Melbourne Victory hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 9th position in the A-League table. Visiting Adelaide United holds 5th place with 27 pts.
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 Victory form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Melbourne Victory, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in A-League, have to build on here at Marvel Stadium in the A-League.
The home team returns to Marvel Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Newcastle Jets (placed 10th) on their last time out; the A-League game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Seoul (0-1).
The Melbourne Victory fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Adelaide United form and stats
There's been little loot from Adelaide United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the A-League. Adelaide United only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Adelaide United have lost on their last two travels.
Adelaide United lost away at Western Sydney Wanderers (2-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Central Coast Mariners.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Adelaide United, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Adelaide United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. The Adelaide United manager G. Verbeek has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Adelaide United - Melbourne Victory 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Melbourne Victory victories, one draw and six Adelaide United wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Toivonen 10 goals |  R. McGree 9 goals |  B. Halloran 7 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 27 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 32 |
| 89% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 61% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| 61% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 28% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 22% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 222 | 112 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 86 | 171 | 304 |
| 73 | 33 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 50 | 95 |
| 29% | 27% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 34% |
- Adelaide United has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Adelaide United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne Victory has the fewest points (9) at home
- Melbourne Victory has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Perth Glory | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Western United | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 15 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -20 | 13 |