Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Adelaide United & Melbourne Victory face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Adelaide saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the A-League. This match was also played here at Coopers Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Melbourne Victory have had more rest.
Adelaide United form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Adelaide United have to build on here at Coopers Stadium in the A-League.
Adelaide's previous game was a A-League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Wellington Phoenix. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Adelaide "killed" Wellington Phoenix in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player Goodwin got a match rating of 9.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Goodwin scored two goals, served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 31 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Western United (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Adelaide 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 ten games. Adelaide United has won six of these, drawn one and lost three.
Adelaide can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Adelaide's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne was sent out of Ffa Cup in the 16th finals last season.Melbourne Victory are happy with their away performances in the A-League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ffa Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Melbourne play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Gold Coast Knights (after extra-time). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Popović when Wilson scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
Before that, Melbourne secured a home win against Western United with the score 3-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne Victory playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Melbourne Victory wins, three draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Melbourne are hosting Adelaide United in the A-League only three days away.
Melbourne are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. 3 goals have been conceded by Melbourne in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Adelaide United victories, zero draws and three Melbourne Victory wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 3 goals |   C. Goodwin 2 goals |  F. Margiotta 2 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Adelaide United | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 36 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 27 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15.5 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12.6 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.4 | 15.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 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 Victory | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
