Sydney v Macarthur prediction

A-League · Mon, 28 Dec 2026 08:00 GMT

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:25 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for Sydney v Macarthur, A-League on Mon, 28 Dec 2026 08:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

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The match

Sydney host Macarthur in the A-League on Monday 28 December (kick-off 08:00 UK).

Form and the table

Six of Sydney’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (40%). Both teams scored in eight of Sydney’s last 15 results in all competitions (53%). At home, Sydney have two wins, five draws and two defeats in their last 9 home matches in all competitions — 1.22 points per game, scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.11.

11 of Macarthur’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (73%). Both teams scored in 10 of Macarthur’s last 15 results in all competitions (67%). Away from home, Macarthur have one win, one draw and five defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 0.57 points per game, scoring 0.86 and conceding 2.14.

Macarthur are winless in their last three matches in all competitions. Sydney (second) and Macarthur (seventh) are two points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Sydney the stronger side, 120 rating points above Macarthur (Sydney 1563, Macarthur 1442, after at least 164 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

Sydney are unbeaten in the last three meetings with Macarthur. The most recent meeting, on 10 January 2026, finished Macarthur 0–3 Sydney.

Team news

Predicted Sydney XI (4-2-3-1): H. Devenish-Meares, R. Grant, B. Garuccio, J. Courtney-Perkins, A. Popovic, R. Youlley, T. Sekine, A. Toure, W. Kamijo, A. Akon, O. Sunday — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, A. Toure (6.2 per match over four appearances, four goals and one assist) and O. Sunday (4.5 per match over four appearances, one goal and two assists) have been Sydney’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Sydney (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), O. Sunday averages 1.6 shots per 90 over 343 minutes.

Predicted Macarthur XI (4-2-3-1): A. Robinson, C. Talbot, N. Tatsuki, N. Paull, J. Aspropotamitis, L. Rose, L. Vickery, D. Rose, O. Randazzo, A. Caceres, A. Stamatelopoulos — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Liam Rose (4.9 per match over four appearances) and D. Rose (3.1 per match over three appearances) have been Macarthur’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Macarthur (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Liam Rose averages 0.5 key passes per 90 over 355 minutes.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Mon, 28 Dec 2026 08:00 GMT · A-League
Head-to-head (last 6): Sydney 4 · draws 0 · Macarthur 2 · 2.5 goals/game
Recent form: Sydney 2W 1D 2L · Macarthur 2W 2D 1L

Sydney v Macarthur (A-League): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.25 / 1.63

Goals

against 0.88 / 1.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4 / 5.13

Corners

against 4.71 / 5.5 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

3.43 / 4.5

Shots on target

against 4 / 5.38 · 1 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.29 / 2

Cards

against 1.86 / 1.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 8 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 8 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Sydney for / against	Line	Macarthur for / against
Goals scored	1.25 for · 0.88 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.63 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4 for · 4.71 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	5.13 for · 5.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	10.14 for · 12.86 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	12.5 for · 13.63 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	3.43 for · 4 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.5 for · 5.38 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.29 for · 11.57 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	10.13 for · 13.88 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.29 for · 1.86 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	2 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5

Sydney

Sydney Goalkeeper

Sydney — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Harrison Devenish-Meares	4	90360 min	112.8 /90	41 /90	00 /90

Sydney — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Harrison Devenish-Meares n 8	90	2.5 6/3

Sydney Defensive

Sydney — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Popovic	4	90360 min	00 /90	30.8 /90	30.8 /90	184.5 /90	61.5 /90	20.5 /90
B. Garuccio	4	90360 min	71.8 /90	112.8 /90	00 /90	153.8 /90	41 /90	20.5 /90
J. Courtney-Perkins	4	90360 min	41 /90	71.8 /90	41 /90	266.5 /90	20.5 /90	10.3 /90
R. Grant	4	90360 min	51.3 /90	102.5 /90	10.3 /90	153.8 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
J. Overy	1	1717 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	15.3 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Sydney — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
R. Youlley n 8	63	1.4 7/1	0.7 4/0	—
A. Popovic n 8	90	1 6/2	0.4 2/1	—
B. Garuccio n 8	90	0.6 4/1	1 5/2	—
R. Grant n 8	90	0.5 2/2	0.6 4/1	—
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.9 3/3	—
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Sydney — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
R. Youlley n 8	63	2 5/4
B. Garuccio n 8	90	1.6 5/4
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	1.5 6/4
R. Grant n 8	90	1.3 3/2
A. Popovic n 8	90	0.9 3/2
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Sydney Attacking

Sydney — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
O. Sunday	4	86343 min	10.3 /90	20.5 /90	61.6 /90	20.5 /90	30.8 /90	71.8 /90
T. Quintal	4	53211 min	00 /90	20.9 /90	10.4 /90	00 /90	83.4 /90	62.6 /90
R. Youlley	4	90360 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	61.5 /90	20.5 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90
Takahiro Sekine	4	85340 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	71.9 /90	10.3 /90
A. Toure	4	67266 min	41.4 /90	10.3 /90	82.7 /90	51.7 /90	10.3 /90	51.7 /90
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Sydney — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
R. Youlley n 8	63	1.3 4/3	0.5 3/0
B. Garuccio n 8	90	0.6 3/1	0.3 2/0
R. Grant n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
A. Popovic n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0.3 2/0
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
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Sydney — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
R. Youlley n 8	63	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
B. Garuccio n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
A. Popovic n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
R. Grant n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Macarthur

Macarthur Goalkeeper

Macarthur — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Alex Robinson	4	89355 min	133.3 /90	30.8 /90	00 /90

Macarthur — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macarthur before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Alex Robinson n 8	89.4	3.8 7/5

Macarthur Defensive

Macarthur — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Callum Talbot	4	89355 min	61.5 /90	51.3 /90	00 /90	174.3 /90	30.8 /90	00 /90
Nara Tatsuki	4	89355 min	71.8 /90	61.5 /90	10.3 /90	174.3 /90	30.8 /90	00 /90
Nathan Paull	4	89355 min	30.8 /90	41 /90	30.8 /90	153.8 /90	51.3 /90	10.3 /90
J. Aspropotamitis	3	90270 min	10.3 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	82.7 /90	20.7 /90	00 /90
Liam Rose	4	89355 min	133.3 /90	112.8 /90	30.8 /90	287.1 /90	92.3 /90	10.3 /90
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Macarthur — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macarthur before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Liam Rose n 8	87.3	1.8 8/4	1.3 6/2	—
Nathan Paull n 4	88.8	1.3 3/1	0.8 3/0	—
Nara Tatsuki n 4	88.8	0.8 2/1	0 0/0	—
Callum Talbot n 8	86	0.5 3/1	1 5/1	—
Alex Robinson n 8	89.4	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
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Macarthur — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macarthur before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Liam Rose n 8	87.3	2.8 8/7
Nara Tatsuki n 4	88.8	1.8 3/3
Callum Talbot n 8	86	1.3 6/2
Nathan Paull n 4	88.8	0.8 2/1
A. Stamatelopoulos n 4	75.3	1.2 2/1
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Macarthur Attacking

Macarthur — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
A. Stamatelopoulos	4	75301 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	41.2 /90	30.9 /90	20.6 /90	20.6 /90
Ben Gibson	4	41165 min	00 /90	00 /90	31.6 /90	10.5 /90	31.6 /90	10.5 /90
M. Toure	4	41162 min	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	52.8 /90	52.8 /90	10.6 /90	31.7 /90
Ryan Fraser	4	35138 min	10.7 /90	21.3 /90	21.3 /90	21.3 /90	85.2 /90	00 /90
K. Kennedy	1	2828 min	00 /90	00 /90	13.2 /90	00 /90	13.2 /90	00 /90
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Macarthur — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macarthur before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Nathan Paull n 4	88.8	1 3/1	0 0/0
Liam Rose n 8	87.3	0.4 2/1	0.1 1/0
Callum Talbot n 8	86	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
Alex Robinson n 8	89.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
Nara Tatsuki n 4	88.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Macarthur — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Macarthur before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Callum Talbot n 8	86	0 0/0	0.3 2/0
Alex Robinson n 8	89.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
Nara Tatsuki n 4	88.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
Nathan Paull n 4	88.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
Liam Rose n 8	87.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Sydney v Macarthur — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

SydneyLDWLW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.4 scored / 1 conceded per game

MacarthurWWDDL

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1.6 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Sydney 4 · 0 draws · Macarthur 2 · 2.5 goals/game

2026-01-10 Macarthur 0–3 Sydney
2025-11-09 Sydney 2–0 Macarthur
2025-03-01 Macarthur 0–2 Sydney
2024-11-10 Sydney 1–2 Macarthur
2024-05-04 Sydney 4–0 Macarthur
2024-04-20 Macarthur 1–0 Sydney

League standing · 2026/27

Sydney#2 pos7 pts4 pl+3 GD

Macarthur#7 pos5 pts4 pl0 GD

Goals per game

Sydney scored1.75

Macarthur scored1

Sydney conceded1

Macarthur conceded1

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What is the head-to-head record between Sydney and Macarthur?: In their last 6 meetings, Sydney won 4, Macarthur won 2 and there were 0 draws, averaging 2.5 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Sydney and Macarthur?: Recent form — Sydney 2W 1D 2L; Macarthur 2W 2D 1L.

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