National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Campbelltown City or Macarthur that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Macarthur have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Campbelltown and Macarthur.
Campbelltown City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Steve Woodcock Sports Centre as Campbelltown City have scored 27 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Npl South Australian are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Campbelltown City's previous fixture was a Australian Cup game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 against Macarthur. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
Before that, Campbelltown City had a Npl South Australian home game versus Adelaide Olympic which ended with a victory 2-1.Goals decide football matches and Campbelltown City are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Campbelltown have conceded only 9 goals.
Macarthur form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Macarthur, as they won the Australian Cup.Macarthur have only collected 8 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-2-9 (13 played).
Two away matches in a row for Macarthur, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Campbelltown City in the Australian Cup.
Ahead of that, the Australian Cup victory away at Perth Glory.
For Macarthur, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Millar 5 goals | ![]() U. Dávila Plascencia 3 goals |
Campbelltown City missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Campbelltown City | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 64 | 41 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 14 | Conceded | C | 32 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 62% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 15.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | NE MetroStars | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 48 | 56 |
| 2 | Campbelltown City | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 53 |
| 3 | Adelaide United || | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Adelaide City | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Modbury Jets | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 31 | -4 | 30 |
| 6 | Adelaide Comets | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -3 | 29 |
| 7 | Croydon Kings | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | White City Woodville | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -9 | 28 |
| 9 | Adelaide Olympic | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | South Adelaide Panthers | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 30 | -18 | 19 |
| 11 | Sturt Lions | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -23 | 16 |
| 12 | West Adelaide | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -23 | 15 |
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Macarthur | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -17 | 26 |