Melbourne City perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Adelaide United can look both up and down from their 6th position.
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!
Melbourne City form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 A-League games here at ANZ Stadium for Melbourne City. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
A nice win for Melbourne last time playing, versus Sydney. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Craig Noone and Jamie MacLaren scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Melbourne City lost 1-2 at Newcastle Jets's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and two defeats.
A decent goal production from Melbourne City in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Melbourne's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Adelaide United form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of Adelaide United playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Adelaide delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sydney (placed 1st) in their previous match; a A-League game. Before that, Adelaide United secured a home win against Perth Glory with the score 5-3.
Adelaide United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Adelaide United's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. For Adelaide, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Adelaide United - Melbourne City 3-1, played this season. Melbourne City-Adelaide United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Melbourne four wins, Adelaide United three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 19 goals |   R. McGree 10 goals |  B. Halloran 8 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Melbourne City | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 44 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 42 |
| 34 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 47 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 71% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 76% |
| 42% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 25% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 67% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 76% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 367 | 183 | 62 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 214 | 406 |
| 144 | 65 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 60 | 119 |
| 31% | 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 35% |
- Adelaide United has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United 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 | Sydney | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 31 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 30 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |