Macarthur vs Wellington Phoenix Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Macarthur have been entertaining to watch so far this season and they are the top scorers in the A League with 27 notched in their 13 matches thus far as they now prepare to face an underperforming Wellington Phoenix side this weekend.

Kick-off date/time: Monday 20th January, 2025: UK – 8:00am / US ET – 3:00am / US PT – 12:00am

How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+

Macarthur Team News: No new issues

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Kurto; Adamson, Arslangic, Jones, Scott; Drew, Brattan, Hollman, Jakolis; Germain, Piol

Unavailable: Popovic (Injured), Ikonomidis (Injured)

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Wellington Phoenix Team News: Sloane-Rodrigues now out

Predicted XI (4-4-2): A. Kelly-Heald; Sheridan, Hughes, Wootton, Sutton; Piper, Nagasawa, Retre, L. Kelly-Heald; Barbarouses, Ishige

Unavailable: Colakovski (Injured), Payne (Injured), Rufer (Illness), Sloane-Rodrigues (Injured)

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Macarthur vs Wellington Phoenix Prediction

Macarthur begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting tucked inside the top-half of the 13-team Australian A League table. The home team come into this one on the back of a comfortable and impressive 3-1 defeat of the Newcastle Jets in their most recent outing last weekend to mean they have now won three of their last four matches. They now face a Wellington Phoenix side that finished as runners’ up in the regular season last year but the New Zealanders are struggling this time around with their goalless draw at home to Sydney in midweek meaning they have managed just one victory in their last seven matches. Macarthur are the team to side with here in what could end up being quite a fun and high-scoring encounter.

Macarthur vs Wellington Phoenix Tip: Macarthur to win & over 2.5 goals