Season ticket holders at Adelaide Shores Football Centre haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Adelaide Olympic languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Adelaide City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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 Olympic form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl South Australian numbers at home for Adelaide Olympic so far this season.
Adelaide Olympic lost their last game at Cumberland United (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Adelaide won a home game hosting Adelaide Blue Eagles (1-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Adelaide Olympic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Adelaide Olympic as a small favourite), we find six games. Adelaide Olympic has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.
The Adelaide fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Adelaide are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 8 played). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 homematches.
Adelaide City form and stats
Adelaide City, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Npl South Australian, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Npl South Australian, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
Adelaide's last game was the home draw against Modbury Jets (1-1). Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Croydon Kings's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Adelaide City playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Adelaide City wins, one draw and five defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Adelaide City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 awaymatches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Adelaide City - Adelaide 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Adelaide, one draw and two wins for Adelaide City. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Adelaide Olympic missing players
Adelaide City missing players
| Adelaide Olympic | Adelaide City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 26 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 75% | 88% |
| 65% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 71% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 24% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 24% | 50% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 53% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 24% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 177 | 76 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 84 | 225 |
| 80 | 38 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 33 | 84 |
| 31% | 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 18% | 23% |
- Adelaide City has the fewest conceded goals (16) in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Npl South Australian
- Adelaide Olympic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Adelaide City have scored 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 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Campbelltown City | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Croydon Kings | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | NE MetroStars | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Cumberland United | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 27 |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Adelaide Raiders | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Adelaide Olympic | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Adelaide United || | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Modbury Jets | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
| 12 | Para Hills Knights | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 8 |