1st position in the Npl South Australian table for Adelaide Comets so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Adelaide City visits SA Athletics Stadium.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Adelaide Comets form and stats
Adelaide Comets, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Npl South Australian, are steadily winning Npl South Australian games and points here at SA Athletics Stadium. 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at SA Athletics Stadium after three straight home wins.
Adelaide are returning here after visiting Cumberland United in a Npl South Australian game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Before that, Adelaide had a home game versus Adelaide Olympic which ended with a victory 2-0.
As mentioned above, Adelaide "killed" Cumberland United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Goals decide football matches and Adelaide Comets are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. Adelaide have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Adelaide City form and stats
Adelaide City, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Npl South Australian, have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Npl South Australian, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
The manager D. Mori was unhappy after their last game, a Npl South Australian match played at their home ground Adelaide Park. Adelaide City suffered a 1-2 loss to NE MetroStars (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Adelaide Blue Eagles.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Adelaide City have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Adelaide have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Adelaide City - Adelaide 1-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Adelaide won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Adelaide City has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / oneAdelaide Comets missing players
Adelaide City missing players
| Adelaide Comets | Adelaide City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 71% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 71% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 43% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 263 | 135 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 104 | 270 |
| 114 | 62 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 47 | 113 |
| 39% | 35% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 23% | 23% |
- Adelaide City has the fewest conceded goals (22) in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Comets has the most clean sheets (9) in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Comets has the most points (24) at home in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Comets has the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Comets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Adelaide Comets haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | NE MetroStars | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 41 |
| 3 | Campbelltown City | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Croydon Kings | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Adelaide Raiders | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Cumberland United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -13 | 28 |
| 8 | Adelaide Olympic | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Adelaide United || | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Modbury Jets | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -24 | 16 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 27 | -23 | 11 |