📊 Form Guide

Western United

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Western United will be wanting a better result here following the 0-2 A-League losing effort in their last game against Central Coast Mariners.

In that game, Western United had 46% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Central Coast Mariners had 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Max Balard (51') and Christian Theoharous (80') scored for Central Coast Mariners.

Matches with Western United have tended to be exciting ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 22 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 11 of these accredited to Western United.

A look at their previous results shows us that Western United:

• have not registered a win against Adelaide United when playing them at home in the previous 3 league games.
• are winless against Adelaide United in their previous 2 league games.

Adelaide United

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Macarthur FC in A-League action, Adelaide United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Adelaide United managed 47% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Adelaide United was Nestor Irankunda (20'). At the other end, Macarthur FC got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Tommy Smith (88') scored for Macarthur FC.

Proving their predisposition for productive matches, goals have been celebrated 23 times in the last 6 games in which Adelaide United have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 3.83 goals per clash. Their opponents have got 10 from this total. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 08/05/2022 tells us that Western United have won 1 of these & Adelaide United 5, with the number of drawn games being 0.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The last league contest between these clubs was A-League match day 22 on 29/03/2024 when it finished Adelaide United 4-1 Western United.

That time, Adelaide United managed 43% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The goalscorers were Nestor Irankunda (19', 46', 48') and Zach Clough (80').

At the other end, Western United got 12 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Michael Ruhs (50') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Adam Kersey.

ℹ️ Team News: Western United

Nikita Rukavytsya (unknown injury), Rhys Bozinovski (unknown injury), Daniel Penha (unknown injury), Jacob Tratt (Torn knee ligaments), Kane Vidmar (concussion), Noah Botic (Stress reaction of the bone) and Ramy Najjarine (Shoulder injury) will not be taking part for Western United boss John Aloisi.

ℹ️ Team News: Adelaide United

Adelaide United boss Carl Veart has some current player fitness concerns. Joshua Cavallo (Muscle injury) and Panagiotis Kikianis (Hamstring injury) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Adelaide United and Western United could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and there should be goals with a draw being quite a realistic outcome. We therefore see a hard-fought 2-2 draw by the conclusion of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 08:03 16/04/2024