It's advantage Melbourne City so far with their 1st position in the A-League table, welcoming Macarthur who are placed 6th.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (57) in A-League
- Macarthur have the most points (23) away in A-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Melbourne City form and stats
31 points is a decent return from 13 A-League games here at AAMI Park for Melbourne City. The data says 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The Melbourne City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Newcastle Jets here at AAMI Park in a A-League match. Florin Berenguer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Berenguer hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 54 successful passes (of 63 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Melbourne Victory that finished 1-1.Melbourne are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at AAMI Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 36 goals in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Melbourne City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Macarthur form and stats
7 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Macarthur, who have the most points (23) away in A-League, playing as the away team in the A-League this season. Momentum is building for Macarthur in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The attacking players of Macarthur have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 239 minutes.
Two travels in a row for Macarthur, whose manager A. Milicic could celebrate last time after the A-League win against Central Coast Mariners (after extra-time). Aleksandar Susnjar was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Susnjar won 5 of 5 duels. A victory against Central Coast Mariners (after extra-time) as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Macarthur hit the posts three times. Macarthur made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, James Meredith receiving a red card in the 75th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Macarthur won the match 2-0!
A loss against Wellington Phoenix was the result prior to that, in a home game.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Macarthur have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Macarthur have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Macarthur - Melbourne 1-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Melbourne wins - draws - Macarthur wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 25 goals |   M. Derbyshire 14 goals | C. Noone 6 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Melbourne City | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 57 | 36 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 35 |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 85% |
| 65% | 85% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 56% |
| 46% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 22% |
| 31% | 38% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 62% | 69% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 52% |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 43% | 30% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| 7.1 | 7.4 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17.8 | 19.5 | 21.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.4 |
| 6.3 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 29% |
- Macarthur have the most points (23) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Macarthur have scored away.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most matches over the total-line (15) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (31) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (36) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (57) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+25) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |