Melbourne City have played better than Macarthur so far this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need prior to kickoff:
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals (11) in A-League
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Macarthur have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melbourne City and Macarthur should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City are steadily winning A-League games and points here at AAMI Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Melbourne.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Melbourne City, who played 3-3 against Adelaide United. That match was also played at this venue (AAMI Park). Late drama in the game against Adelaide United as Melbourne City were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until MacLaren popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Berisha (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Berisha served one assist, hit six key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Brisbane Roar the opponent.Melbourne City are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at AAMI Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches.
Macarthur form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Macarthur have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Macarthur are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Macarthur delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Western United (placed 11th) in their previous fixture. The draw against Western United came from a losing position. The Macarthur manager Sterjovski brought on Drew as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Aspropotamitis was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Aspropotamitis won 4 of 5 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Adelaide United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Macarthur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Macarthur have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City have won at least one point in the last 5 games (4-1-0) facing Macarthur.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |   M. Millar 4 goals |  M. Leckie 3 goals |
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| Melbourne City | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 12 | 20 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 36% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 29% | 21% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16.3 | 16.3 | 23.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.7 | 12.5 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 30% | 30% |
| 10 | 7.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 14.7 | 15.2 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals (11) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most clean sheets (6) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+16) in A-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Sydney | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
