Western Sydney Wanderers — MacArthur: forecast for the Australian Championship match
Western Sydney Wanderers and MacArthur will play in the 19th round of the Australian A-League. The opponents occupy adjacent positions in the standings and are not yet in the playoff zone. The hosts are in eighth position, and the guests are one line higher. The teams are separated by only three points. Will the Wanderers be able to catch up on February 16? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Current form
Western Sydney Wanderers occupy the eighth place in the A-League standings, but so far they have a good chance of getting into the top 6. The team is only three points behind Sydney FC and MacArthur, with a match in hand. The last home matches have been extremely unsuccessful for the Wanderers. Alen Stajcic's team lost to Oakland (0:1), Central Coast Mariners (1:3) and MacArthur (2:3) at their stadium. At the same time, the team scored points in away matches with Perth Glory (2:1), Brisbane Roar (1:0) and Sydney FC (3:3). Now the hosts will try to break the series of home defeats.
Disqualifications and injuries
Dylan Scicluna, Jeong Tae-wook and Joshua Laws will miss the match due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has lost its last three home matches.
- The hosts have won only once in the last four rounds.
Approximate composition: Thomas - Clisby, Jeong, Bontig, Pantazopoulos - Milanovic, Priestmann, Pelekanos, Kraev - Sapsford, Borello

Macarthur FC

Current form
MacArthur continues to fight for a place in the top 6. The competition for places in the playoffs is very serious and anyone can be left out. At the moment, the guests occupy only seventh place in the standings, but the sixth Sydney FC is ahead of the Bulls only in additional indicators. The team has played the last three matches against strong opponents and has achieved completely different results. The victory over Melbourne City (1-0) was followed by a 1-2 away defeat to championship leader Auckland. In the last round, Campbelltown shared the points with Western United (2-2).
Disqualifications and injuries
Valerie Germain will not play due to suspension. Christian Popovic remains in the infirmary with a knee injury. Dean Bosniak, Frans Delhi, Oliver Randazzo and Alexander Robinson went to the national team. Liam Rose's appearance on the field is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has won only one of the last four matches.
- The guests have scored four victories in the last five away matches.
Approximate composition: Courtauld - Vujica, Jones, Jurman, Adamson - Brattan, Hollman, Rose -Oliveira, Yakolish, Drew
Trends
The bet is an exact score of 2:2
The last match of the guests ended with the following score
12.00Bet Both will score
Stavka has played in the last five face-to-face matches
1.40The bid is the number 2 in the final bill
This pattern has worked in three of the last four away matches.
2.03Tip and bets
The guests are playing a great game in away matches, recently the club even gave out a series of four away wins in a row. At the same time, the hosts are performing poorly at their stadium, having suffered three defeats in the last three matches at the CommBank Stadium. Recently, MacArthur lost its place in the playoff zone, so the upcoming match will be determined only to win. We believe that the Bulls will be able to score points in this match.
Our forecast is an Asian handicap (0) for MacArthur at 2.30
Bet on the total
Only 17 matches have passed in the Australian championship, but both of today's opponents have already scored more than 30 goals in the season. The teams prefer an attacking style of play and obviously will not change tactics in face-to-face confrontation, because both need a victory to get to the top 6. At least four goals have been scored in each of the last seven face-to-face matches, and the tradition will certainly not be broken today.
Our forecast is a total of more than 3.5 goals per 2.00
Betting on corners
Judging by the way the teams have been playing lately, they will be able to please the fans with an abundance of riding totals, including the number of serves from the corner flag.
Our forecast is a total of more than 10.5 corners in 1.80