Adelaide United vs Melbourne City – Preview, Tips and Odds

Australia: A-League

Adelaide United

Full Time

4:2

Melbourne City

Highlights and Stats

Adelaide United and Melbourne City will face each other on Friday at Coopers Stadium for a game of the 19th round of the A-League. Adelaide United is currently in 4th position in the standings with 28 points, while Melbourne City is on the 1st place with 9 points separating the two sides.

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/01/29	Last 20 Games
Adelaide United	draw	? Daway Daway Dhome Waway Dhome Dhome Laway Whome Daway Whome Laway Dhome Daway Daway Lhome Dhome Laway Lhome Laway Whome
Melbourne City	draw	? Dhome Dhome Daway Lhome Daway Daway Whome Laway Dhome Laway Whome Daway Dhome Dhome Waway Daway Whome Waway Whome Laway

Worth Mentioning

The outcome of the most recent encounter between Adelaide United and Melbourne City was an entertaining 3:3 draw. Adelaide United has not tasted defeat in six games against Melbourne City recording a total of 1 win and 5 draws in the process. The home factor has proven to be an advantage in the recent 10 head-to-head clashes. The hosting side achieved 3 wins and lost on 1 occasion in the process. The majority of recent H2H meetings ended in a draw with that being the case in 6 of the last 10 matches. Three of the previous five encounters produced over 2.5 goals and four witnessed goals at both ends. Within these battles, Adelaide United limited their rivals from scoring in one clash, and Melbourne City achieved that feat once. The latest five matches ended with 3.00 goals on average.

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

Adelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  1.15

  1.55

• Fouls

  14.85

  16.15

• Corners

  5.65

  5.05

• Offsides

  1.25

  1.65

• Cards

  2.05

  2.85

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2023/01/29 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  3

  3

• Fouls

  13

  12

• Corners

  7

  12

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  2

  0

• Posession

  30%

  70%

2022/05/22 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  16

  18

• Corners

  4

  6

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  3

  3

• Posession

  53%

  47%

2022/05/18 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  15

  15

• Corners

  5

  4

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  0

  4

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2022/02/15 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  11

  14

• Corners

  3

  6

• Offsides

  1

  4

• Cards

  4

  1

• Posession

  48%

  52%

2022/01/15 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  15

  16

• Corners

  5

  6

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  2

  6

• Posession

  56%

  44%

2021/11/27 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  17

  14

• Corners

  10

  6

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  3

  4

• Posession

  56%

  44%

2021/05/13 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  4

• Fouls

  15

  20

• Corners

  1

  9

• Offsides

  1

  1

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  54%

  46%

2021/01/03 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  17

  11

• Corners

  5

  5

• Offsides

  2

  4

• Cards

  2

  5

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2020/08/11 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  9

  14

• Corners

  14

  3

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  1

  8

• Posession

  64%

  36%

2020/02/01 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  10

  15

• Corners

  8

  1

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  48%

  52%

2019/10/20 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  8

  5

• Corners

  9

  3

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  0

  0

• Posession

  46%

  54%

2019/05/05 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  18

  24

• Corners

  11

  7

• Offsides

  4

  4

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2019/04/13 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  12

  19

• Corners

  9

  5

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  49%

  51%

2019/02/09 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  20

  16

• Corners

  2

  5

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  1

  0

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2018/12/16 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  10

  14

• Corners

  4

  2

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2018/03/16 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  20

  18

• Corners

  3

  3

• Offsides

  1

  2

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  44%

  56%

2018/01/21 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  5

• Fouls

  11

  20

• Corners

  3

  4

• Offsides

  0

  0

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2017/10/28 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  18

  22

• Corners

  3

  1

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  3

  7

• Posession

  65%

  35%

2017/04/07 A-League

Adelaide UnitedHMelbourne City

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  26

  20

• Corners

  6

  8

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  4

  0

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2017/01/12 A-League

HAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  16

  16

• Corners

  1

  5

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  35%

  65%

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Adelaide United Form

Adelaide United recorded a 1:1 draw as visitor in a clash against Melbourne Victory of the A-League played on February 26. The outfit has not suffered a single defeat in seven successive matches, ending in 3 victories and 4 draws. It appears location has little to no impact on how Adelaide United’s previous 10 encounters unfolded. These ended in 4 home victories and 2 wins for the visiting sides. Four of Adelaide United’s last five meetings featured over 2.5 goals, with both teams hitting the targets in all five. The last 5 clashes of the team were marked by very high scoring numbers, with a total of 24 goals on display.

• Goals
  1.80
• Fouls
  11.30
• Corners
  5.80
• Offsides
  1.10
• Cards
  3.40
• Posession
  48%

Melbourne City Form

In their previous match, Melbourne City met Sydney on Saturday and it finished in a 3:2 win at home. Playing at home has shown to be decisive as five of Melbourne City’s last ten meetings ended in a victory for the hosting party, which lost only two of those. All of the team’s five last matches had over 2.5 goals and all witnessed goals at both ends of the field. Melbourne City conceded in all of those, failing to keep a clean sheet and they scored one or more goals in all of those games. The last five clashes of the team ended with an average of 5.8 goals.

• Goals
  2.70
• Fouls
  11.40
• Corners
  6.40
• Offsides
  1.80
• Cards
  1.70
• Posession
  59%

Formations and Lineups

Adelaide United

Formation:4-1-4-1

• G46Joe Gauci
• D21Javi López
• D13Lachlan Barr
• D3Ben Warland
• D7Ryan Kitto
• M8Isaías
• M26Ben Halloran
• M10Zach Clough
• M6Louis D'Arrigo
• M11Craig Goodwin
• F9Hiroshi Ibusuki

46 Joe Gauci 21 Javi López 13 Lachlan Barr 3 Ben Warland 7 Ryan Kitto 8 Isaías 26 Ben Halloran 10 Zach Clough 6 Louis D'Arrigo 11 Craig Goodwin 9 Hiroshi Ibusuki

Melbourne City

Formation:4-5-1

• G1Tom Glover
• D4Nuno Reis
• D6Thomas Lam
• D22Curtis Good
• D38Jordan Bos
• M23Marco Tilio
• M14Valon Berisha
• M13Aiden O'Neill
• M8Richard van der Venne
• M15Andrew Nabbout
• F9Jamie MacLaren

1 Tom Glover 4 Nuno Reis 6 Thomas Lam 22 Curtis Good 38 Jordan Bos 23 Marco Tilio 14 Valon Berisha 13 Aiden O'Neill 8 Richard van der Venne 15 Andrew Nabbout 9 Jamie MacLaren

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Adelaide United	Last Melbourne City	Probability	Value Odds Over
Adelaide United WIN	3/10	4/10	-	30.80%	3.25
DRAW	6/10	4/10	3/10	40.18%	2.49
Melbourne City WIN	1/10	-	6/10	29.02%	3.45
Over 2.5 Goals	7/10	6/10	7/10	67.00%	1.49
BTTS	8/10	7/10	7/10	74.00%	1.35
Over 4.5 Cards	8/10	6/10	4/10	62.00%	1.61
Over 10.5 Corners	4/10	6/10	5/10	49.00%	2.04
Adelaide United over 1.5 Goals	7/10	5/10	-	61.00%	1.64
Melbourne City over 1.5 Goals	5/10	-	7/10	59.00%	1.69

Match Details

Adelaide UnitedvsMelbourne City

• 90`
  

  (in) M. Caputo(out) V. Berisha
• 85`
  N. IrankundaI. Sanchez

  

  4 - 2
• 82`
  

  (in) C. Talbot(out) A. Nabbout
• 81`
  

  A. NabboutRoughing
• 76`
  (in) N. Irankunda(out) Z. Clough

  
• 76`
  (in) E. Alagich(out) L. Jovanovic

  
• 71`
  (in) J. Barnett(out) L. D'Arrigo

  
• 62`
  3 - 2

  

  M. TilioV. Berisha
• 60`
  

  (in) S. Jamieson(out) R. van der Venne
• 57`
  L. D'ArrigoZ. Clough

  

  3 - 1
• 50`
  C. GoodwinI. Sanchez

  

  2 - 1
• 45+3`
  L. BarrL. D'Arrigo

  

  1 - 1
• 33`
  

  (in) S. Galloway(out) N. Reis
• 32`
  (in) L. Jovanovic(out) H. Ibusuki

  
• 9`
  0 - 1

  

  A. NabboutR. van der Venne

Players Ratings

Adelaide UnitedvsMelbourne City

• 

  8Isaías

  8.7 / 10

• 

  11Craig Goodwin

  8.3 / 10

• 

  6Louis D'Arrigo

  7.9 / 10

• 

  10Zach Clough

  7.7 / 10

• 

  21Javi López

  7.3 / 10

• 

  66Nestory Irankunda

  7.3 / 10

• 

  13Lachlan Barr

  7.2 / 10

• 

  18Jay Barnett

  7.2 / 10

• 

  46Joe Gauci

  6.9 / 10

• 

  9Hiroshi Ibusuki

  6.9 / 10

• 

  3Ben Warland

  6.7 / 10

• 

  7Ryan Kitto

  6.7 / 10

• 

  26Ben Halloran

  6.3 / 10

• 

  55Ethan Alagich

  6.3 / 10

• 

  35Luka Jovanovic

  6.3 / 10

• 

  1Tom Glover

  7.3 / 10

• 

  23Marco Tilio

  7.3 / 10

• 

  8Richard van der Venne

  7.3 / 10

• 

  14Valon Berisha

  7.2 / 10

• 

  6Thomas Lam

  6.7 / 10

• 

  15Andrew Nabbout

  6.7 / 10

• 

  4Nuno Reis

  6.6 / 10

• 

  3Scott Jamieson

  6.6 / 10

• 

  22Curtis Good

  6.5 / 10

• 

  13Aiden O'Neill

  6.5 / 10

• 

  25Callum Talbot

  6.5 / 10

• 

  38Jordan Bos

  6.2 / 10

• 

  9Jamie MacLaren

  5.9 / 10

• 

  2Scott Galloway

  5.9 / 10