A-League: Western Sydney Wanderers are ready for the visit of Macarthur in what could be an entertaining football match. Tipsway gives you a full preview!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in A-League
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Western Sydney Wanderers have to build on here at Commbank Stadium in the A-League.
An away draw last time out for Wanderers, facing Adelaide United in a game that ended 4-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Western Sydney Wanderers, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Adelaide United. Fun stuff to watch! Layouni was able to secure the draw 4-4 in the game against Adelaide United after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Layouni, a forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.21 (out of 10). Layouni scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match, Western Sydney Wanderers lost 0-1 at home to Sydney.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wanderers handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 17 league games, 13 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
Western Sydney Wanderers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Western Sydney Wanderers have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Macarthur form and stats
There's been little loot from Macarthur's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the A-League. Macarthur only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Macarthur are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Macarthur failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Newcastle Jets (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Silva got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Silva dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Wellington Phoenix.Macarthur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Macarthur have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Macarthur manager Sterjovski has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders played each other previously this season; Western Sydney Wanderers - Macarthur 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Western Sydney Wanderers one win, two draws and Macarthur three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Borrello 6 goals |  Y. N'Gbakoto 4 goals |   M. Millar 4 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Macarthur missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 71% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 38% | 24% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 6.4 | 8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 11.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 27% |
| 11.6 | 12.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 15.6 | 15.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6 |
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (4) at home in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (13) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Sydney | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Western United | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
