1st position in the A-League table for Sydney so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Adelaide United visits.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney, who have the most scored goals (26) in A-League, have been outstanding at home so far in the A-League with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
The Sydney supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Melbourne City in A-League and win 2-1. Before that, Sydney played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Wellington Phoenix.
Things did not look good last match, when Rhyan Grant got a red card in the 25th minute. They were already behind at this time, but a tremendous finish from Sydney resulted in a win!
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 Sydney have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 8 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Sydney are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. Sydney are not conceding a lot of goals here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Adelaide United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Adelaide United failed to get anything from their last game, a A-League home match vs Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Prior to that match, the Adelaide United manager G. Verbeek faced defeat when travelling to Central Coast Mariners and losing 1-2.
We have checked recent matches where Adelaide United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W2-D1-L5.
Adelaide United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. In the opposite end, Adelaide United have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Adelaide United - Sydney 2-3. Sydney-Adelaide United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sydney 7 wins, Adelaide United 1 win, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Le Fondre 18 goals |  A. Brosque 8 goals |
Sydney missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Sydney | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 8.2 | 6.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 127 | 80 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 70 | 152 |
| 57 | 34 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 26 | 55 |
| 46% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 33% |
- 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 scored in all their matches so far.
- Adelaide United have won significantly more corners away than at 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.
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Sydney has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Sydney has the most points (18) at home
- Sydney has the most scored goals (16) at home
- Sydney has the most scored goals (26)
- Sydney has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- Sydney has the most scored goals in the second half (12)
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+11) at home
- Sydney has the the best goal difference (+15)
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sydney have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Adelaide United have scored away.
- Sydney have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sydney have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Western United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 9 |