On the 25th of February, Melbourne City hosts Sydney in a A-League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Melbourne Victory. Damien Da Silva scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 7th minute, then Mathew Leckie tied it up for Melbourne City in the 24th minute on a feed from Richard van der Venne , but luckily for Melbourne Victory it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 6th placed Sydney, recorded a 1-1 draw against Brisbane Roar. Nikola Mileusnić struck first for Brisbane Roar in the 34th minute on a feed from Joe Knowles, but Alex Parsons got the equalizer for Sydney in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Sydney is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 10th of December, Sydney hosted Melbourne City in their last match together. Sydney won by a score of 2 to 1. Jamie MacLaren struck first for Melbourne City in the 22nd minute on a penalty, then Joe Lolley got the equalizer for Sydney in the 23rd minute on a feed from Paulo Retre Finally they completed the comback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Adam Le Fondre to cap off a wild match.
Adam Le Fondre has been the most effective weapon for Sydney lately. The English attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. Mathew Leckie has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Melbourne City.