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Melbourne City vs Adelaide United Live Stream, Predictions
Adelaide United journey to AAMI Park on Sunday for the A-League game with home team Melbourne City.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Melbourne City v Adelaide United can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Melbourne City
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Melbourne City go into this game following a 0-0 A-League tied result against Brisbane Roar.
In that game, Melbourne City had 66% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Brisbane Roar had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.
Their most recent results reveal that huge efforts have been put in by the Melbourne City defence. Melbourne City have been mean at the back, with the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six games standing at 4.
Taking a look at their past results, Melbourne City:
- have not emerged victorious against Adelaide United in their previous 3 league games.
- have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.
Adelaide United
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Adelaide United will go into the meeting after a 1-0 A-League win vs Macarthur FC in their last outing.
In that game, Adelaide United managed 38% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Adelaide United was Zach Clough (6'). Macarthur FC got 21 attempts at goal with 8 on target.
Carl Veart's Adelaide United have fired home a total of 5 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those same matches adds up to 9.
Going into this one, Adelaide United havenโt won away from home in the past 3 league matches.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 13/05/2021 shows that Melbourne City have won 2 of them & Adelaide United 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.
A total of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 from City and 8 created by The Reds. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
โน๏ธ Team News: Melbourne City
The Melbourne City boss Rado Vidoลกiฤ has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash with a fully healthy group to choose from.
๐ฐ Team News: Adelaide United
Due to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Adelaide United manager Carl Veart doesnโt have any fitness worries at all before this game.
๐ญ Prediction
For this match, we think that Adelaide United have it in them to find the net against this Melbourne City outfit, although that probably wonโt be enough to avoid a loss.
We can see a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Melbourne City at the end of the match. Letโs just see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 01:43 25/01/2023

๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Melbourne City
Formed: 2009
Stadium: AAMI Park (30,050)
Captain: Scott Jamieson
Chairman: Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager: Rado Vidoลกiฤ
Competitions: A-League position 1
โญ Key Player: Jamie Maclaren

Typically deployed in the Striker position, Jamie Maclaren was born in Melbourne, Australia. Having made his senior debut playing for Perth Glory in the 2013 - 2014 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 13 league goals in the A-League 2022 - 2023 season so far in 12 appearances.
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13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | LWLDW |
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14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 18 | WWDWD |
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14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 17 | WLDLW |
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14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 17 | LLDDW |
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14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 16 | WLLDL |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 16 | DLDWD |
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13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 | LLDLL |
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Goals scored | 2.6 |
Goals conceded | 0.6 |
Time first goal scored | 30 |
Time first goal conceded | 86 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0.6 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Jamie Maclaren | 14 |
Mathew Leckie | 3 |
Marco Tilio | 3 |
Richard van der Venne | 2 |
Thomas Lam | 1 |
Craig Goodwin | 6 |
Ben Halloran | 3 |
Hiroshi Ibusuki | 3 |
George Blackwood | 2 |
Ryan Kitto | 2 |
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