Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Auckland (3rd, 42 pts) and Western Sydney Wanderers (12th, 21 pts). Recent form told a different story for Auckland: only 10th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Western Sydney Wanderers were scoring 1.04 and conceding 1.65, Auckland 1.62 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Western Sydney Wanderers, 2 by Auckland, 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Spotless Stadium in Sydney staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Auckland: Lachlan Brook (74'), Jesse Randall (57')