It's time for A-League and Adelaide United - Melbourne Victory. In this preview and prediction you'll get stats, scores, data, trends and stories!
- Adelaide United have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Adelaide United form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Adelaide United have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Adelaide lost their last game at Central Coast Mariners (placed 2nd) after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Adelaide United suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Goodwin got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Goodwin hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Perth Glory in a game that was won 2-0.A decent goal production from Adelaide United in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Adelaide have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Melbourne Victory playing as the away team in the A-League this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Melbourne Victory as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Macarthur match.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Brisbane Roar with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Nani, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Nani hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Central Coast Mariners wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Take note: 8 of the last 10 league fixtures involving this club have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
The attacking power of Melbourne Victory when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Melbourne have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the records show this recent game: Adelaide United - Melbourne Victory 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Adelaide wins - draws - Melbourne Victory wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 4 goals |  H. Ibusuki 3 goals |  B. Halloran 3 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Adelaide United | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 90% |
| 91% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 20% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 10% |
| 55% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 18% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.2 | 14.8 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 16.5 | 14.6 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 44% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 20% | 20% |
| 14.6 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.8 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- 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 (11) in A-League
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Victory 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 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 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 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sydney | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Western United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
