A-League: Macarthur - Western Sydney Wanderers game guide and numbers

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 06:05 (UTC)
Venue: Campbelltown Stadium

Macarthur have taken 20 of their 32 in total here at their familiar ground. How will they do against Western Sydney Wanderers?

Insights:
  • Macarthur have the fewest clean sheets (4) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in A-League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the A-League.

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Macarthur form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Macarthur have to build on here at Campbelltown Stadium in the A-League. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Macarthur to get some points in this home game.

The Macarthur club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Campbelltown Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Newcastle Jets (placed 9th). Midfielder Noone was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Noone hit six key passes.

Ahead of that match, Macarthur lost 1-4 at home to Melbourne Victory.

This is expected to be a close game, with Macarthur perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Macarthur as a small favourite), we find nine games. Macarthur has won four of these, drawn four and lost one.

The Macarthur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Macarthur have conceded 20 from these games.

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Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

There's been little loot from Western Sydney Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the A-League. Western Sydney Wanderers only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Wellington Phoenix with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Attacker Hemed got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Hemed scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Perth Glory.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Western Sydney Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Wanderers, three draws and nine defeats.

Western Sydney Wanderers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Western Sydney Wanderers have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Macarthur - Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior four meetings): Macarthur won three games, one match ended with a draw and Western Sydney Wanderers managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Top Goalscorers

MacarthurU. Dávila Plascencia
U. Dávila Plascencia
7 goals
Western Sydney WanderersT. Hemed
T. Hemed
6 goals
MacarthurC. Noone
C. Noone
5 goals

Macarthur missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players

Macarthur Western Sydney Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
9 6 3 Won W 1 2 6
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 8
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 11
37 20 8 Scored S 4 14 29
46 20 7 Conceded C 6 22 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
80% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 76%
68% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 44%
52% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 32%
20% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 16%
64% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 52%
16% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 24%
20% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 32%
 
6 6.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 6.5 6.1
5.8 6.6 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.6
2.6 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.1
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.6 17.2 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 14 15
5.1 5.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 4.4
29% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 27%
 
14.7 14.5 16.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.8 11.4
5.8 5.8 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 3.9
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Macarthur have the fewest clean sheets (4) in A-League
  • Macarthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in A-League
  • Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 13 7 5 53 32 12 6 4 2 25 15 13 7 3 3 28 17 21 46
2 Melbourne Victory 25 12 9 4 38 24 13 6 5 2 22 13 12 6 4 2 16 11 14 45
3 Western United 25 13 6 6 39 28 13 9 2 2 25 12 12 4 4 4 14 16 11 45
4 Adelaide United 25 11 7 7 36 30 12 6 2 4 20 13 13 5 5 3 16 17 6 40
5 Central Coast Mariners 25 11 6 8 47 35 12 7 3 2 25 16 13 4 3 6 22 19 12 39
6 Wellington Phoenix 25 12 3 10 33 47 13 8 2 3 19 20 12 4 1 7 14 27 -14 39
7 Macarthur 25 9 5 11 37 46 12 6 2 4 20 20 13 3 3 7 17 26 -9 32
8 Sydney 24 8 7 9 35 37 12 4 4 4 20 20 12 4 3 5 15 17 -2 31
9 Newcastle Jets 25 8 5 12 45 41 13 6 2 5 29 19 12 2 3 7 16 22 4 29
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 25 6 8 11 29 37 13 4 5 4 15 15 12 2 3 7 14 22 -8 26
11 Brisbane Roar 25 6 5 14 26 38 12 5 2 5 16 16 13 1 3 9 10 22 -12 23
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 13 2 4 7 8 15 13 2 2 9 12 28 -23 18

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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.