Balanced ball game between Western United and Adelaide United expected

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 06.November
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: AAMI Park (56347 seats)

Western United look forward to challenge Adelaide United in this A-League match. All you can learn about the fixture is located here!

Insights:
  • Western United have the most conceded goals (10) in A-League

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.

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Western United form and stats

0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Western United have to build on here at AAMI Park in the A-League.

Western United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Central Coast Mariners. Did Western United get overconfident in their match against Central Coast Mariners? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-4 defeat. Young had a busy but productive day in the Central Coast Mariners match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Pain got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Pain scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that, Western drew at home versus Macarthur.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Western United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3.

At AAMI Park, Western United has the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Adelaide United form and stats

The A-League season is young and Adelaide United have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.

Adelaide United had fun at their own home (AAMI Park) last time out, beating Perth Glory 2-1. Ibusuki and Goodwin scored. Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. Midfielder Goodwin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.33. Goodwin scored one goal and hit seven key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Sydney.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Adelaide United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Adelaide United, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Adelaide's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings with these contenders: Western United won two, Adelaide United triumphed in two and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Western UnitedN. Milanovic
N. Milanovic
2 goals
Western UnitedJ. Risdon
J. Risdon
1 goals
Western UnitedL. Wales
L. Wales
1 goals

Western United missing players

Adelaide United missing players

Western United Adelaide United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 3 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 2 1 Scored S 1 3 5
10 4 1 Conceded C 1 5 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.8 7.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 12 8 7.8
6.5 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.3 4.5
3.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 15.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 22 20 19.8
4.5 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.7 5.8
28% 17% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 18% 22%
 
18.8 13.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 5 14.7 13.5
7.8 5.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4 3.5
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Western United have the most conceded goals (10) in A-League
  • Western United have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in A-League
  • Western United have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in A-League
  • Western United have the the worst goal difference (-5) in A-League
  • Western United is in the worst form (0-1-3)
Western United Last season Adelaide United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   14 29
16 10   Won W   5 13
6 2   Drew D   5 8
8 3   Lost L   4 8
47 26   Scored S   17 42
32 13   Conceded C   19 34
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 90%
67% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 62%
30% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
17% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 7%
47% 33%   BTTS BTTS   71% 66%
40% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 24%
13% 13%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
5.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.9
6 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.8
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 14.3
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 5
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%
 
15 13.3   Shots against (avg) S A   15.9 14.1
5 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.6

  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 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 10
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 4 3 1 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 10
3 Sydney 4 2 1 1 10 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 7
4 Newcastle Jets 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
5 Macarthur 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
6 Adelaide United 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 5 -1 5
7 Central Coast Mariners 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Melbourne Victory 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
9 Wellington Phoenix 4 0 3 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 3
10 Perth Glory 4 1 0 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 4 6 -2 3
11 Brisbane Roar 4 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 3
12 Western United 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 1

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.