Adelaide United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Melbourne City.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Adelaide United form and stats
Adelaide United have collected 12 points from their A-League home games so far after 4-0-3.
A strong away win for Adelaide United against Western United the last match, as Nikola Mileusnić (2), Nathan Konstandopoulos and Riley McGree were on target. Before that, Adelaide United had a home game versus Melbourne Victory which ended with a victory 1-0.
A goal frenzy last time out for Adelaide United, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Western United. Fun stuff to watch! Manager G. Verbeek felt very clever after Nathan Konstandopoulos scored the winning goal against Western United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Adelaide United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five Drawn two Lost two.
The Adelaide United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Adelaide United have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Melbourne City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dean Anthony Bouzanis. It's been 225 minutes since they last conceded in A-League.
There were no winners in Melbourne City's previous match, a A-League home game that ended 0-0 vs Perth Glory (placed 3rd). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Newcastle Jets.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne City playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Melbourne City wins, three draws and five defeats.
The Melbourne City manager E. Mombaerts has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Melbourne City have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Melbourne City - Adelaide United 2-1. Adelaide United-Melbourne City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Adelaide United two wins, Melbourne City five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 13 goals |   R. McGree 8 goals |  N. Mileusnic 5 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Adelaide United | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 47% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 7.2 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 237 | 105 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 120 | 249 |
| 74 | 33 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 54 | 98 |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | 30% |
- Adelaide United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Melbourne City 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 | Sydney | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Western United | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 9 |