Macarthur FC vs Sydney FC Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Macarthur FC

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Macarthur FC will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-2 A-League victory versus Adelaide United.

In that match, Macarthur FC had 53% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Macarthur FC, the goalscorers were Ariath Piol (84') and Tommy Smith (88'). Adelaide United had 25 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Nestor Irankunda (20') scored for Adelaide United.

At least three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Macarthur FC have participated. Their opponents scored 12 of them in this period whereas Macarthur FC managed a tally of 9.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Macarthur FC:

• have not lost a league tie with Sydney FC in their last 2 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC will come into the meeting following a 2-1 A-League win with the downing of Western Sydney Wanderers in their previous match.

In that match, Sydney FC had 59% possession and 18 shots at goal with 9 on target. For Sydney FC, goals were scored by Fábio Gomes (72') and Jaiden Kucharski (98'). For their opponents, Western Sydney Wanderers had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Zac Sapsford (95') was the scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers.

In their last 6 clashes, Sydney FC have bagged the sum of 8 goals. Sydney FC have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 8 goals go into their own net. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

Going into this one, Sydney FC haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 27/11/2021 shows us that Macarthur FC have won 3 of them & Sydney FC 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 10 of them for Macarthur and 8 for The Sky Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was A-League match day 7 on 09/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Sydney FC 0-2 Macarthur FC.

That day, Sydney FC had 59% possession and 19 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

Macarthur FC had 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Jake Hollman (28') and Valère Germain (86') scored.

The referee was Daniel Elder.

🗞️ Team News: Macarthur FC

Kealey Adamson (Ankle injury), Jake McGing (Pelvic injury) and Bernardo Oliveira (Achilles tendon surgery) will not be able to play for Macarthur FC boss Mile Sterjorvski. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Jake Hollman, Ulises Dávila and Yianni Nicolaou.

🗞️ Team News: Sydney FC

Sydney FC manager Ufuk Talay has to currently contend with reduced team options. Wataru Kamijo (Back injury), Joseph Lacey (Ankle injury), Patrick Wood (Ankle injury) and Gus Hoefsloot (Meniscus tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Jordan Courtney-Perkins and Jake Girdwood-Reich.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Sydney FC should see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Macarthur FC may well find it hard to score themselves but we do see them seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 1-3 margin for Sydney FC come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 08:04 19/04/2024