Melbourne City FC vs Macarthur FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

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Tue 23 Dec 2025 · 08:15 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Melbourne City FC vs Macarthur FC — A League .

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2026/27)
Macarthur FC 26 games · 34 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jonathon Barreiro
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Newcastle United Jets FC	26	48
2	Adelaide United FC	26	43
3	Auckland FC	26	42
4	Melbourne Victory FC	26	40
5	Sydney FC	26	39
6	Melbourne City FC	26	38
7	Macarthur FC	26	34
8	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	33
9	Central Coast Mariners FC	26	32
10	Perth Glory FC	26	31
11	Brisbane Roar FC	26	26
12	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	26	21

Head-to-Head

Melbourne City FC 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Macarthur FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-23 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Macarthur FC 2025-03-07 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Macarthur FC 2025-01-25 Macarthur FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2024-03-01 Macarthur FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC 2023-11-12 Melbourne City FC 3–3 Macarthur FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Dec	Macarthur FC	H	1–1	D
20 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	H	0–1	L
06 Dec	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–0	W
29 Nov	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	0–0	D
21 Nov	Adelaide United FC	A	1–4	L
08 Nov	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–0	W

Macarthur FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Dec	Melbourne City FC	A	1–1	D
19 Dec	Brisbane Roar FC	H	2–1	W
05 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	H	0–0	D
30 Nov	Perth Glory FC	H	0–2	L
22 Nov	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	1–0	W
09 Nov	Sydney FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC		Macarthur FC
#6	Position	#7
38	Points	34
26	Played	26
10 / 8 / 8	W / D / L	9 / 7 / 10
33	Scored	37
33	Conceded	44
+0	GD	-7
1.46	PPG	1.31
38%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Macarthur FC are 7th (34 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Melbourne City FC get us underway at .
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Macarthur FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	9
Richard van der Venne	3
Bernardo Oliveira	2
Ulises Davila	2
Max Caputo	2
Terry Antonis	1
Florin Berenguer	1
Jake Hollmann	1

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2025-12-23 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Macarthur FC D 2025-12-20 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2025-12-06 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2025-11-29 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC D 2025-11-21 Adelaide United FC 4–1 Melbourne City FC L 2025-11-08 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W

Macarthur FC Form

2025-12-23 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Macarthur FC D 2025-12-19 Macarthur FC 2–1 Brisbane Roar FC W 2025-12-05 Macarthur FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC D 2025-11-30 Macarthur FC 0–2 Perth Glory FC L 2025-11-22 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Macarthur FC W 2025-11-09 Sydney FC 2–0 Macarthur FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.34 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.17 Macarthur FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Macarthur FC 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC41% Draw29% Macarthur FC30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

70%

Draw or Macarthur FC

59%

Melbourne City FC or Macarthur FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC28% Draw49% Macarthur FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

10.2%

1 – 0

9.8%

0 – 1

8.4%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 0

7.1%

0 – 2

5.4%

2 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

3.7%

3 – 0

3.1%

1 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Macarthur FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	21%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	18%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Macarthur FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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