On the 12th of March, Macarthur plays host to Western Sydney Wanderers in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 4th placed Macarthur, recorded a 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 earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Western Sydney Wanderers recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Sydney. Tomer Hemed scored the first goal for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 37th minute from the penalty spot, then Baccus added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Dimitri Petratos At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sydney couldn’t manage to score, and Western Sydney Wanderers took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Macarthur won by a score of 2 to 0. Tomislav Uskok scored the first goal for Macarthur in the 64th minute, then Hollman added another in the 74th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Macarthur took the shutout win.
Western Sydney Wanderers is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Dimitri Petratos and Tomer Hemed each having 2 goals in their last 5. Macarthur’s most prolific scorer has been Apostolos Giannou. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.