This should be quite a fixture, with Adelaide United in 3rd and Melbourne Victory in 4th. Here's our full preview!
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (16) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in A-League
This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
Adelaide United form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Adelaide United at their home stadium (Coopers Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for Adelaide United's attacking players as they have now played 262 minutes without scoring in a league game. Goodwin was their last goal scorer.
Adelaide faced defeat in their previous match, away at Central Coast Mariners (0-3). Kitto, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Kitto won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Western Sydney Wanderers that finished 0-0.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 14 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn one and lost six.
Adelaide United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Coopers Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melbourne Victory in their A-League matches away. Sharing is caring, but Melbourne Victory are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.
Melbourne delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. Defender Davidson was the best team player with a rating of 8.64. Davidson scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Western United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Melbourne Victory in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Melbourne Victory, two draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Melbourne Victory manager Popović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Perth Glory.
Melbourne have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory have played each other previously this season: Melbourne Victory - Adelaide United 1-1. The ref got to use his red card when these teams last played each other, and the culprit was Sanchez (Adelaide). Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Adelaide United, one draw and three wins for Melbourne Victory. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 7 goals |   N. D'Agostino 7 goals |  H. Ibusuki 4 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Adelaide United | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 82% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 47% |
| 25% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 24% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 65% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 18% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14.4 | 16.9 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | 13.5 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 30% |
| 15.2 | 14 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Adelaide United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Melbourne Victory have scored away.
- Adelaide United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (16) in A-League
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Adelaide United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Western United | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 37 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 25 |
| 6 | Sydney | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 13 |
