The hosting team, Melbourne Victory, should be front runners in this fixture, but Adelaide United have shown both competence and bravery. Read more about the match!
- Melbourne Victory have the most scored goals (11) in A-League
- Adelaide United have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Melbourne nor Adelaide United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the A-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Melbourne are returning here after visiting Adelaide United in a Ffa Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Margiotta and Brillante scored the goal(s). Manager Popović felt very clever after Margiotta scored the winning goal against Adelaide United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 60th minute.
Before that match, a win away at Gold Coast Knights (after extra-time).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Melbourne Victory have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won zero times, drawn two and lost four.
Melbourne Victory can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. 4 goals have been conceded.
Adelaide United form and stats
The A-League season is young and Adelaide United have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Adelaide in their previous game, as they lost their Ffa Cup-match, hosting Melbourne Victory, 1-2.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.We have checked recent matches where Adelaide have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, three draws and seven defeats.
Adelaide are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Adelaide are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Adelaide United - Melbourne 1-2 was the output when this pair of squads last did battle, earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Melbourne won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Adelaide United have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 3 goals |  F. Margiotta 2 goals |   C. Goodwin 2 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 6.5 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | 16 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 39% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 15.5 | 15 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10 | 11.8 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.7 |
- Adelaide United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Adelaide United have yet to win a game away.
- All of Melbourne Victory's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most scored goals (11) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the the best goal difference (+4) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory 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 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
