Can Adelaide City beat Adelaide Raiders in Adelaide City Park clash?

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Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 05:30 (UTC)
Venue: Adelaide City Park (5500 seats)

4th position in the Npl South Australian table for Adelaide City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Adelaide Raiders visits Adelaide City Park.

Adelaide have less rest than Adelaide Raiders in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Npl South Australian game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Adelaide United ||, so at least Adelaide are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Adelaide City form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 Npl South Australian games here at Adelaide City Park for Adelaide City. The data says 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Adelaide City Park.

Adelaide City shared the glory with Adelaide United || in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Campbelltown City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Adelaide have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost zero.

The Adelaide fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Adelaide's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Adelaide Raiders form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Npl South Australian.

Home advantage was not enough for Adelaide in their previous game, as they lost their Npl South Australian-match, hosting Cumberland United, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 4-4 draw paying a visit to Adelaide Olympic.

We have checked recent matches where Adelaide have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.

Adelaide Raiders has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. Adelaide struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Adelaide Raiders - Adelaide 1-0. Adelaide-Adelaide Raiders H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Adelaide City two wins, Adelaide Raiders one win, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Adelaide City missing players

Adelaide Raiders missing players

Adelaide City Adelaide Raiders
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 8 14
6 5 2 Won W 0 3 5
4 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
15 11 5 Scored S 1 14 20
11 7 1 Conceded C 1 13 18
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 71%
36% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
43% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 50%
36% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 36%
36% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 21%
 
4.8 5.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.1
3.4 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.8
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
168 101 33 Total Shots T S 12 75 121
68 41 19 Shots on Target S O 4 37 61
22% 27% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 33%
Key stats in Npl South Australian this season:
  • Adelaide City has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Npl South Australian
  • Adelaide City has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Npl South Australian
  • Adelaide City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Adelaide City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Adelaide Raiders has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Npl South Australian
  • Adelaide Raiders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Adelaide Raiders haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide Comets 14 10 1 3 27 12 6 5 0 1 12 3 8 5 1 2 15 9 15 31
2 Campbelltown City 14 8 2 4 23 15 7 4 1 2 13 9 7 4 1 2 10 6 8 26
3 NE MetroStars 14 7 4 3 31 19 8 4 3 1 18 13 6 3 1 2 13 6 12 25
4 Adelaide City 14 6 4 4 15 11 7 5 0 2 11 7 7 1 4 2 4 4 4 22
5 Croydon Kings 14 6 3 5 23 22 7 4 2 1 12 10 7 2 1 4 11 12 1 21
6 Cumberland United 14 6 3 5 21 25 7 3 2 2 12 16 7 3 1 3 9 9 -4 21
7 Adelaide Raiders 14 5 5 4 20 18 6 2 2 2 6 5 8 3 3 2 14 13 2 20
8 Adelaide Blue Eagles 14 5 5 4 19 18 8 4 3 1 10 4 6 1 2 3 9 14 1 20
9 Adelaide Olympic 14 5 3 6 21 20 6 1 3 2 12 12 8 4 0 4 9 8 1 18
10 Modbury Jets 14 3 3 8 13 27 8 3 1 4 8 12 6 0 2 4 5 15 -14 12
11 Adelaide United || 14 1 6 7 14 28 7 1 2 4 5 14 7 0 4 3 9 14 -14 9
12 Para Hills Knights 14 2 1 11 12 24 7 2 1 4 6 9 7 0 0 7 6 15 -12 7

Read more about Npl South Australian

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.