Western United 0-1 Sydney — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - FFA Cup, 29 Jul 2025

📅29/07/2025 · 🕒12:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
31%
2.19
Draw
27%
3.64
Away
42%
2.62
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
2.51
Over 2.5
48%
1.48
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.41
No
49%
2.67
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✓
27%
5.41
2-3 Goals
38%
2.0
4-5 Goals
23%
2.58
6+ Goals
12%
5.97
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 5.41 — our 27% vs market 13.4%. Landed.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
14%
3.16
1/2
10%
24.35
1/X
6%
12.25
X/1
11%
5.79
X/2
18%
6.52
X/X
14%
6.02
2/1
6%
21.75
2/2
14%
3.78
2/X
7%
12.45
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
31%
Home Win
42%
-10.6pp
27%
Draw
24%
+3.4pp
42%
Away Win
34%
+7.1pp
52%
Under 2.5
36%
+15.6pp
48%
Over 2.5
64%
-15.6pp
51%
BTTS Yes
67%
-15.2pp
49%
BTTS No
33%
+15.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Western United EU Bookmakers 46%
Head to Head
AWAY Sydney EU Bookmakers 38%
+0% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +57% / +57%
–/– Expected GoalsScored / Conceded –/–
/ Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -7% / +135%
50% Ball Possession 50%
14 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 5
340 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 342 · 80%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 21.0
Crosses 13.0
Yellow Cards 1.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Western United
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Sydney
2.00 Avg Goals (FT) 2.50
2.24 xG 2.06
41% Ball Possession 59%
14 Total Shots 20
5 Shots on Target 8
4 Corners 7
258 Passes 410
72% Pass Accuracy 80%
22 Box Touches 29
16 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
27.04.2025 Western United Western United 1-0 HT 1-0 Sydney Sydney AVUS
14.12.2024 Sydney Sydney 3-4 HT 2-1 Western United Western United AVUS
03.02.2024 Western United Western United 2-2 HT 1-2 Sydney Sydney AVUS
23.12.2023 Sydney Sydney 4-2 HT 2-1 Western United Western United AVUS
17.09.2023 Sydney Sydney 3-0 HT 2-0 Western United Western United AVUK
01.04.2023 Sydney Sydney 3-3 HT 1-2 Western United Western United AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Western United
0-1
AWAY Sydney
1.01 xG 0.18
54% Ball Possession 46%
13 Total Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 2
503 Passes 431
85% Pass Accuracy 82%
29 Box Touches 15
25 Crosses 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Western United vs Sydney
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sydney squeezed past Western United 1-0 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Sydney as the likeliest winner at 42%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Western United had 54% of the ball to Sydney's 46%, shots finished 13-6, expected goals 1.01 to 0.18 — the balance of chances actually favoured Western United.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 2.00 goals for Western United and 2.50 for Sydney.

What was the final score of Western United vs Sydney?

Western United 0-1 Sydney in the Australia - FFA Cup on 29/07/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Western United vs Sydney?

Before kick-off our model rated an Sydney win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Western United 31%, draw 27%, Sydney 42%. The final score 0-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sydney), Under 2.5 — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Sydney) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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