Delightful dogfight as daring Adelaide United duel with determined Macarthur

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Fri 20.January
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Coopers Stadium (17000 seats)

Statistics, patterns, recent fixtures, form details, head to head, lineups and a lot more: Tipsway offers all you should know on Adelaide United - Macarthur!

Insights:
  • Adelaide United have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in A-League
  • Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Macarthur have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!

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Adelaide United form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Adelaide United have to build on here at Coopers Stadium in the A-League.

The spoils were shared in Adelaide United's previous game, also at home. Visiting Melbourne Victory (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfield player Goodwin got a match rating of 7.75 in that game, the max score being 10. Goodwin scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Central Coast Mariners.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Adelaide handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The Adelaide United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Adelaide United have conceded only 3 goals.

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Macarthur form and stats

Playing away, Macarthur have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season.

Macarthur's previous game was their home loss versus Central Coast Mariners (1-2). It is possibly a bad omen for Macarthur that their goalie Kurto managed nine saves in the Central Coast Mariners fixture, but still were unable to stop a loss.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Newcastle Jets.

We have checked recent matches where Macarthur have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Macarthur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Macarthur rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Macarthur - Adelaide 2-0 was the outcome when these contenders previously played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - zero - three (Adelaide United wins - draws - Macarthur wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Adelaide UnitedC. Goodwin
C. Goodwin
5 goals
Adelaide UnitedH. Ibusuki
H. Ibusuki
3 goals
Adelaide UnitedB. Halloran
B. Halloran
3 goals

Adelaide United missing players

Macarthur missing players

Adelaide United Macarthur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 2 6 12
4 3 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
17 8 0 Scored S 3 8 16
18 3 0 Conceded C 0 11 17
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
92% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 75%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 50%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
58% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 42%
17% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 42%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 25%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.7
6.2 5.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.5 6.8
3.2 3.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.9 14.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13 12.4
4.1 3.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 4.2
35% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 32%
 
14.7 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 15.3 15.5
4.8 3.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 6 6.3
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Adelaide United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Adelaide United have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in A-League
  • Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Macarthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 10 8 1 1 23 7 5 4 1 0 13 3 5 4 0 1 10 4 16 25
2 Central Coast Mariners 12 7 1 4 26 15 8 5 0 3 19 11 4 2 1 1 7 4 11 22
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 11 5 3 3 12 8 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 18
4 Wellington Phoenix 12 4 5 3 20 18 7 2 3 2 14 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 2 17
5 Macarthur 12 5 2 5 16 17 6 3 0 3 8 6 6 2 2 2 8 11 -1 17
6 Adelaide United 12 4 4 4 17 18 5 3 1 1 8 3 7 1 3 3 9 15 -1 16
7 Brisbane Roar 12 3 6 3 10 10 7 1 4 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 0 15
8 Sydney 12 4 2 6 18 21 6 1 1 4 6 11 6 3 1 2 12 10 -3 14
9 Perth Glory 12 4 2 6 12 18 5 3 2 0 8 5 7 1 0 6 4 13 -6 14
10 Newcastle Jets 11 4 0 7 9 19 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 2 0 4 3 12 -10 12
11 Melbourne Victory 11 3 2 6 10 13 4 1 0 3 4 4 7 2 2 3 6 9 -3 11
12 Western United 11 3 2 6 14 23 6 2 2 2 7 9 5 1 0 4 7 14 -9 11

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.