Adelaide United vs Western Sydney Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions

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Adelaide United

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Adelaide United go into this fixture following on from a 2-2 A-League drawn match against Melbourne City.

In that match, Adelaide United managed 56% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Adelaide United, the goalscorers were George Blackwood (60') and Hiroshi Ibusuki (84'). On the other side, Melbourne City got 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Andrew Nabbout (24') and Jamie Maclaren (66') scored for Melbourne City.

In their prior six games, Carl Veart's Adelaide United have scored 8 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Adelaide United:

• haven't lost in the league to Western Sydney Wanderers in their last 3 games.
• have not beaten Western Sydney Wanderers in their last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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In their last fixture, Western Sydney Wanderers drew 3-3 in the A-League match with Melbourne City.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers had 46% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Western Sydney Wanderers, the scorers were James Troisi (5'), Jack Rodwell (9'), Dimitri Petratos (16' Own goal) and Keijiro Ogawa (68'). For their opponents, Melbourne City got 20 shots at goal with 4 on target. Jamie Maclaren (36') and Marco Tilio (60') scored for Melbourne City.

Carl Robinson's Western Sydney Wanderers have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those same matches adds up to 9.

Their prior results show that Western Sydney Wanderers:

• haven't beaten Adelaide United in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• remain undefeated by Adelaide United in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. A very decent away record against them.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 16/02/2019 tells us that Adelaide United have won 1 of these & Western Sydney Wanderers 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 overall at an average of 4.5 goals per match.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 24 on 03/06/2021 when the final score was Adelaide United 2-2 Western Sydney Wanderers.

On that occasion, Adelaide United had 54% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Ryan Strain (22' Own goal) and Craig Goodwin (56').

Western Sydney Wanderers got 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Ziggy Gordon (11' Own goal) and Graham Dorrans (30') scored.

The match was refereed by Alex King.

📰 Team News: Adelaide United

Nick Ansell (Achilles tendon rupture) and Kusini Yengi (Leg Injury) won’t be playing for Adelaide United manager Carl Veart.

🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Out of a mainly available squad, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Western Sydney Wanderers manager Carl Robinson to be concerned with. Rhys Williams (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Western Sydney Wanderers might have a difficult job to break down this Adelaide United side who should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We therefore fancy a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning score for Adelaide United at the end of the 90 minutes.

It should be a good one.

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Peter Guest, 01:26 15/01/2022