Sit down for a show! Today's leading heroes are Melbourne City and Adelaide United, a win is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (55) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (22) in A-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Melbourne and Adelaide United.
Melbourne City form and stats
Overall A-League stats playing at home this season for Melbourne City are 7-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Melbourne City bring valid hopes of a third.
The home team returns to AAMI Park after drawing with Adelaide United on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Reis was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Reis won 5 of 10 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wellington Phoenix in a game that was won 2-1.Melbourne can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 27 times. 16 goals have been conceded.
Adelaide United form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Adelaide United playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Adelaide United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Melbourne City in their previous fixture. Goalkeeper Gauci got the top player rating of the team with 8.02/10. Gauci topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Adelaide United secured a home win against Central Coast Mariners with the score 3-1.Adelaide United find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Adelaide have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other earlier this campaign: Adelaide United - Melbourne City 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne two wins, four draws and Adelaide United four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. Maclaren likes to play against Adelaide United and have scored 8 goals in these encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 15 goals |   C. Goodwin 10 goals |  M. Leckie 9 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Melbourne City | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 55 | 27 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 41 |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 32 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 89% |
| 81% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 79% |
| 74% | 77% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 54% | 61% |
| 48% | 46% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 25% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 59% | 69% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 69% | 64% |
| 26% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 25% |
| 19% | 8% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 21% |
| 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14.6 | 16.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 40% | 36% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 29% |
| 10.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 16 | 14.1 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (22) in A-League
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (55) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+22) 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 at home.
| 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 |
