Read up on this action-packed match in the A-League. Macarthur is in the 1st spot from featuring in five games. They greet Sydney who are placed 7th from five games.
- Macarthur is in the best form (4-1-0) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League
Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
Macarthur form and stats
Macarthur have collected seven points from their first three A-League games here at Campbelltown Stadium, a promising start. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A nice win for Macarthur last time playing, versus Newcastle Jets. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Meredith and Silva scoring for the victors. Macarthur made it very difficult for themselves, when Kurto got a red card in the 18th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Macarthur won the match 2-1! The talented striker Silva outdid all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 9.04 out of 10. Silva scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that match, a win away at Western Sydney Wanderers.Macarthur has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Macarthur have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sydney form and stats
Still no away game victory in the A-League for Sydney with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The supporters enjoyed Sydney's previous game versus Wellington Phoenix (placed 10th), a A-League 2-1 win played at home. Midfield player Caceres was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.25/10. Caceres served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 44 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Central Coast Mariners before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sydney has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head meeting ended Sydney - Macarthur 0-1, earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Macarthur victories, zero draws and two Sydney wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Rose 2 goals |   E. Kamsoba 2 goals | A. Le Fondre 2 goals |
Macarthur missing players
Sydney missing players
| Macarthur | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 4 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17.4 | 18.3 | 22 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12 | 12.2 |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- Macarthur have not yet lost a game.
- Macarthur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Macarthur have scored in all their matches so far.
- Macarthur have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in A-League
- Macarthur have the most points from losing position (4) in A-League
- Macarthur have the the best goal difference (+5) in A-League
- Macarthur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Macarthur is in the best form (4-1-0) in A-League
- Sydney have failed to score a single goal away.
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League
- Sydney have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Sydney have yet to win a game away.
| Macarthur | Last season | Sydney | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 75% | ||
| 54% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 43% | ||
| 21% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 21% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 11% | ||
| 50% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 54% | ||
| 29% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 14% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 14.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| 13.9 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Western United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Sydney | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Adelaide United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
