Betting preview: Adelaide United vs Melbourne City should be interesting

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 03.January
Match begins: 07:05 (UTC)
Venue: Coopers Stadium (17000 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Adelaide United and Melbourne City battle it out at Coopers Stadium.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Adelaide United form and stats

The home team returns to Coopers Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Western United (placed 4th) on their last time out; the A-League game ended 0-0. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Melbourne City the opponent.

Last season, Adelaide United's league statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the A-League. Over these 26 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Adelaide United managed 7-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 23 conceded.

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Melbourne City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

The Melbourne goalkeeper Tom Glover is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 290 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two travels in a row for Melbourne, whose manager P. Kisnorbo could celebrate last time after the A-League win against Brisbane Roar. A 0-1 defeat away at Sydney (after extra-time) before that.

It's early days yet, but Melbourne City has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Melbourne City performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 27/22 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Adelaide won three, Melbourne City won three and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne CityC. Metcalfe
C. Metcalfe
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Adelaide United missing players

Melbourne City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Adelaide United Melbourne City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Adelaide United Last season Melbourne City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   14 28
11 7   Won W   6 15
3 1   Drew D   2 5
12 5   Lost L   6 8
44 24   Scored S   27 51
49 23   Conceded C   23 38
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
88% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
77% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 68%
38% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   57% 43%
23% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 21%
77% 69%   BTTS BTTS   71% 64%
15% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 25%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   21% 18%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
1 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
16.7 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   15.8 15.1
4.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.6 5.8
35% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Macarthur 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Melbourne City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Adelaide United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Western United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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 Sydney 26 16 5 5 49 25 13 9 1 3 24 12 13 7 4 2 25 13 24 53
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 13 8 3 2 22 15 13 6 2 5 27 22 12 47
3 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 5 9 38 33 13 8 3 2 21 11 13 4 2 7 17 22 5 41
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 4 4 5 11 15 1 40
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 13 5 1 7 26 24 13 7 2 4 20 13 9 39
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 13 5 2 6 24 23 13 5 5 3 19 13 7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 13 7 1 5 24 23 13 4 2 7 20 26 -5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 13 6 4 3 19 16 13 3 3 7 13 24 -8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 13 5 4 4 18 16 13 4 2 7 17 24 -5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 13 3 3 7 16 21 13 3 2 8 17 23 -11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 13 25 13 2 0 11 13 30 -29 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Macarthur 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Melbourne City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Adelaide United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Western United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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