A key match in A-League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sydney in 4th position and Adelaide United placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (14) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most matches over the total-line (9) in A-League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League.
These teams have little in common geographically as Adelaide United have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in A-League, have collected 15 points from their A-League home games so far after 4-3-2.
The spoils were shared in Sydney's previous game, also at home. Visiting Melbourne City (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Perth Glory.
The Sydney goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne was crucial in the match against Melbourne City last time out, making six saves.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sydney's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won five matches, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sydney as they are travelling to their away game against Jeonbuk Motors in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.
Sydney has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Sydney are not conceding a lot of goals here at Leichhardt Oval in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Adelaide United form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Adelaide United have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Adelaide's previous game versus Macarthur (placed 5th), a A-League 3-1 win played at home. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Western Sydney Wanderers.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Adelaide when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning two games.
Adelaide are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Adelaide manager T. Veart has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Adelaide United - Sydney 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sydney won five, Adelaide United won two and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Barbarouses 6 goals |   S. Mauk 6 goals |  T. Jurić 6 goals |
Sydney missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Sydney | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 29 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 25 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 38% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.2 | 15.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 26% | 20% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 48% | 42% |
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United have the most matches over the total-line (9) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals (14) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in A-League
- Sydney have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in A-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Sydney | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Western United | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -20 | 11 |