The Melbourne City & Adelaide United head coaches Kisnorbo and Veart are both dreading and looking forward to this important game in the upper area of the A-League positions.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (22) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (10) in A-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Melbourne City form and stats
Overall A-League statistics at home this season for Melbourne City are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Melbourne City.
Melbourne City are returning here after visiting Western Sydney Wanderers and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Berenguer and Leckie (2) scored the goal(s). Midfielder Leckie was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.8 (out of ten) in that game. Leckie scored two goals.
Before that match, a win away at Newcastle Jets.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Newcastle Jets are coming to town in three days.
The Melbourne fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Melbourne City have conceded 7 goals.
Adelaide United form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Adelaide United have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far.
Adelaide United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Wellington Phoenix (placed 7th). Midfield player Goodwin was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.24/10. Goodwin hit five key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Sydney.Adelaide have another match away from home in just four nights, a A-League fixture against Macarthur. A demanding timetable for the visitors!
Adelaide United find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Adelaide United - Melbourne 2-2 was the scoreline in these participants' last H2H fixture, played this season. The match official pulled out his red card when these teams last met, and the sinner was Reis (Melbourne City). Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Melbourne City won two games, four matches ended in a draw and Adelaide United got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three Halloran loves to face Melbourne and have scored 7 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 7 goals |   C. Goodwin 5 goals |  A. Nabbout 4 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Melbourne City | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 83% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 58% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 75% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 17% |
| 7.5 | 8.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| 4.9 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 20.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | 15.5 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 36% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 29% |
| 11.7 | 9.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (10) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in A-League
- Adelaide United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Melbourne City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (22) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+6) in A-League
- Melbourne City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (3-2-1) in A-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Western United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Sydney | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
