Wanderers can hold the ball and defend forward, while Macarthur are set up to protect the centre and break from a recovery. Atlético should also have more territory against Levante, who can jump on an exposed first pass. In both matches, the important question is whether pressure becomes a clean final touch or leaves the next ball for the opponent. Restarts and second phases add another route after the first attack is stopped.
Against Macarthur, Wanderers' Scicluna and Thurgate can keep circulation high, but their Sydney entries produced few accurate finishes. Fraser has carried the home outlet into Touré and supplied dangerous restarts; those are useful ways to answer a period spent defending. Macarthur's official injuries mostly concern players who did not feature in the last league game, while Wanderers' Lual also missed its last match and its other attackers played. I'm siding with Macarthur to stay with Wanderers through that outlet and its next-ball work.
Levante can use Brugué and Iván Romero after a high recovery, then find Thiago or a far-side runner. Atlético's Grimaldo and Baena can feed Álvarez, though their recent territorial games have needed precise late or interval-created finishes. Dela has been cleared after missing Levante's last two matches; Atlético's Koke and Cardoso remain out after missing Deportivo. Levante have a current route to respond to one Atlético goal, so I'm siding with Levante to keep this match close.
