Melbourne City vs Sydney – Preview, Tips and Odds

Australia: A-League

Melbourne City

Full Time

3:2

Sydney FC

Highlights and Stats

Melbourne City will welcome Sydney on Saturday for a match of the 18th round of the A-League. The hosts in this tie are in 1st place in the standings with 34 points, while their next opponents are down to the 6th spot with 24 points.

Melbourne City vs Sydney Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2022/12/10	Last 20 Games
Melbourne City	loss	? Laway Whome Waway Whome Daway Whome Daway Whome Laway Waway Laway Lhome Lhome Laway Lhome Laway Lhome Daway Whome Dhome
Sydney FC	win	? Whome Laway Lhome Laway Dhome Laway Dhome Laway Whome Lhome Whome Waway Waway Whome Waway Whome Waway Dhome Laway Daway

Worth Mentioning

The last match between the sides concluded in a home win for Sydney, with the final score of 2:1. The two opponents faced each other on 10th of December 2022. Before the last encounter, Melbourne City were on a run of three consecutive victories and have not been defeated in the last seven H2H clashes. In the last 10 direct meetings, being the host turned out to be very beneficial. The home team registered 6 wins and did not suffer any losses in 8 out of 10. Just 2 out of the last 10 games between Melbourne City and Sydney resulted in a draw. Out of the last five matches between the opponents, four yielded over 2.5 goals and four witnessed goals scored at both ends of the field. Throughout the extent of this period, Melbourne City kept a clean sheet one time and Sydney conceded in all five clashes. From a statistical point of view, the recent five matches between the two sides finished with an average of 3.20 goals.

Melbourne City vs Sydney Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

Melbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  1.35

  1.55

• Fouls

  14.05

  11.80

• Corners

  5.20

  4.20

• Offsides

  2.35

  1.50

• Cards

  2.30

  2.25

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2022/12/10 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  17

  8

• Corners

  6

  4

• Offsides

  2

  2

• Cards

  5

  1

• Posession

  55%

  45%

2022/04/06 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  4

  0

• Fouls

  16

  10

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  4

  1

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2022/02/26 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  14

  12

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  0

  3

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  42%

  58%

2021/06/27 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  15

  14

• Corners

  10

  1

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  2

  4

• Posession

  70%

  30%

2021/04/10 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  10

  10

• Corners

  7

  7

• Offsides

  3

  0

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  58%

  42%

2021/02/23 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  14

  10

• Corners

  3

  3

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  1

  5

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2020/08/30 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  19

  18

• Corners

  9

  7

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2020/08/01 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  19

  13

• Corners

  10

  6

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2019/12/29 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  20

  8

• Corners

  9

  5

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2019/03/17 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  14

  9

• Corners

  4

  3

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  1

  0

• Posession

  45%

  55%

2019/02/03 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  13

  16

• Corners

  5

  2

• Offsides

  2

  4

• Cards

  3

  0

• Posession

  64%

  36%

2018/11/02 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  17

  15

• Corners

  2

  1

• Offsides

  4

  2

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  59%

  41%

2018/02/10 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  0

  4

• Fouls

  13

  16

• Corners

  5

  1

• Offsides

  0

  0

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2017/12/15 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  14

  16

• Corners

  4

  5

• Offsides

  4

  1

• Cards

  4

  2

• Posession

  43%

  57%

2017/11/03 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  15

  14

• Corners

  4

  3

• Offsides

  4

  0

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  43%

  57%

2017/04/01 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  12

  15

• Corners

  6

  3

• Offsides

  3

  0

• Cards

  0

  3

• Posession

  48%

  52%

2017/02/24 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  18

  19

• Corners

  1

  4

• Offsides

  4

  4

• Cards

  6

  2

• Posession

  41%

  59%

2016/12/09 A-League

Melbourne CityHSydney FC

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  21

  13

• Corners

  3

  3

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  3

  6

• Posession

  60%

  40%

2016/03/05 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  3

  0

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  5

  4

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  39%

  61%

2016/01/02 A-League

HMelbourne CitySydney FC

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  7

  11

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  46%

  54%

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Melbourne City Form

Melbourne City recorded a 3:2 away loss in a clash against Melbourne Victory of the A-League played on February 18. Prior to their most recent game, the team was on a run of two successive wins and had not witnessed a defeat during their most recent eight games. Playing on homeground worked miracles throughout Melbourne City’s recent 10 encounters. The home side earned the victory 5 times in total and avoided defeat on 8 occasions. Of their last five games, four resulted in over 2.5 goals and four had both teams scoring. During that period Melbourne City managed to keep one clean sheet, while they failed to score in just one match. Their recent 5 matches proved to be packed with goals, with a total of 24 being netted.

• Goals
  2.80
• Fouls
  12.20
• Corners
  6.10
• Offsides
  1.70
• Cards
  1.50
• Posession
  61%

Sydney Form

The latest match of Sydney was against Brisbane Roar on Saturday, with the outcome being a 1:1 draw at home. The team is currently unbeaten in four consecutive meetings, winning each of the previous three. Playing on homeground had no considerable impact in Sydney’s last ten meetings, as the hosts recorded 3 wins while the guests triumphed on 5 occasions. Just two of those last 10 clashes were draws. Two of Sydney’s five previous matches finished with more than 2.5 goals and three saw both involved sides finding the back of the nets. Sydney managed to prevent their opponents from scoring on one occasion and they failed to net goals on their own in one of those encounters. During the team’s recent five outings, the goalkeepers had to pull the ball out of the nets 12 times altogether.

• Goals
  1.30
• Fouls
  11.30
• Corners
  5.00
• Offsides
  1.40
• Cards
  2.00
• Posession
  51%

Formations and Lineups

Melbourne City

Formation:4-3-1-2

• G1Tom Glover
• D25Callum Talbot
• D6Thomas Lam
• D4Nuno Reis
• D38Jordan Bos
• M14Valon Berisha
• M13Aiden O'Neill
• M10Florin Berenguer
• M8Richard van der Venne
• F9Jamie MacLaren
• F23Marco Tilio

1 Tom Glover 25 Callum Talbot 6 Thomas Lam 4 Nuno Reis 38 Jordan Bos 14 Valon Berisha 13 Aiden O'Neill 10 Florin Berenguer 8 Richard van der Venne 9 Jamie MacLaren 23 Marco Tilio

Sydney FC

Formation:4-1-4-1

• G1Andrew Redmayne
• D23Rhyan Grant
• D29Aaron Gurd
• D4Alex Wilkinson
• D18Diego Caballo
• M26Luke Brattan
• M22Max Burgess
• M8Paulo Retre
• M17Anthony Caceres
• M10Joe Lolley
• F11Róbert Mak

1 Andrew Redmayne 23 Rhyan Grant 29 Aaron Gurd 4 Alex Wilkinson 18 Diego Caballo 26 Luke Brattan 22 Max Burgess 8 Paulo Retre 17 Anthony Caceres 10 Joe Lolley 11 Róbert Mak

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Melbourne City	Last Sydney FC	Probability	Value Odds Over
Melbourne City WIN	6/10	6/10	-	51.50%	1.94
DRAW	2/10	3/10	2/10	19.74%	5.07
Sydney FC WIN	2/10	-	5/10	28.76%	3.48
Over 2.5 Goals	6/10	7/10	5/10	60.00%	1.67
BTTS	6/10	6/10	5/10	57.00%	1.75
Over 4.5 Cards	5/10	5/10	5/10	50.00%	2.00
Over 10.5 Corners	5/10	4/10	6/10	50.00%	2.00
Melbourne City over 1.5 Goals	6/10	7/10	-	64.50%	1.55
Sydney FC over 1.5 Goals	3/10	-	5/10	39.00%	2.56

Match Details

Melbourne CityvsSydney FC

• 90+6`
  3 - 2

  

  D. Caballo
• 90+5`
  N. ReisTripping

  
• 90+1`
  (in) S. Galloway(out) M. Tilio

  
• 76`
  

  (in) P. Wood(out) M. Burgess
• 76`
  

  (in) J. Kucharski(out) R. Mak
• 76`
  (in) A. Nabbout(out) J. Maclaren

  
• 64`
  

  (in) J. King(out) P. Retre
• 64`
  

  (in) A. Parsons(out) J. Lolley
• 56`
  

  P. RetreTripping
• 55`
  R. van der VenneElbowing

  
• 30`
  J. MaclarenM. Tilio

  

  3 - 1
• 28`
  2 - 1

  

  R. MakJ. Lolley
• 13`
  M. Tilio

  

  2 - 0
• 5`
  J. MaclarenF. Berenguer

  

  1 - 0

Players Ratings

Melbourne CityvsSydney FC

• 

  9Jamie MacLaren

  8.3 / 10

• 

  23Marco Tilio

  8.2 / 10

• 

  10Florin Berenguer

  7.3 / 10

• 

  4Nuno Reis

  7.2 / 10

• 

  38Jordan Bos

  7.2 / 10

• 

  14Valon Berisha

  7 / 10

• 

  6Thomas Lam

  6.9 / 10

• 

  8Richard van der Venne

  6.9 / 10

• 

  13Aiden O'Neill

  6.6 / 10

• 

  15Andrew Nabbout

  6.5 / 10

• 

  1Tom Glover

  6.2 / 10

• 

  25Callum Talbot

  6.2 / 10

• 

  18Diego Caballo

  8.2 / 10

• 

  26Luke Brattan

  7.5 / 10

• 

  29Aaron Gurd

  7.3 / 10

• 

  11Róbert Mak

  7 / 10

• 

  1Andrew Redmayne

  6.9 / 10

• 

  3Joel King

  6.9 / 10

• 

  25Jaiden Kucharski

  6.9 / 10

• 

  17Anthony Caceres

  6.6 / 10

• 

  10Joe Lolley

  6.6 / 10

• 

  22Max Burgess

  6.5 / 10

• 

  12Patrick Wood

  6.5 / 10

• 

  23Rhyan Grant

  6.2 / 10

• 

  4Alex Wilkinson

  6.2 / 10

• 

  21Alex Parsons

  6.2 / 10

• 

  8Paulo Retre

  6 / 10