March 9th features a match where Macarthur will travel to Melbourne to battle Melbourne City in a meeting of these two A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Melbourne City sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Perth Glory. Florin Berenguer Bohrer scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 8th minute, then Mathew Leckie added another in the 29th minute. Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Macarthur is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Melbourne Victory. Nicholas D’Agostino scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 20th minute, then Nicholas D’Agostino added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Macarthur is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Melbourne City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Apostolos Giannou has been the most prolific scorer on Macarthur in his last five matches with 2 goals. Melbourne City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with MacLaren and Mathew Leckie each having 3 goals in their last five.