Western United vs Western Sydney Wanderers predictions for Sunday's A-League game
Wanderers seek recovery after a derby defeat
Wanderers historically dominate, winning 3 of the last 4 meetings
Tip: Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers | Odds |
Wanderers Win Full-Time Result | @2.35 |
Wanderers & BTTS Result / Both Teams To Score | @3.60 |
Western United vs Western Sydney Wanderers Preview
Western Sydney Wanderers are licking their wounds following another derby defeat at the hands of rivals Sydney FC. I'm backing a reaction and for the visitors to claim all three points.
Western United have seen BTTS in their last 4 A-League games
Western Sydney Wanderers have won 3 of the last 4 matches against Western United.
Western Sydney Wanderers have seen BTTS in their last 7 A-League games
Head To Head
The Wanderers have won three of the last four meetings between the teams, but Western United prevailed in the most-recent clash, emerging 3-1 winners at CommBank back in March.
Western United Form
It was an extremely disappointing season for Western last term with the club were anchored to the bottom of the ladder for most of the campaign, only avoiding the wooden spoon late on.
Western lost 15 of their 27 games last season, but they avoided defeat in their opening game of the new campaign last week following a 1-1 draw away to Wellington.
John Aloisi's side fought bravely after conceding on the stroke of half-time and their efforts were rewarded when Angus Thurgate scored a brilliant goal from just outside the box in the 76th minute to level the scores.
Western United Team News
Western are dealing with some injury concerns to various players, with Remy Najjarine, Ben Garuccio and Khoder Kaddour all out, while Besian Kutleshi is away on international duty.
James York and Jordan Lauton have been promoted to this weekend's matchday squad.
Western Sydney Wanderers Form
It hasn't been a great run of form for the Wanderers lately, losing three of their last four games of the previous season to miss out on the finals.
They were also bundled out of the Australia Cup early by Adelaide United.
Things haven't got better to start the new A-League season, with the Wanderers suffering a 2-1 defeat against bitter rivals Sydney FC in the derby.
Ayden Hammond managed to level the scores for the Wanderers in the second-half, but they couldn't hold on in front of their home fans.
It was WSW's fourth A-League defeat in their last five outings.
Western Sydney Wanderers Team News
Wanderers manager Alen Stajcic has named an unchanged squad for this encounter, with goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas still unavailable through injury.