Week 20 features a match on Sat Mar 26th, where Macarthur plays host to Melbourne City in a clash of these two closely matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Macarthur is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Central Coast Mariners. Marco Ureña struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 27th minute, then Adrian Mariappa tied it up for Macarthur in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time , but luckily for Central Coast Mariners it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Macarthur is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Melbourne City, recorded a 1-1 draw against Melbourne Victory. Marco Rojas scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 19th minute, then Curtis Good tied it up for Melbourne City in the 45th minute on a feed from Berenguer Bohrer earning them at least the one point. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Macarthur and Melbourne City last played eachother at the Aami Park on Wed Mar 9th. Melbourne City won by a score of 3 to 1. Apostolos Giannou scored the first goal for Macarthur in the 15th minute, then Adrian Mariappa tied it up for Melbourne City on an own goal in the 28th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 44th minute on a goal by Berenguer Bohrer.
Both Mathew Leckie and Berenguer Bohrer have been the hottest scorers for Melbourne City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Macarthur is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Apostolos Giannou and Ulises Dávila each having 2 goals in their last five.