The hosts, Adelaide United, should be the favourites in this match, but Sydney have proven both competence and heroism. Read more about the game!
- Adelaide United is in the best form (4-2-0) in A-League
- Sydney have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in A-League
It's quite the trip for Sydney when visiting Adelaide United as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
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.
Adelaide United form and stats
Adelaide United have performed here at Coopers Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 A-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. days ago.
Adelaide United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Western Sydney Wanderers's place. The match ended 3-2 with Ibusuki and Warland (2) scoring. Defender Warland got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.71/10. Warland scored two goals and won 4 of 4 duels.
Before that, Adelaide United had a home game versus Wellington Phoenix which ended with a victory 5-1.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 10, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Some goal stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Goals decide football matches and Adelaide United are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Adelaide United have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sydney form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sydney are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Sydney delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Western United (placed 8th) in their previous fixture. Sydney's last match (vs Western United) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 89th minute equalizer by Mak. Redmayne had red hot gloves after the game against Western United, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. The attacker Mak got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Mak scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
A loss against Western Sydney Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Sydney in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sydney, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Sydney has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Sydney in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Sydney - Adelaide 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Adelaide United victories, three draws and five Sydney wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 10 goals |  H. Ibusuki 7 goals |   R. Mak 7 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Sydney missing players
| Adelaide United | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 47 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 36 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 73% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 64% |
| 50% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 45% |
| 36% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 23% |
| 73% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 59% |
| 14% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 14% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14.5 | 14.3 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 43% | 49% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 15.7 | 15 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Adelaide United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Adelaide United is in the best form (4-2-0) in A-League
- Sydney have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in A-League
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (15) in A-League
- Sydney 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Western United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 10 | Macarthur | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -14 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
