Macarthur have delivered 3 home triumphs this season, Western Sydney Wanderers have won 1 away. Which team betters their records in this meeting?
- Macarthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Macarthur have less rest than Western Sydney Wanderers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A-League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Melbourne City, so at least Macarthur are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Macarthur form and stats
Macarthur have collected 11 points from their A-League home games so far after 3-2-1.
Macarthur lost their last game at Melbourne City (placed 1st) after a 1-3 scoreline. Defender Uskok got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Uskok won 8 of 8 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Melbourne Victory (1-3).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 six games. Macarthur has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.
The Macarthur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Macarthur have conceded 8 goals.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers have only collected 4 points from their away games in the A-League, after 1-1-4 (6 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Western Sydney Wanderers are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Western Sydney Wanderers are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Sydney (placed 7th). Midfield player Baccus was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Baccus scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Newcastle Jets wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Western Sydney Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Wanderers, four draws and seven defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Western Sydney Wanderers manager Rudan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Adelaide United.
Western Sydney Wanderers find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Western Sydney Wanderers - Macarthur 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Macarthur won two games, one match ended in a draw and Western Sydney Wanderers managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / twoTop Goalscorers
  T. Hemed 4 goals |   T. Uskok 3 goals | L. Rose 3 goals |
Macarthur missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 13% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 36% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.3 | 18.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.8 | 14.6 |
| 5.1 | 6.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 26% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 14.5 | 14.7 | 22 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.8 | 11.2 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 3.7 |
- Macarthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) 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 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 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Western United | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Sydney | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -8 | 11 |
