The A-League clash at AAMI Park on Saturday sees home side Melbourne City do battle with Adelaide United.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Melbourne City v Adelaide United, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
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Melbourne City
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Melbourne City go into this match coming off the back of a 2-2 A-League drawn game vs Western Sydney Wanderers.
In that game, Melbourne City had 63% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Melbourne City was Kai Trewin (13' Own goal, 36', 86'). Western Sydney Wanderers got 18 shots at goal with 6 on target. Nicolas Milanoviฤ (9') scored 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 previous game, Adelaide United drew 1-1 in the A-League match with Brisbane Roar.
In that match, Adelaide United managed 43% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Adelaide United was Dylan Pierias (11'). At the other end, Brisbane Roar got 13 attempts 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.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 22/05/2022 shows that Melbourne City have won 2 of these & Adelaide United 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
Those games werenโt short on goals, either, with 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.
The previous league game featuring these sides was A-League match day 18 on 07/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Adelaide United 1-0 Melbourne City.
In that match, Adelaide United had 50% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Archie Goodwin (52').
For their opponents, Melbourne City had 12 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
The referee was Ben Abraham.
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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 taking part for Melbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar.
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Team News: Adelaide United
Adelaide United boss Carl Veart has not got a full squad to pick from. Bailey O'Neil (unknown injury) and Panashe Madanha (Hamstring injury) are names that wonโt be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
Weโre of the opinion that Adelaide United will likely be able to find the net against this Melbourne City team, although that possibly wonโt prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
Weโre expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Melbourne City after 90 minutes. Should be an interesting one.
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โฝ๏ธ 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 1.75, betting on the game finishing all-square is 4 and staking on a victory for Adelaide United can be had at 4.33. Theyโre the best of the market prices on offer at the current time.
Andre Moura,
17:15 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Melbourne City
Formed: 2009
Stadium: AAMI Park (30,050)
Captain: Aziz Behich
Chairman: Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager: Aurelio Vidmar
Competitions: A-League position 2
๐ Star Player: Yonatan Cohen
Regularly used in the Right Wing position, Yonatan Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Having played his first senior match for Pisa in the 2021 - 2022 season, the gifted Forward has contributed 4 league goals in the A-League 2024 - 2025 season to date in 14 appearances.