📏 Form Guide

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers prepare for this game following on from a 1-1 A-League stalemate versus Auckland FC.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers had 58% possession and 15 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers was Nicolas Milanović (51'). On the other side, Auckland FC had 20 shots on goal with 5 on target. Felipe Gallegos (45') scored for Auckland FC.

Fixtures involving Western Sydney Wanderers have often been absorbing encounters recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 24 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 17 of these accredited to Western Sydney Wanderers. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

Western United

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Western United go into this game after a 3-1 A-League win versus Perth Glory in their previous fixture.

In that match, Western United had 47% possession and 16 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Western United, the goals were scored by Rhys Bozinovski (3') and Ramy Najjarine (86'). On the other side, Perth Glory had 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Jayden Pearman (55') and Taras Gomulka (65' Own goal) scored for Perth Glory.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Western United, at least three goals have been hit. The average number of goals per game within that spell is 4.33, with the average number of goals for Western United working out to 3.17.

Going into this one, Western United are unbeaten in their previous 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 18/12/2022 shows that Western Sydney Wanderers have won 3 of them and Western United 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 of them from The Wanderers and 5 for The West. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league fixture between these sides was A-League match day 2 on 27/10/2024 and the score finished Western United 1-1 Western Sydney Wanderers.

That day, Western United managed 43% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Hiroshi Ibusuki (48').

Western Sydney Wanderers had 16 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Brandon Borrello (14') scored.

The match was refereed by Alireza Faghani.

📰 Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the lone fitness concern for the Western Sydney Wanderers manager Alen Stajčić to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Dylan Scicluna (Cruciate ligament tear) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: Western United

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Western United gaffer John Aloisi to be concerned about. Abel Walatee (concussion) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Western United will likely create enough chances to breach the defence of this Western Sydney Wanderers side, however it might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping a narrow 2-1 victory for Western Sydney Wanderers when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s see what eventuates.

Andre Moura, 06:15 13/04/2025