This could be an interesting match as Macarthur have their presumed home advantage while Melbourne City are ahead 4 points in the A-League table.
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (38) in A-League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Macarthur form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Macarthur at their home stadium (Campbelltown Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Macarthur drew their last game, also a home match. Newcastle Jets (placed 11th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Adelaide United (1-3).
Macarthur have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Campbelltown Stadium with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Macarthur have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
4-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melbourne City, who have the most scored goals (38) in A-League, in their A-League matches away.
Melbourne City won their last game, 7-0 versus Melbourne Victory played at home. Before that, Melbourne travelled to Sydney and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
As you can tell from the results above, Melbourne was very dominant against Melbourne Victory, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with Andrew Nabbout, Adrian Luna and Jamie MacLaren (5) providing the goals. Jamie MacLaren certainly enjoyed Melbourne's last game versus Melbourne Victory, appearing multiple times in the match report with five goals and the 7-0 victory.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Melbourne City manager P. Kisnorbo as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against Brisbane Roar.
Melbourne City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. 11 goals have been conceded by Melbourne in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Melbourne City - Macarthur 3-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 19 goals |   M. Derbyshire 11 goals | C. Noone 5 goals |
Macarthur missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Macarthur | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 38 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 88% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 62% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 44% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 38% |
| 22% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14.9 | 16.2 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.3 | 16.4 | 18.1 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| 28% | 31% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 38% |
- All of Macarthur's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (38) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+20) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (4-1-1)
| 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 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Sydney | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Western United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -27 | 11 |