📏 Form Guide

Western United

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Western United will be hoping for a better result following the 2-1 A-League loss in their previous game against Brisbane Roar.

In that match, Western United had 48% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Western United was Hiroshi Ibusuki (45'). For their opponents, Brisbane Roar got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Sam Klein (2') and Florin Bérenguer (24') scored for Brisbane Roar.

Fixtures involving Western United have often been engaging affairs lately with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six games alone, a total of 26 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.33 goals per game) with 17 of those being chalked up by Western United.

A look at their previous results shows us that Western United:

• remain unbeaten by Sydney FC when playing them at home in the previous 2 league games.
• have not lost a league tie with Sydney FC in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC will go into the clash following on from a 3-2 A-League win versus Newcastle United Jets in their last game.

In that match, Sydney FC had 52% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Sydney FC, the goals were scored by Douglas Costa (36'), Adrian Segecic (55') and Jaiden Kucharski (83'). Newcastle United Jets got 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Lachlan Rose (18') and Kota Mizunuma (22') scored for Newcastle United Jets.

The numbers tell their own story, and Sydney FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. At the back, Sydney FC have clearly had some problems. Regardless, it remains to be seen whether such a trend will be sustained in this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 16/10/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with Western United winning 2 of those games, Sydney FC 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 28 overall which averages out at 4.67 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was A-League match day 8 on 14/12/2024 when it ended Sydney FC 3-4 Western United.

On that day, Sydney FC managed 64% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 13 on target. The goals were scored by Adrian Segecic (37', 45') and Rhyan Grant (68').

On the other side, Western United got 19 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Noah Botić (3'), Abel Walatee (46'), Rhys Bozinovski (62') and Michael Ruhs (87') scored.

The referee was Jack Morgan.

🗞️ Team News: Western United

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the Western United gaffer John Aloisi to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Abel Walatee (concussion) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Sydney FC

Sydney FC boss Ufuk Talay has to choose a team with limited availability. Aaron Gurd (Broken collarbone) and Alex Grant (Calf injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Sydney FC and Western United should both be able to find the back of the net at least once here although it’s difficult at this stage to select a clear winner.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and there should be goals with a draw being quite a realistic outcome. We’re therefore anticipating a highly competitive game with a 2-2 score draw at full-time.

Renata Leite, 06:10 27/04/2025