This promises to be quite the intriguing contest at AAMI Park in the A-League. Western United is in 3rd position and receive Adelaide United in 9th position. Read all about the match here!
This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!
Western United form and stats
Western United have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the A-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AAMI Park.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Western, as their goalkeeper Jamie Young has completely shut out the opponents for 285 minutes in the A-League.
A nice win for Western last time playing, versus Brisbane Roar. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Pain scoring for the victors. Joshua Risdon was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Risdon hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 12 of 17 duels.
Ahead of that match, Western lost 0-1 at home to Wellington Phoenix.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Western United here at AAMI Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Defensively Western have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Adelaide United form and stats
Things could have gone better for Adelaide United in their A-League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Two points from the last two away games for Adelaide, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a A-League home defeat versus Melbourne Victory with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Attacker Craig Goodwin got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Goodwin hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that, Adelaide travelled to Brisbane Roar and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Adelaide United has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Western-Adelaide United H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Western United one win, Adelaide United one win, two draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Wenzel-Halls 2 goals |  C. Pain 1 goals |   J. Tratt 1 goals |
Western United missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Western United | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 16.3 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.5 | 15.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| 23% | 20% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 11.2 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 13.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Western United | Last season | Adelaide United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 47 | 17 | Conceded | C | 31 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 89% | ||
| 69% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 75% | ||
| 54% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 87% | 68% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 43% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 21% | ||
| 46% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 68% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 29% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 14% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 16.7 | 16.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.8 | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Western United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sydney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |