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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Coopers Stadium (17000 seats)

It's only the second game in the A-League for these squads. and it's all to play for here at Coopers Stadium as Adelaide United receive Melbourne City. Read this preview!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Adelaide United form and stats

The season before, Adelaide United's league results were 11 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 5th spot in the A-League. From these 26 matches they scored 39 goals and gave away 41. Appearing as the host team in the last season Adelaide United produced 7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 13 conceded.

Adelaide United drew their last game, 1-1 away at Perth Glory (placed 4th). The striker Ben Halloran was announced as "man of the match" for Adelaide with a rating of 8.05/10. Halloran served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Adelaide Olympic and winning 1-0.

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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 15 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 21/17 goals scored/conceded.

Conor Metcalfe and Curtis Good scored in Melbourne's previous match, the home game against Brisbane Roar that ended 2-1. Defender Curtis Good was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Good scored one goal and won 5 of 8 duels.

Prior to that result Melbourne won their away game at South Melbourne in the Ffa Cup. The scoreline was 3-0.

The schedule is very tough for Melbourne now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ffa Cup game at Hume City is waiting in only four days.

Head 2 Head

Adelaide United-Melbourne City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Adelaide four wins, Melbourne City three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Adelaide UnitedK. Yengi
K. Yengi
1 goals
Melbourne CityC. Good
C. Good
1 goals
Melbourne CityC. Metcalfe
C. Metcalfe
1 goals

Adelaide United missing players

Melbourne City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Adelaide United Melbourne City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 21
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Adelaide United Last season Melbourne City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 13   Played P   13 28
12 7   Won W   5 17
6 4   Drew D   3 4
10 2   Lost L   5 7
42 18   Scored S   21 62
44 13   Conceded C   17 33
89% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
75% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 89%
68% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 64%
43% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 46%
21% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 29%
68% 54%   BTTS BTTS   54% 61%
29% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 29%
14% 15%   Failed to Score F T   23% 11%
 
6.1 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 7.2
5.8 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
2.4 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
4 4   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.6 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   16 17.9
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 6.2
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%
 
13.8 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 10.2
4.7 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 2.8

  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 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Melbourne Victory 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Sydney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Western United 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 Melbourne City 26 15 4 7 57 32 13 10 1 2 36 15 13 5 3 5 21 17 25 49
2 Sydney 26 13 8 5 39 23 13 7 4 2 15 9 13 6 4 3 24 14 16 47
3 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 35 31 13 6 3 4 19 19 13 6 3 4 16 12 4 42
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 36 28 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 6 2 5 19 16 8 40
5 Adelaide United 26 11 6 9 39 41 13 7 4 2 18 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -2 39
6 Macarthur 26 11 6 9 33 36 13 4 4 5 19 20 13 7 2 4 14 16 -3 39
7 Wellington Phoenix 26 10 8 8 44 34 13 5 3 5 24 19 13 5 5 3 20 15 10 38
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 13 6 2 5 26 18 13 3 6 4 19 25 2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 13 7 3 3 27 18 13 2 4 7 17 26 0 34
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 13 6 3 4 18 17 13 2 1 10 12 30 -17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 13 1 3 9 10 21 13 4 3 6 14 17 -14 21
12 Melbourne Victory 26 5 4 17 31 60 13 3 2 8 17 30 13 2 2 9 14 30 -29 19

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 Melbourne City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Melbourne Victory 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Sydney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Western United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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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.