Macarthur vs Melbourne Victory Prediction and Betting Tips | December 4th 2025

Macarthur will host Melbourne Victory at the Campbelltown Stadium on Thursday in another round of the 2025-26 Australian A-League campaign. Both teams will be keen to return to winning ways after dropping points in their last league games.

Macarthur were outplayed on home turf in their 2-0 loss to Perth Glory last time out to see them drop to ninth place in the league table after six games. The hosts, who finished last season in eighth place, have struggled to get consistent results this season and will need to turn things around in the coming weeks if they are to make the playoff qualifying spots by season end.

Melbourne Victory have started the season in even worse form with only one win from six games played so far, most recently suffering a 1-0 defeat to second-placed Brisbane Boar during the weekend. The visitors will go into Friday's game hoping to end their three-game losing streak and could move three places up by the end of this matchday.

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Macarthur vs Melbourne Victory Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Friday’s game will mark the 12th meeting between the two sides. Macarthur have won four of the previous 11 meetings, and one ended in a draw while Melbourne have won the remaining six.
• The sides are evenly matched across their last five meetings with both sides recording two wins apiece and a draw while also scoring five goals each.
• Victory are without a clean sheet in their last six games in this fixture.
• The two teams have the joint-worst offensive record in the league with four goals scored each across six games played.
• Melbourne Victory have the second-worst defensive record in the division this term, having conceded 11 goals in just six games.

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Macarthur vs Melbourne Victory Prediction

The two sides are very closely matched going into Friday's game but the Bulls will hope to receive a boost from their home advantage and slightly better defensive record.

The Boys in Blue will need to be at their rarely seen best to get maximum points when they make the trip to Campbelltown on Thursday and will likely be satisfied to get a draw.

Prediction: Macarthur 1-1 Melbourne Victory

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Macarthur vs Melbourne Victory Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals: (Four of the hosts' last six games have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Five of the hosts’ last eight games have featured both teams getting on the scoresheet)