Western Sydney Wanderers and Macarthur are both high-flying in the A-League with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Let's hope for a great game!
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an entertaining fixture with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Western Sydney Wanderers have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Western Sydney Wanderers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Brisbane Roar that ended 1-1. Defender Cleur got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Cleur hit four key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Western United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Western Sydney Wanderers has scored {4 goals-1} so far and conceded {4 goals-2} from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Macarthur form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Macarthur have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Macarthur are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Macarthur have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Filip Kurto. It's been 186 minutes since they last conceded in A-League.
Macarthur play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Sydney (placed 9th). Arabuli, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.42. Arabuli scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Macarthur secured a home win against Perth Glory with the score 1-0.Macarthur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 8 matches.
Macarthur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Macarthur in these games.
Head 2 Head
Macarthur have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Wanderers.Top Goalscorers
  B. Arabuli 3 goals |   S. Krpić 2 goals | L. Rose 2 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 6.8 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.4 | 11.9 |
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 25% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 9.6 | 9 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 15 | 15.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
- Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (8) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 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 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 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 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
