Football match preview: Adelaide United vs Brisbane Roar

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 09:45 (UTC)
Venue: Coopers Stadium (17000 seats)

Adelaide United - Brisbane Roar. 4th spot hosts 11th spot. Everything can happen - get a complete match preview here!

Insights:
  • Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (19) in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the most matches over the total-line (10) in A-League

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Adelaide United and Brisbane Roar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Adelaide United form and stats

Adelaide United have collected 17 points from their A-League home games so far after 5-2-4. Two home wins in a row for Adelaide United bring valid hopes of a third.

Adelaide United's last game was hosting Perth Glory (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. López was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender López hit two key passes and won 11 of 20 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Sydney.

Adelaide have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Coopers Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Adelaide United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

There's been little loot from Brisbane Roar's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the A-League. Brisbane Roar only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Brisbane Roar's last game was the home draw against Melbourne Victory (1-1). O'Shea got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. O'Shea hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 55 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Macarthur before that.

A new game in only three days for Brisbane Roar, the A-League home match versus Central Coast Mariners. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brisbane as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Brisbane Roar rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H meeting ended Brisbane Roar - Adelaide United 1-3, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Adelaide won seven, Brisbane Roar were winners in two and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Adelaide UnitedC. Goodwin
C. Goodwin
9 goals
Adelaide UnitedH. Ibusuki
H. Ibusuki
5 goals
Brisbane RoarH. Hore
H. Hore
5 goals

Adelaide United missing players

Brisbane Roar missing players

Adelaide United Brisbane Roar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 4 12 23
10 5 2 Won W 0 1 6
7 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
7 4 1 Lost L 3 8 12
34 18 5 Scored S 1 10 26
30 13 3 Conceded C 6 20 34
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 91%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 83%
62% 73% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 61%
25% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 9%
67% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 57%
21% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 22%
21% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 42% 30%
 
6 7.1 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.9 5.2
5 4.2 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.6 5.3
2.7 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.4 16.4 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.2 15
4.7 5.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.8
30% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 20% 23%
 
14.2 12.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.4 12.4
4.8 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.2
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (19) in A-League
  • Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest scored goals (10) away in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the most matches over the total-line (10) in A-League

  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 24 13 7 4 53 30 12 6 4 2 25 15 12 7 3 2 28 15 23 46
2 Western United 23 13 5 5 38 26 13 9 2 2 25 12 10 4 3 3 13 14 12 44
3 Melbourne Victory 24 11 9 4 35 23 12 5 5 2 19 12 12 6 4 2 16 11 12 42
4 Adelaide United 24 10 7 7 34 30 11 5 2 4 18 13 13 5 5 3 16 17 4 37
5 Wellington Phoenix 23 11 3 9 30 43 13 8 2 3 19 20 10 3 1 6 11 23 -13 36
6 Central Coast Mariners 23 9 6 8 44 35 11 6 3 2 24 16 12 3 3 6 20 19 9 33
7 Macarthur 24 9 5 10 37 43 11 6 2 3 20 17 13 3 3 7 17 26 -6 32
8 Sydney 24 8 7 9 35 37 12 4 4 4 20 20 12 4 3 5 15 17 -2 31
9 Newcastle Jets 23 7 4 12 41 40 12 6 1 5 28 18 11 1 3 7 13 22 1 25
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 23 6 7 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 14 13 11 2 2 7 13 21 -7 25
11 Brisbane Roar 23 6 5 12 26 34 11 5 2 4 16 14 12 1 3 8 10 20 -8 23
12 Perth Glory 24 3 5 16 17 42 11 1 3 7 5 14 13 2 2 9 12 28 -25 14

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.