Melbourne City and Adelaide United meet at AAMI Park, in a match for the 25th round of Liga A. Adelaide United won at home by (3‑1) the last time they met in this edition of the league, in 01 ‑02‑2020. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 7 matches won 4, tied 2 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium, in 20 ‑10‑2019, for League A, Melbourne City won by (2‑1). J. MacLaren (24 ‘and 28’) scored the goals of the match, for Melbourne City, and R. McGree (67 ‘), for Adelaide United.
Melbourne City :
The home team plays a match against Adelaide United in a match of matchday 25, which had been postponed, after 12 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in their league matches so far. For the championship, Melbourne City won 20 points out of a possible 30, after 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 games they played at their stadium.
For this competition, he has not lost in his stadium for 6 games. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 games in this competition, he only managed 3 comebacks in the 10 games in which he conceded the first goal.
Melbourne City reaches the penultimate round of the league regular phase at the top of the league table, with 43 points, two points more than Wellington Phoenix. To qualify directly for the play-off semifinals, coach Erick Mombaerts’ team needs to win. Last week Melbourne City beat champion and leader Sydney FC 2-0, responding in the best way to the unexpected loss to Newcastle Jets (2-1), before the championship came to a halt due to the pandemic. In the match against rival Sydney, Noone (57 ‘) and Maclaren (68′) were the heroes, scoring both goals from three points.
Adelaide United :
The visiting team is currently in 7th position, with 27 points won, after 9 wins and 12 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Western United by (1‑5). In the last match, they lost at home to Newcastle Jets by (0‑3). In their last away match for this competition, they lost (2‑1) against Melbourne Victory. In their last 10 away games for the championship, Adelaide United registers 3 wins and 7 losses, for which they have 9 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches, the most frequent final score was 2‑1 (5 out of 10 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive strength, but its attack has scored regularly, since it has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for goals, since 10 of their last 10 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 21 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
The Adelaide United team enters the final day of the regular season in sixth place on the leaderboard, the last to guarantee access to the champions’ qualifying play-off. With 35 points, just two more than Western United (which has two less played games), Carl Veart’s team is no longer reliant on itself to qualify. On the previous day, Adelaide United failed to win and complicated the goal of reaching the play-offs by drawing 1×1 in the reception to Sydney. Elsey (13 ‘) opened the scoring early and before the break Sydney tied. In the second half, both teams tried to win, but failed to achieve the winning goal.
PREDICTION: Melbourne City to win @ 1,89
