With the anxious opening match done it’s time for the second A-League battle of the season. Adelaide United are ready to confront Melbourne City in front of their home fans.
The visiting Melbourne City played their last game only four days ago, a AFC Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Buriram United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Adelaide United form and stats
The previous season, Adelaide United's league stats were 11 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, ending with 3rd position in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {53 goals} and let in 46. Playing as the home side in the last season Adelaide United managed 7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 17 conceded. Adelaide United have only played one A-League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.
A nice win for Adelaide United last time playing, versus Central Coast Mariners. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Halloran, Ansell and Clough scoring for the victors. Adelaide United goalkeeper Gauci did an outstanding job against Central Coast Mariners with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Gauci, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.4 out of 10 in that game. Gauci topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Western Sydney Wanderers in the Ffa Cup.
Adelaide United has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Melbourne City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Melbourne City performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 24/17 goals scored/conceded.
Two trips in a row for Melbourne, whose manager Vidošić could celebrate last time after the AFC Champions League win against Buriram United. Midfield player Jakoliš was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Jakoliš signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Western United.Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Adelaide United, five draws and two wins for Melbourne City. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games. One of the profiles has been Maclaren with 8 goals scored against Adelaide in these 10 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Clough 1 goals |  N. Ansell 1 goals |  B. Halloran 1 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Adelaide United | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 23% | 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 24 | 24 | 24 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Adelaide United | Last season | Melbourne City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 56 | 29 | Scored | S | 25 | 67 | ||
| 50 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 90% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 59% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | ||
| 45% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 34% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 31% | ||
| 69% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 76% | ||
| 14% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 3% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.4 | 16.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 15.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Western United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Melbourne City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Macarthur | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -17 | 26 |
