Macarthur FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

Macarthur FC

4 – 0

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Wellington Phoenix FC

Fri 24 Apr 2026 · 09:35 UTC Campbelltown Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 47' Kazuki Nagasawa

Dean Bosnjak 51' Y

Y 63' Paulo Retre

Matthew Jurman 89' Y

Overview

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Macarthur FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC — A League at Campbelltown Stadium.

Macarthur FC 4 games · 5 pts (2026/27)
Wellington Phoenix FC 4 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lachlan Keevers
Referee Emma Kocbek (Australia)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Wellington Phoenix FC	4	10
2	Sydney FC	4	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	7
5	Perth Glory FC	4	6
6	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	4	5
7	Macarthur FC	4	5
8	Auckland FC	4	5
9	Melbourne Victory FC	4	3
10	Newcastle United Jets FC	4	2
11	Central Coast Mariners FC	4	2
12	Adelaide United FC	3	1

Head-to-Head

Macarthur FC 14 games · Avg 2.8 goals Wellington Phoenix FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-24 Macarthur FC 4–0 Wellington Phoenix FC 2025-11-22 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Macarthur FC 2025-01-20 Macarthur FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2024-12-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–2 Macarthur FC 2024-04-27 Wellington Phoenix FC 3–0 Macarthur FC

Recent Form

Macarthur FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Apr	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	4–0	W
19 Apr	Adelaide United FC	A	1–3	L
12 Apr	Perth Glory FC	A	1–3	L
02 Apr	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	3–2	W
21 Mar	Auckland FC	A	2–1	W
15 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–4	L

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Apr	Macarthur FC	A	0–4	L
18 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–1	W
12 Apr	Melbourne City FC	A	0–2	L
05 Apr	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–0	W
21 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–1	W
14 Mar	Perth Glory FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Macarthur FC		Wellington Phoenix FC
#7	Position	#1
5	Points	10
4	Played	4
1 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	3 / 1 / 0
4	Scored	7
4	Conceded	1
+0	GD	+6
1.25	PPG	2.50
25%	Win %	75%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
Macarthur FC this season

75% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

Macarthur FC are 7th (5 pts). Wellington Phoenix FC are 1st (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Macarthur FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Wellington Phoenix FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/–

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Macarthur FC

Ryan Fraser	1 G	2 A
Musa Toure	1 G	1 A
Jonathan Aspropotamitis	1 G
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	1 G

Wellington Phoenix FC

Corban Piper	3 G
Riley Bidois	2 G
Nathan Walker	1 G	1 A
Rafael Duran	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Campbelltown Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' A quiet spell here at Campbelltown Stadium. Wellington Phoenix FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
6' The deadlock is broken! Matthew Jurman gets on the scoresheet on 6 minutes.
11' Macarthur FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 11.
16' Corban Piper has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
21' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
22' What composure from Dean Bosnjak! The Australia international strokes it home. 2-0.
27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
32' Both keepers have barely been tested. Macarthur FC and Wellington Phoenix FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
34' Luke Brattan makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Macarthur FC are in front.
39' Tim Payne needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
44' Macarthur FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' The crowd applauds Fin Conchie as he leaves the pitch. Luke Brooke-Smith steps in for Wellington Phoenix FC.
47' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Kazuki Nagasawa on 47 minutes.
51' Dean Bosnjak picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
56' It looks surprising Wellington Phoenix FC does not make any changes. Alex Robinson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
61' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Chris Greenacre will be considering his options from the bench.
63' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Paulo Retre.
68' Wellington Phoenix FC is showing some good football. However, Wellington Phoenix FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
71' Bernardo Oliveira is replacing Luke Vickery for the Macarthur FC side.
76' It’s high time Chris Greenacre made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
78' The whistle greets Mitchell Duke as he departs to be replaced by Harry Sawyer.
80' What a moment for Bernardo Oliveira! That strike on 80 puts his side firmly in control.
82' Macarthur FC ring the changes. Callum Talbot has done his job and it is now time for Harry Politidis to step up.
83' Tomislav Uskok gets the nod from Macarthur FC. He replaces Damien da Silva and will look to change the dynamic.
88' Macarthur FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
89' The referee shows Macarthur FC player a card on 89.
90' Lukas Kelly-Heald makes way for Daniel Edwards at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Wellington Phoenix FC.
With this win, Macarthur FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Macarthur FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Filip Kurto
22
Liam Rose
6
Tomislav Uskok ↑ 83'
19
Harry Politidis ↑ 82'
11
Bernardo Oliveira ↑ 71'
28
Harry Sawyer ↑ 78'
35
Henrique Oliveira ↑ 78'

Coach Mile Sterjovski

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Paulo Retre
28
Bill Tuiloma
25
Kazuki Nagasawa ↓ Sarpreet Singh 71'
6
Tim Payne ↓ Matt Sheridan 71'
1
Joshua Oluwayemi
16
Sander Kartum ↓ Ramy Najjarine 46'
15
Isaac Hughes
18
Lukas Kelly-Heald ↓ Daniel Edwards 90'
5
Fin Conchie ↓ Luke Brooke-Smith 46'
3
Corban Piper
7
Ifeanyi Eze

Bench

9
Sarpreet Singh ↑ 71'
11
Carlo Armiento
20
Ramy Najjarine ↑ 46'
30
Alby Kelly-Heald
27
Matt Sheridan ↑ 71'
12
Daniel Edwards ↑ 90'
29
Luke Brooke-Smith ↑ 46'

Coach Chris Greenacre

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kosta Barbarouses	7
Bozhidar Kraev	4
Ben Waine	3
Ulises Davila	3
Moudi Najjar	2
Oskar Zawada	2
Lachlan Rose	2
Bernardo Oliveira	2

Head to Head

Macarthur FC Form

2026-04-24 Macarthur FC 4–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-04-19 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Macarthur FC L 2026-04-12 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Macarthur FC L 2026-04-02 Macarthur FC 3–2 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2026-03-21 Auckland FC 1–2 Macarthur FC W 2026-03-15 Melbourne Victory FC 4–1 Macarthur FC L

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2026-04-24 Macarthur FC 4–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-04-18 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2026-04-12 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-04-05 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-03-21 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-03-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.33 Macarthur FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.05 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

I would bet for: Macarthur FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Macarthur FC45% Draw28% Wellington Phoenix FC27%

Actual: Macarthur FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.38

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	42%	58%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Macarthur FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Wellington Phoenix FC

55%

Macarthur FC or Wellington Phoenix FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Macarthur FC29% Draw50% Wellington Phoenix FC21%

Actual: Macarthur FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13.9%

0 – 0

11.4%

1 – 0

11.1%

0 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

8.3%

2 – 0

7.9%

1 – 2

6.6%

0 – 2

4.9%

2 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

3.7%

3 – 0

3.4%

1 – 3

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Macarthur FC

Handicap	Macarthur FC covers	Push	Wellington Phoenix FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	22%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	17%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Macarthur FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.