In a weekend match in week 18, on Fri Mar 11th, Sydney hosts Western United at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in a clash of the A-League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 6th placed Sydney, recorded a 0-2 loss against Western Sydney Wanderers. Tomer Hemed scored the first goal for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 37th minute from the penalty spot, then Keanu Baccus added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Dimitri Petratos At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sydney couldn’t manage to score, and Western Sydney Wanderers took the shutout win. Sydney looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Western United recorded a 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets. Leo Lacroix scored the first goal for Western United in the 16th minute, then Leo Lacroix added another in the 52nd minute. Western United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 23rd of February, Western United hosted Sydney at the Whitten Oval in their last match together. Western United won by a score of 1 to 0. Steven Luštica struck first for Western United in the 67th minute on a feed from Aleksandar Prijović, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Sydney couldn’t muster any offence and Western United ran away with the shutout win.
Both Ben Garuccio and Steven Luštica have been the hottest scorers for Western United in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Max Burgess and Bobô are the top scorers for Sydney in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.