In a weekend match in week 5, on Sun Dec 19th, Sydney will play host to Wellington Phoenix in a clash of these two evenly matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sydney sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Central Coast Mariners. Marco Ureña scored the first goal for Central Coast Mariners in the 14th minute, then Caceres added another on an own goal in the 16th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sydney couldn’t manage to score, and Central Coast Mariners took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in their last match, Wellington Phoenix recorded a 0-4 loss against Newcastle Jets. Beka Mikeltadze scored the first goal for Newcastle Jets in the 32nd minute, then Beka Mikeltadze added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Valentino Yuel In the end, Wellington Phoenix 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. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Sydney won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Gary Hooper has been the most prolific scorer on Wellington Phoenix in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Sydney is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kosta Barbarouses and Elvis Kamsoba each only have 1 goal in their last 5.