A short glance at the A-League standings indicate an edge to Macarthur when they travel to Sydney. But; let's await the match before we award the win!
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (7) in A-League
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
Sydney form and stats
All-inclusive A-League stats playing at home this season for Sydney are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Sydney in their previous match, an away game at Central Coast Mariners that ended in defeat 1-2. Attacking player Lolley bettered all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Lolley hit four key passes.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Melbourne City.A decent goal production from Sydney in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Sydney have conceded 7 from these games. When Sydney hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Western United, Perth Glory and Newcastle Jets), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Macarthur form and stats
Playing away, Macarthur have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the A-League this season.
Impressive finishing from Arabuli secured the home win 1-0 against Perth Glory in their previous game. Vujica was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Vujica won 10 of 13 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Melbourne Victory.Macarthur have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Macarthur have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Sydney have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Macarthur.The latest archived match featuring both these participants is the Macarthur - Sydney 2-3 played earlier this season. The games between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 4 red cards from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Mak 3 goals |  J. Lolley 3 goals |  A. Le Fondre 2 goals |
Sydney missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Sydney | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.9 | 17.5 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 33% |
| 12.2 | 14 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 16 | 16.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 6.1 |
- Macarthur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (7) in A-League
- Sydney 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Sydney | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Western United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
