24 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Adelaide United and Sydney are up there with the best. Let's go!
- Adelaide United have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (22) in A-League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sydney have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Adelaide United form and stats
Adelaide United, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in A-League, have performed here at Coopers Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 A-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Adelaide enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Melbourne Victory's place. The match ended 1-0 with Craig Goodwin scoring. Craig Goodwin, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.11 (out of 10). Goodwin scored one goal, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Perth Glory.Adelaide United has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Adelaide are not conceding a lot of goals here at Coopers Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sydney form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in A-League, are W4-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
301 minutes! That's how long the Sydney goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Bobô scored in Sydney's previous match, the home game against Western Sydney Wanderers that ended 1-0. Luke Brattan got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Brattan hit five key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Melbourne Victory.Sydney has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Sydney have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sydney - Adelaide 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Adelaide United won two, Sydney won five and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva 10 goals |   S. Mauk 7 goals |  T. Jurić 7 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Sydney missing players
| Adelaide United | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 36 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 33 |
| 35 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 88% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 71% |
| 62% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 38% |
| 42% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 27% | 17% |
| 21% | 9% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 8% |
| 62% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 50% |
| 33% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 14 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 15.7 | 15.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 35% | 30% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 24% |
- Adelaide United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Adelaide United have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in A-League
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (22) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in A-League
- Sydney have the most clean sheets (9) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches under the total-line (14) in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | Western United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -9 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -34 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 14 |