Receiving guests at their own home is secure and friendly for Melbourne Victory, but Adelaide United are fully motivated and qualified to win this one. What happens?
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Adelaide United have the most conceded goals (20) away in A-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
3-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Melbourne Victory so far this season. Melbourne Victory has recorded two wins in a row here at AAMI Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Melbourne Victory's last game was hosting Melbourne City (placed 1st) and winning 3-2. Brimmer, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.92 (out of 10). Brimmer signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Melbourne lost 1-2 at Newcastle Jets's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne Victory handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Both teams to score! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Will it happen again?
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AAMI Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Adelaide United form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Adelaide United delivered a 4-4 draw playing at home against Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 4th) in their previous fixture. As you can tell from the result, the match against Western Sydney Wanderers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? Ibusuki, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.31. Ibusuki scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Adelaide United won their away game at Western United. The scoreline was 3-2.Adelaide are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Adelaide United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Adelaide United have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Adelaide United - Melbourne 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Melbourne Victory victories, two draws and four Adelaide United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 7 goals |  H. Ibusuki 5 goals | R. Kitto 4 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 23 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 53% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 59% |
| 29% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 41% |
| 12% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 24% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 41% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 11.1 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15 | 14.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 34% | 40% |
| 11.4 | 12.4 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 18 | 16.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
- Adelaide United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United have the most conceded goals (20) away in A-League
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Adelaide United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Melbourne Victory 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Sydney | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Western United | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
