Week 7 features a match on Saturday Dec 10th, where Melbourne City and Sydney will play a match in Sydney in a clash of the A-League. 6th placed Sydney is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Western Sydney Wanderers. Kusini Yengi struck first for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 70th minute on a feed from Miloš Ninković, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sydney couldn’t manage to score, and Western Sydney Wanderers took the shutout win. Sydney is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while melbourne City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets. Richard van der Venne scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 20th minute, but Jamieson got the equalizer for Newcastle Jets on an own goal in the 38th minute. Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Melbourne City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Jamie MacLaren has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 7 goals for Melbourne City. Sydney is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Joe Lolley and Róbert Mak each having 2 goals in their last 5.