Balanced ball game between Macarthur and Adelaide United expected

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Campbelltown Stadium

It's only the second fixture in the A-League for these teams. And fresh bodies and minds here at Campbelltown Stadium as Macarthur greet Adelaide United. Read this preview!

Macarthur and Adelaide United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Macarthur form and stats

The season before, Macarthur's league results were 9 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, providing 7th spot in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {38 goals} and gave away 47. Playing as the home side in the previous season Macarthur generated 6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 21 conceded.

Macarthur travelled for their previous game, a trip to Brisbane Roar that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Kurto got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.71 out of ten. Kurto topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, a nice away win at Sydney United. A Ffa Cup game. 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 Macarthur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 1.

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Adelaide United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Adelaide United performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded {31 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first A-League away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Adelaide United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Wellington Phoenix (placed 5th). Midfield player Halloran was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. Halloran scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

The game earlier was the Ffa Cup-battle against Brisbane Roar, a home loss (1-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Adelaide United playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 3 Adelaide United wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

{1 goals} so far away for Adelaide United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Macarthur wins - draws - Adelaide United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Adelaide UnitedB. Halloran
B. Halloran
1 goals

Macarthur missing players

Adelaide United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Macarthur Adelaide United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 1 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 1 1 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 12 12 12
10 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1 1
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 22 22 22
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 14% 14%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5 5 5
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 2
Macarthur Last season Adelaide United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   14 29
9 6   Won W   5 13
6 3   Drew D   5 8
11 4   Lost L   4 8
38 21   Scored S   17 42
47 21   Conceded C   19 34
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 90%
81% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
65% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 62%
50% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
19% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 7%
65% 69%   BTTS BTTS   71% 66%
15% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 24%
19% 23%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.9
6 6.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.8
2.6 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
4 2   Red cards R C   3 3
 
14.8 17.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 14.3
5.1 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 5
29% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%
 
15 15.2   Shots against (avg) S A   15.9 14.1
5.9 6.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.6

  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 Victory 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
2 Melbourne City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Adelaide United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wellington Phoenix 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Central Coast Mariners 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 Sydney 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Western United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Perth Glory 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -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 14 7 5 55 33 13 7 4 2 27 16 13 7 3 3 28 17 22 49
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 13 6 5 2 22 13 13 7 4 2 20 12 17 48
3 Western United 26 13 6 7 40 30 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 4 4 5 15 18 10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 13 7 2 4 22 14 13 5 5 3 16 17 7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 13 8 3 2 27 16 13 4 3 6 22 19 14 42
6 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 3 11 34 49 13 8 2 3 19 20 13 4 1 8 15 29 -15 39
7 Macarthur 26 9 6 11 38 47 13 6 3 4 21 21 13 3 3 7 17 26 -9 33
8 Sydney 26 8 7 11 37 44 13 4 4 5 21 24 13 4 3 6 16 20 -7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 13 6 2 5 29 19 13 2 3 8 16 24 2 29
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 2 4 7 15 23 -8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 13 6 2 5 19 17 13 1 3 9 10 22 -10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 13 2 4 7 8 15 13 2 2 9 12 28 -23 18

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