Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Wellington Phoenix in 8th and Macarthur in 5th place.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. This match was also played here at WIN Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Macarthur have had more rest.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix have collected 8 points from their A-League home games so far after 2-2-3.
The Wellington Phoenix supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Melbourne Victory in A-League and win 4-1. In the match before that, Wellington hosted Brisbane Roar and drew the game 1-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wellington have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn three and lost two.
The Wellington Phoenix fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Wellington have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Macarthur form and stats
The visitors are W4-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Macarthur are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Impressive finishing from Matt Derbyshire and Markel Susaeta secured the home win 2-1 against Western United in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Macarthur manager A. Milicic faced defeat when travelling to Melbourne City and losing 0-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Macarthur in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Macarthur, zero draws and one defeat.
The visiting Macarthur have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Macarthur have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Macarthur - Wellington Phoenix 1-1, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Derbyshire 8 goals |   U. Dávila Plascencia 5 goals | D. Ball 4 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 85% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 31% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 16 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 14.3 | 15.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 28% |
- All of Wellington Phoenix's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wellington Phoenix 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 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sydney | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Western United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 7 |