In this 17th week match, on Friday Mar 4th, Melbourne Victory hosts Macarthur in a meeting of these two evenly matched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 5th placed Melbourne Victory, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Central Coast Mariners. Velupillay scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Central Coast Mariners was frustrated by Melbourne Victory’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Melbourne Victory ended the match with the shutout victory. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Macarthur recorded a 2-2 draw against Newcastle Jets. Tomislav Uskok struck first for Macarthur in the 21st minute on a feed from Craig Noone, but Beka Mikeltadze got the equalizer for Newcastle Jets in the 32nd minute . Macarthur is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Macarthur won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Adrian Mariappa and Craig Noone have been the hottest scorers for Macarthur in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Robbie Kruse and Ben Folami are the top scorers for Melbourne Victory in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.