In this week 7 match, on Sunday Dec 11th, Macarthur will play host to Melbourne Victory in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. Macarthur is fresh off their 3-2 win against Central Coast Mariners. Al Hassan Toure scored the first goal for Macarthur in the 14th minute, then Jonathan Aspropotamitis added another in the 48th minute. Macarthur is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Melbourne Victory recorded a 0-3 loss against Adelaide United. Hiroshi Ibusuki scored the first goal for Adelaide United in the 37th minute, then Craig Goodwin added another in the 86th minute from the penalty spot In the end, Melbourne Victory was frustrated by Adelaide United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Adelaide United ended the match with the shutout victory. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Melbourne Victory won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Melbourne Victory is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Bruno Fornaroli and Nicholas D’Agostino each only have 1 goal in their last five. Both Matthew Millar and Rose have been the hottest scorers for Macarthur in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.