Melbourne City vs Adelaide United Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

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Melbourne City

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Melbourne City will play in this match following a 2-2 A-League drawn game versus Western Sydney Wanderers.

In that match, Melbourne City had 63% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for Melbourne City was Kai Trewin (13' Own goal, 36', 86'). For their opponents, Western Sydney Wanderers got 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. Nicolas Milanović (9') was the scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers.

Aurelio Vidmar's Melbourne City have hit the target 11 times in their past half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those games stands at 7.

Ahead of this meeting, Melbourne City have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Adelaide United

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In their last game, Adelaide United drew 1-1 in the A-League match with Brisbane Roar.

In that game, Adelaide United had 43% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Adelaide United was Dylan Pierias (11'). For their opponents, Brisbane Roar got 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Asumah Abubakar (59') scored for Brisbane Roar.

Looking at their form, and Adelaide United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 20 goals in total. Defensively, Adelaide United have some weaknesses to address. Such a trend might not follow through into this game, though.

Ahead of this clash, Adelaide United have not won against Melbourne City in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/05/2022 tells us that Melbourne City have won 2 of these and Adelaide United 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 in total which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was A-League match day 18 on 07/02/2025 and the score finished Adelaide United 1-0 Melbourne City.

That day, Adelaide United had 50% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Archie Goodwin (52').

Melbourne City got 12 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Ben Abraham.

🗞️ Team News: Melbourne City

Samuel Souprayen (Calf problems), Mathew Leckie (Hamstring injury), James Jeggo (Sore muscles), Andrew Nabbout (Cruciate ligament tear), Jayden Necovski (Cruciate ligament tear) and James Nieuwenhuizen (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be able to play for Melbourne City manager Aurelio Vidmar.

ℹ️ Team News: Adelaide United

Adelaide United boss Carl Veart has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Bailey O'Neil (unknown injury) and Panashe Madanha (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Adelaide United will likely be able to find the net against this Melbourne City team, although that possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Melbourne City after 90 minutes. Should be an interesting one.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds on the WDW market, a win for Melbourne City can be had for 1.85, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.8 and staking on a victory for Adelaide United can be had at 4. They’re the best of the market prices on offer at the current time.

Andre Moura, 13:02 22/04/2025