Week 6 features a match on Saturday Nov 12th, where Sydney plays host to Western Sydney Wanderers in a meeting of these two A-League teams in the anticipated Sydney derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Sydney sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Brisbane Roar. Charlie Austin struck first for Brisbane Roar in the 6th minute on a feed from Joe Knowles, then Yared Abetew added another in the 12th minute. Sydney is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Western Sydney Wanderers is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Central Coast Mariners. Michael Ruhs struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 66th minute, then Michael Ruhs added another in the 72nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Central Coast Mariners took the shutout win. Western Sydney Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Sulejman Krpić has been the most prolific scorer on Western Sydney Wanderers in the last five matches with 2 goals. Róbert Mak has been the most prolific scorer on Sydney in the last five matches with 3 goals.