Open game expected at Allianz Stadium: Macarthur vs Wellington Phoenix preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 06:05 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

This promises to be another interesting encounter at Allianz Stadium in the A-League. Macarthur is in 5th position and welcome Wellington Phoenix in 9th place. Read all about the match here!

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!

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Macarthur form and stats

Macarthur have played 1 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Macarthur fans got no joy from their last match, a A-League game also here at Allianz Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Central Coast Mariners (placed 1st). In the game before, an away victory match versus Western Sydney Wanderers with a 1-0 scoreline.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Melbourne City are coming to town in four days.

Macarthur has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

Home advantage was not enough for Wellington in their previous game, as they lost their A-League-match, hosting Sydney, 1-2. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Perth Glory.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wellington Phoenix playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were two Wellington wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Wellington has another fixture away, a A-League game, against Western United in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Let's have a look at how Wellington Phoenix performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 17/22 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MacarthurM. Milligan
M. Milligan
1 goals
Wellington PhoenixM. Muratovic
M. Muratovic
1 goals

Macarthur missing players

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Macarthur Wellington Phoenix
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 22
6 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
8% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%

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.