Adelaide United will be taking on visiting side Melbourne City at Coopers Stadium in the A-League tie on Friday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Adelaide United v Melbourne City can be seen below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Adelaide United
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Adelaide United will be hoping to bounce back here after the 4-1 A-League loss in their previous game against Sydney FC.
In that game, Adelaide United managed 46% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Adelaide United was Dylan Pierias (49'). Sydney FC got 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Joe Lolley (36'), Patryk Klimala (46'), Adrian Segecic (75') and Anthony Cรกceres (83') scored for Sydney FC.
Adelaide United havenโt had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
Theyโve totted up the amount of 12 during that period while also conceding a total of 13.
Coming into this fixture, Adelaide United are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.
Melbourne City
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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Macarthur FC in A-League action, Melbourne City and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that game, Melbourne City managed 64% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Macarthur FC had 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Valรจre Germain (62') scored for Macarthur FC.
The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Melbourne City has become fairly consistent of late. Examining their last six outings reveals that this has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 5 while Melbourne City have scored 6. In any event, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend might be replicated in this upcoming match.
Their previous form shows that Melbourne City:
- haven't won against Adelaide United when having played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. Not good.
- have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 18/05/2022, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Adelaide United winning 2 of those games, Melbourne City 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.
Those games werenโt short on goals, either, with 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.
The previous league clash between these clubs was A-League match day 14 on 25/01/2024 when the final score was Melbourne City 1-0 Adelaide United.
On that occasion, Melbourne City managed 47% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Terry Antonis (5').
Adelaide United got 24 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Ben Abraham.
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Team News: Adelaide United
Jordan Elsey (unknown injury), Javi Lรณpez (Calf injury), Bailey O'Neil (unknown injury), Panashe Madanha (Hamstring injury), Max Vartuli (Broken finger) and James Delianov (Groin injury) arenโt available for Adelaide United gaffer Carl Veart.
In all likelihood, The Reds should use the 4-2-3-1 system, utilising Ethan Cox, Dylan Pierias, Isaias, Bart Vriends, Ryan Kitto, Jay Barnett, Ethan Alagich, Zach Clough, Stefan Mauk, Ben Folami and Archie Goodwin.
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Team News: Melbourne City
Melbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar has multiple availability issues to deal with. James Jeggo (Sore muscles), Alessandro Lopane (Knee injury), Andreas Kuen (Hamstring injury), Yonatan Cohen (Collateral ligament injury), Jayden Necovski (Cruciate ligament tear) and Andrew Nabbout (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.
Itโs our belief that City appear most likely to make use of a 4-3-1-2 formation by sending out Patrick Beach, Callum Talbot, German Ferreyra, Samuel Souprayen, Aziz Behich, Lawrence Wong, S. Peter Ugarkovic, Harry Politidis, Matthew Leckie, Benjamin Mazzeo and Max Caputo.
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Prediction
Weโre of the view that Adelaide United will, in all likelihood, convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
In contrast, Melbourne City may well struggle getting goals but do we see them scoring as well.
Accordingly, we see a controlled 3-1 win for Adelaide United by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Peter Guest,
08:09 07/02/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Adelaide United
Formed: 2003
Stadium: Coopers Stadium (16,500)
Captain: Ryan Kitto
Chairman: Nathan Kosmina
Manager: Carl Veart
Competitions: A-League position 2
โญ Star Man: Zach Clough
Regularly used in the Striker position, Zach Clough was born in Manchester, England. Having played his first senior match for Bolton Wanderers in the 2014 - 2015 season, the gifted Forward has netted 4 league goals in the A-League 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 14 appearances.