Sydney have delivered good football so far this season, proven by 4th position in the table. Adelaide United have an outlook both up and down from the 5th position.
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (16) in A-League
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.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sydney form and stats
The overall A-League results playing at home this season for Sydney are 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Sydney, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Central Coast Mariners away with the result 5-0. Bobô, Fondre (3) and Caceres found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sydney played a great game against Central Coast Mariners and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Fondre when beating Central Coast Mariners, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The striker Fondre was announced as "man of the match" for Sydney with the rating of 10.0/10. Fondre scored three goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Sydney lost 0-4 at Melbourne City's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sydney handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, four draws and three defeats.
The manager Corica will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jeonbuk Motors in only four days.
The Sydney fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Sydney have conceded 16 goals.
Adelaide United form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Adelaide United playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Impressive finishing from Ibusuki secured the home win 1-0 against Macarthur in their previous game. Attacker Goodwin got a player rating of 8.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Goodwin served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A loss against Melbourne Victory was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where Adelaide have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, four draws and five defeats.
Adelaide United find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Adelaide United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this season: Adelaide United - Sydney 1-2. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Sydney won seven, Adelaide United were winners in one and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 7 goals |   A. Le Fondre 6 goals |  A. Caceres 5 goals |
Sydney missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Sydney | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 31 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 87% | 91% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 77% |
| 57% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 64% |
| 30% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 13% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 5% |
| 52% | 82% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 30% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 23% |
| 6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 15.6 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.8 | 14.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| 12.3 | 10.7 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 16 | 14.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (16) in A-League
- Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sydney 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Sydney | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
