On Jan 1st, Western Sydney Wanderers and Macarthur will play a match in Sydney in a clash of these two evenly matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. Western Sydney Wanderers is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brisbane Roar. Oliver Božanić struck first for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 18th minute on a feed from Brandon Borrello, then Yared Abetew got the equalizer for Brisbane Roar in the 62nd minute on a feed from Scott Neville earning them at least the one point. Western Sydney Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Macarthur recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Sydney. Arabuli struck first for Macarthur in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Craig Noone, then Ulises Dávila added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Al Hassan Toure At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sydney couldn’t manage to score, and Macarthur took the shutout win. Macarthur is looking for direction having 4 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 Macarthur won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 draw.
Bachana Arabuli has been the most effective weapon for Macarthur lately. The attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Kusini Yengi and Yeni N’Gbakoto are the top scorers for Western Sydney Wanderers in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.