- University Azzurri FC are red-hot, with ten wins from their last ten across all comps.
- University Azzurri FC have won their last five home games across all competitions.
- Macarthur FC have won one and lost four of their last five away games across all contests, conceding 12 times in five trips.
Macarthur’s man for the moment
Macarthur FC are an exciting team to watch and Mile Sterjovski has done a fine job since taking the helm on 23rd January 2023 to make them a versatile outfit that can be set up to play several different ways. Macarthur are usually set up in a compact, low block, but they are a threat to counterattack as they have players with plenty of pace and quality to hurt the opposition in transition. They have a selective pressure system that can open up many chances for them to counter, which should suit them well against hosts University Azzurri FC.
Sterjovski's men are not in the best shape, but they do come into this one on the back of a 4-0 win at home to Wellington Phoenix FC which came sandwiched around a 3-1 defeat away to Adelaide United FC. The form book here is definitely in favour of the hosts though, as Azzurri have been on a fantastic run of late.
Hosts can make a game of it
University Azzurri have won their last three games by a 3-2 home win over Mindul Aces, a 10-0 rout of Garuda FC away and a 2-0 win at home to Casuarina FC, so they have proven that they have a bite and they'll look to hurt the visitors on the counter here. The BTTS market reflects that Macarthur will have a tough time breaking through this compact Azzurri side, with BTTS-No set at 1.33 and BTTS-Yes at 2.93, but we feel that this fixture should be a little bit tighter than the odds suggest as Azzurri have been flawless in their home games so far this term, going 5/5 across all competitions. University Azzurri have hit 19 goals in their last five at home, so the hosts will fancy themselves to get the jump on the visitors at some stage, which could potentially force Macarthur to change gears and come out of their shell. A Macarthur win is the most likely result, but the red-hot run of the home side makes us feel that this should be tighter than the bookies believe.
