Week 11 brings us a match on Apr 6th where Melbourne City will host Sydney at Aami Park in a clash of these two closely matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Melbourne City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Wellington Phoenix. Finn Surman struck first for Melbourne City on an own goal in the 17th minute, then Mathew Leckie added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Berenguer Bohrer In the end, Wellington Phoenix was frustrated by Melbourne City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Melbourne City ended the match with the shutout victory. Melbourne City is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sydney recorded a 3-2 win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Adam Le Fondre struck first for Sydney in the 2nd minute, but Tomer Hemed got the equalizer for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 17th minute , but Sydney kept scoring and walked away with the win. Sydney is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Melbourne City and Sydney last played eachother at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Feb 26th. Melbourne City was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Paulo Retre struck first for Melbourne City on an own goal in the 32nd minute, but Ninkovic got the equalizer for Sydney in the 53rd minute.
Trent Buhagiar has been the most prolific scorer on Sydney in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. For Melbourne City, their top scorers are MacLaren and Marco Tilio, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.