Western United get everything set for another match after their 6-0 result against Perth Glory, a game that produced some answers. What will happen against Macarthur?
- Western United have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League
- Macarthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in A-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Western United form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 A-League games here for Western United. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Western's previous game was also played at home, ending 6-0 versus Perth Glory (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Western United "killed" Perth Glory in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Wales when beating Perth Glory, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Midfield player Wales got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Wales scored three goals.
Ahead of that match, Western United lost 1-4 at home to Wellington Phoenix.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 Western have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost one.
The Western United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches.
Macarthur form and stats
There's been little loot from Macarthur's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the A-League. Macarthur only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
Macarthur had fun at their own home last time out, beating Brisbane Roar 2-1. McGing and Dávila scored. Defender Mariappa was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Mariappa won 4 of 5 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Adelaide United before that.Macarthur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and zero defeats. From a total of six matches.
After this away game Macarthur return home for a A-League game against Melbourne Victory. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Macarthur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head encounter ended Macarthur - Western 2-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Western United one win, one draw and Macarthur two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Prijović 8 goals |   U. Dávila Plascencia 7 goals |  S. Luštica 5 goals |
Western United missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Western United | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 36 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 36 |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 77% |
| 55% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 36% | 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 55% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 50% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 8% | 14% |
| 5.7 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.1 | 13.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.4 | 13.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 36% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 33% |
| 14.1 | 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
- Macarthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in A-League
- Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League
- Western United have the most points (26) at home in A-League
- Western United 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 32 |
| 7 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -23 | 14 |
