Adelaide United vs Macarthur FC Live Stream, Predictions

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Adelaide United

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Adelaide United enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 A-League tied result against Melbourne Victory.

In that game, Adelaide United had 56% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Adelaide United was Craig Goodwin (7'). Melbourne Victory got 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Nick D'Agostino (49') was the scorer for Melbourne Victory.

It’s not been often in recent games that Adelaide United have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Adelaide United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals in the process.

Macarthur FC

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Central Coast Mariners in A-League action, Macarthur FC and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Macarthur FC had 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Macarthur FC was Matt Millar (57'). Central Coast Mariners got 16 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Marco Túlio (4') and Jason Cummings (26') scored for Central Coast Mariners.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Macarthur FC has been noticeable recently. Checking on their last 6 outings shows that this has occurred 5 times. During these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 7 while Macarthur FC have scored 7. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, though.

↔️ Head to head

The last league match featuring the two was A-League match day 2 on 16/10/2022 and the score finished Macarthur FC 2-0 Adelaide United.

In that match, Macarthur FC had 37% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Daniel Arzani (27') and Lachlan Rose (57').

Adelaide United had 21 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Shaun Evans.

📋 Team News: Adelaide United

The Adelaide United manager Carl Veart will be grateful to have no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

📰 Team News: Macarthur FC

Owing to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Macarthur FC manager Dwight Yorke doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that Macarthur FC will surely be able to put one past this Adelaide United side, however that probably won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We are anticipating a 2-1 winning margin for Adelaide United after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:35 16/01/2023