On the 5th of March, in this week 17 match, Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney will play a match in Sydney in a meeting of these two A-League teams in the ever popular Sydney derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Western Sydney Wanderers sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Newcastle Jets. Angus Thurgate struck first for Newcastle Jets in the 61st minute on a feed from Daniel Penha, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Western Sydney Wanderers was frustrated by Newcastle Jets’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Newcastle Jets ended the match with the shutout victory. Western Sydney Wanderers looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while sydney is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Melbourne City. Retre scored the first goal for Melbourne City on an own goal in the 32nd minute, then Milos Ninkovic tied it up for Sydney in the 53rd minute. Sydney is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney last played eachother at the Commbank Stadium on Nov 20th. Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Western Sydney Wanderers nor Sydney could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Sydney’s most prolific scorer has been Bobô. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Dimitri Petratos has been the most prolific scorer on Western Sydney Wanderers in his last 5 matches with two goals.