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' KICK OFF: Melbourne City FC gets underway.
It finishes all square. Melbourne City FC and Macarthur FC share the spoils 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
Connor Metcalfe	1
Jonathan Aspropotamitis	1
Michael Ruhs	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.