📏 Form Guide

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 A-League defeat in their last game at the hands of Sydney FC.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers was Zac Sapsford (95'). For their opponents, Sydney FC got 18 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Fábio Gomes (72') and Jaiden Kucharski (98') scored for Sydney FC.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Western Sydney Wanderers have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Western Sydney Wanderers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 16 goals during that time.

Coming into this fixture, Western Sydney Wanderers have not won at home in their last 6 league games. Things will have to change soon.

Melbourne City

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Melbourne City will come into the encounter following a 8-0 A-League win versus Perth Glory in their most recent match.

In that game, Melbourne City managed 64% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 11 on target. For Melbourne City, the goalscorers were Léo Natel (14', 29'), Tolgay Arslan (16', 26', 73'), Jamie Maclaren (60') and Steven Ugarković (86'). Perth Glory got 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Kaelan Majekodunmi (19' Own goal) was the scorer for Perth Glory.

A succession of resolute displays by the Melbourne City defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their last 6 fixtures in total. In that period, their own attack force has managed to score 18. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Analysis of their past results shows that Melbourne City:

• remain undefeated by Western Sydney Wanderers when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A very decent away record against them.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/01/2022 tells us that Western Sydney Wanderers have won 1 of these games & Melbourne City 3, with the number of draws being 2.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.

The last league contest between the two was A-League match day 12 on 12/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Melbourne City 7-0 Western Sydney Wanderers.

On that occasion, Melbourne City had 64% possession and 21 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. The goalscorers were Tolgay Arslan (30', 32'), Léo Natel (39'), Max Caputo (42'), Nuno Reis (72'), Jamie Maclaren (77') and Terry Antonis (82').

At the other end, Western Sydney Wanderers got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Jack Morgan.

🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Brandon Borrello (Hamstring injury), Jorrit Hendrix (unknown injury), Tom Beadling (unknown injury) and Jack Gibson (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Western Sydney Wanderers manager Marko Rudan. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Lachlan Brook and Nicolas Milanovic.

📰 Team News: Melbourne City

Melbourne City manager Aurelio Vidmar has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marco Tilio (Muscle injury), Benjamin Mazzeo (Syndesmosis ligament tear), Scott Galloway (Calf injury) and Andrew Nabbout (Achilles tendon surgery) miss out here. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Patrick Beach and Callum Talbot.

🔮 Prediction

For this match, we think that Melbourne City can see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, Western Sydney Wanderers might well find it a difficult task getting goals although we reckon that they could well end up converting at least once here.

Therefore, we are anticipating a fairly comfortable 1-3 winning score for Melbourne City when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Renata Leite, 05:07 20/04/2024