Melbourne City vs Macarthur Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Melbourne City sit tucked inside the top-half of the 13-team Australian A League table ahead of this weekend’s clash with a Macarthur side that themselves have slipped into the bottom-half.

Kick-off date/time: Friday 7th March, 2025: UK – 8:35am / US ET – 3:35am / US PT – 12:35am

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

Melbourne City Team News: Several injuries

Melbourne City have had several absentees throughout the campaign and that remains the case with experienced Australia internationals James Jeggo and Andrew Nabbout still sidelined alongside the likes of Jordan Necovski and Alessandro Lopane.

Predicted XI (4-1-2-1-2): Beach; Atkinson, Ferreyra, Souprayen, Behich; Trewin; Tilio, Rahmani; Schreiber; Caputo, Kuen

Unavailable: Necovski (Injured), Jeggo (Injured), Ugarkovic (Injured), Lopane (Injured), Cohen (Injured), Nabbout (Injured)

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Macarthur Team News: Nothing fresh

There are no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues for Macarthur to deal with ahead of the visit to Victoria this weekend so they will be able to name an unchanged eleven, albeit they remain without defensive midfielder Kristian Popovic due to injury.

Predicted XI (4-4-1-1): Kurto; Adamson, Uskok, Boli, Vujica; Ikonomidis, Rose, Brattan, Jakolis; De Silva; Sawyer

Unavailable: Popovic (Injured)

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Melbourne City vs Macarthur Prediction

Melbourne City come into this one on the back of a 1-0 victory in New Zealand at the Wellington Regional Stadium thanks to a 51st minute winner scored by Celtic loanee Marco Tilio. The home team have now collected five points from their last three matches as they arrest a slide. They now face a Macarthur side that have collected just one point from their last four matches, most recently suffering a 2-0 defeat at home to an inconsistent Sydney side last weekend. With their home advantage, siding with Melbourne City to continue their improved run of form looks the way to go for this one.

Melbourne City vs Macarthur Tip: Melbourne City to win