Campbelltown Stadium: Macarthur vs Melbourne City A-League pre-match info

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Campbelltown Stadium

This pair of participants are relishing a nice season so far and fixtures like today could be decisive. Get the info on Macarthur - Melbourne City!

Insights:
  • Macarthur have the most conceded goals (30) in A-League
  • Melbourne City have the most scored goals (41) in A-League

Melbourne City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Brisbane Roar. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Macarthur form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Campbelltown Stadium as Macarthur have scored 13 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the A-League are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Macarthur bring valid hopes of a third.

Macarthur faced defeat in their previous match, away at Central Coast Mariners (2-4). Midfielder Noone was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Noone served one assist and hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Western Sydney Wanderers in a game that was won 3-1.

The Macarthur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Macarthur have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Melbourne City form and stats

Melbourne City have an excellent away record in the A-League so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games.

Two away matches in a row for Melbourne, whose manager Kisnorbo could celebrate last time after the win against Brisbane Roar.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Melbourne Victory.

The Melbourne City manager Kisnorbo has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 9 league matches. As opposed to that, Melbourne City have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other before this campaign: Melbourne City - Macarthur 3-1. Head to head data (for the prior four meetings): Macarthur won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Melbourne City have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne CityJ. MacLaren
J. MacLaren
12 goals
Melbourne CityM. Leckie
M. Leckie
6 goals
Melbourne CityF. Berenguer Bohrer
F. Berenguer Bohrer
5 goals

Macarthur missing players

Melbourne City missing players

Macarthur Melbourne City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 7 2 Played P 4 9 20
7 4 1 Won W 0 5 10
4 2 1 Drew D 3 3 7
6 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
28 13 6 Scored S 6 20 41
30 9 3 Conceded C 7 13 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 85%
71% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 89% 80%
59% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 67% 55%
18% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 15%
71% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 89% 80%
24% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
6% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 11% 10%
 
5.6 5.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 6 6.8
5.3 5.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.8 4.4
2.6 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14.1 17 26 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.6 14.7
5.2 6.1 11.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 5.3
31% 30% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 48% 39%
 
14.5 14.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13 11.1
5.5 5.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 3.6
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Macarthur have the most conceded goals (30) in A-League
  • Macarthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in A-League
  • Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Melbourne City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melbourne City have the most points (18) away in A-League
  • Melbourne City have the most scored goals (20) away in A-League
  • Melbourne City have the most scored goals (41) in A-League
  • Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in A-League
  • Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+13) in A-League
  • Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+7) away in A-League
  • Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Melbourne City is in the best form (3-3-0) 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 20 10 7 3 41 28 11 5 4 2 21 15 9 5 3 1 20 13 13 37
2 Western United 18 10 4 4 22 18 9 7 1 1 12 6 9 3 3 3 10 12 4 34
3 Adelaide United 19 7 7 5 28 24 8 3 2 3 15 12 11 4 5 2 13 12 4 28
4 Macarthur 17 7 4 6 28 30 7 4 2 1 13 9 10 3 2 5 15 21 -2 25
5 Sydney 18 6 6 6 24 21 9 3 3 3 14 12 9 3 3 3 10 9 3 24
6 Melbourne Victory 16 6 6 4 22 19 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 2 3 2 7 8 3 24
7 Wellington Phoenix 15 6 3 6 19 26 9 6 2 1 16 9 6 0 1 5 3 17 -7 21
8 Central Coast Mariners 16 5 4 7 24 24 8 4 3 1 16 11 8 1 1 6 8 13 0 19
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 17 5 4 8 18 24 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 1 5 10 16 -6 19
10 Newcastle Jets 16 5 3 8 28 28 8 4 1 3 17 11 8 1 2 5 11 17 0 18
11 Brisbane Roar 16 5 2 9 19 24 7 4 1 2 11 7 9 1 1 7 8 17 -5 17
12 Perth Glory 16 3 4 9 13 20 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 2 2 4 8 8 -7 13

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.