor (19'), Reno Piscopo (28') and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (60') scored for Newcastle United Jets.

Sydney FC haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 10 during that period while also conceding a total of 8. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be continued here, however.

Going into this one, Sydney FC are undefeated in their last 7 league matches at home.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Brisbane Roar in A-League action, Western Sydney Wanderers will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 48% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers was Dylan Pierias (64'). Brisbane Roar had 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Tom Aldred (32') and Henry Hore (77') scored for Brisbane Roar.

Western Sydney Wanderers have been effective going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 8 times in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Western Sydney Wanderers have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same games.

Looking at their past form shows that Western Sydney Wanderers:

• haven't been defeated by Sydney FC when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 12/11/2022, both clubs have shared the honours with Sydney FC winning 3 of those games, Western Sydney Wanderers 3 and 0 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 7 of them from The Sky Blues and 8 coming from The Wanderers. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league contest between these sides was A-League match day 19 on 02/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Western Sydney Wanderers 1-4 Sydney FC.

On that occasion, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 57% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

At the other end, Sydney FC got 20 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Rhyan Grant (3'), Fábio Gomes (7', 59'), Róbert Mak (50') and Jake Girdwood-Reich (72' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Alex King.

ℹ️ Team News: Sydney FC

Joseph Lacey (Ankle injury), Wataru Kamijo (Back injury), Patrick Wood (Ankle injury) and Gus Hoefsloot (Meniscus tear) aren’t available for Sydney FC gaffer Ufuk Talay. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Jake Girdwood-Reich, Jordan Courtney-Perkins and Róbert Mak.

📋 Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Western Sydney Wanderers boss Marko Rudan to be concerned about. Jack Gibson (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Lachlan Brook and Nicolas Milanovic.

🔮 Prediction

It certainly seems that Western Sydney Wanderers could really find it hard to be putting goals past a Sydney FC team who seem set to score a lot of goals.

We reckon that it will be a convincing 3-0 victory for Sydney FC by the conclusion of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 09:03 13/04/2024