National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Adelaide United or Brisbane Roar that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Adelaide United form and stats
Adelaide United participated in Australian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.7-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Adelaide United so far this season.
The Adelaide coach Veart and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Adelaide City in the Australian Cup.
Before that one, a strong away victory at Newcastle Jets. A Australian Cup game. This is expected to be a close game, with Adelaide United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Adelaide United as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Adelaide United has won 11 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.
The Adelaide fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 13 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Brisbane Roar was sent out of Australian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brisbane Roar so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Avondale Heights in their previous outing. The Australian Cup duel ended 2-2.
Ahead of that, the Australian Cup victory away at Heidelberg United. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Brisbane Roar in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Brisbane Roar, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brisbane as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Brisbane Roar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Adelaide United have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (4-1-0) facing Brisbane Roar.Adelaide United missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Adelaide United | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 14.4 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
