Evenly matched teams: Macarthur vs Sydney match preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Campbelltown Stadium

Macarthur receive Sydney for another intriguing A-League game here at Campbelltown Stadium.

Insights:
  • Sydney have the most scored goals (7) in A-League

Macarthur and Sydney should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Macarthur form and stats

The hosts won their first A-League game here at Campbelltown Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Macarthur last season were 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 13 games.

The Macarthur manager Milicic and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Western United (placed 12th). Macarthur's goalie Kurto played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Western United with a stunning six saves. Midfielder Noone was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.95 (out of ten) in that game. Noone served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Macarthur won a home game hosting Adelaide United (2-0).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Macarthur at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Sydney form and stats

Only one away game in the A-League so far for Sydney and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 6 losses from 13 travels.

Sydney's last game was the home draw against Adelaide United (2-2). As mentioned above, Sydney drew the match against Adelaide United. Manager Corica brought on Wood to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Lolley was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.22/10. Lolley scored one goal and hit five key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Western United with the score of 3-1.

{3 goals} so far away for Sydney, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (Macarthur wins - draws - Sydney wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

SydneyR. Mak
R. Mak
2 goals
SydneyJ. Lolley
J. Lolley
2 goals

Macarthur missing players

Sydney missing players

Macarthur Sydney
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 3 7
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5.3
8.7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5
3.3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 18.7
3.7 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5.7
27% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 41%
 
18.3 23 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 12.7
6 8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.7
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (3) in A-League
  • Sydney have the most points from losing position (4) in A-League
  • Sydney have the most scored goals (7) in A-League
  • Sydney have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in A-League
Macarthur Last season Sydney
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
9 6   Won W   4 8
6 3   Drew D   3 7
11 4   Lost L   6 11
38 21   Scored S   16 37
47 21   Conceded C   20 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
81% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 92%
65% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 65%
50% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 38%
19% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 19%
65% 69%   BTTS BTTS   31% 54%
15% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 19%
19% 23%   Failed to Score F T   46% 31%
 
6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.9
6 6.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.2
2.6 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.1
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
14.8 17.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 14.3
5.1 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.7
29% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 30%
 
15 15.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 12.4
5.9 6.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 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 Melbourne City 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Newcastle Jets 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
4 Macarthur 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
5 Sydney 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
6 Perth Glory 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
7 Melbourne Victory 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
8 Wellington Phoenix 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 2
9 Adelaide United 3 0 2 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 2
10 Brisbane Roar 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
11 Central Coast Mariners 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
12 Western United 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 1
Last season 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 14 7 5 55 33 13 7 4 2 27 16 13 7 3 3 28 17 22 49
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 13 6 5 2 22 13 13 7 4 2 20 12 17 48
3 Western United 26 13 6 7 40 30 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 4 4 5 15 18 10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 13 7 2 4 22 14 13 5 5 3 16 17 7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 13 8 3 2 27 16 13 4 3 6 22 19 14 42
6 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 3 11 34 49 13 8 2 3 19 20 13 4 1 8 15 29 -15 39
7 Macarthur 26 9 6 11 38 47 13 6 3 4 21 21 13 3 3 7 17 26 -9 33
8 Sydney 26 8 7 11 37 44 13 4 4 5 21 24 13 4 3 6 16 20 -7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 13 6 2 5 29 19 13 2 3 8 16 24 2 29
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 2 4 7 15 23 -8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 13 6 2 5 19 17 13 1 3 9 10 22 -10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 13 2 4 7 8 15 13 2 2 9 12 28 -23 18

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.