Adelaide United FC vs Auckland FC, A League 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Adelaide United FC vs Auckland FC — A League at Coopers Stadium.
- Adelaide United FC 26 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
- Auckland FC 26 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Alex King
- Referee Daniel Elder
- Assistant 1 Kearney Robinson
- Assistant 2 Emma Kocbek (Australia)
- 4th Official Lachlan Keevers
24 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Newcastle United Jets FC 26 48 2 Adelaide United FC 26 43 3 Auckland FC 26 42 4 Melbourne Victory FC 26 40 5 Sydney FC 26 39 6 Melbourne City FC 26 38 7 Macarthur FC 26 34 8 Wellington Phoenix FC 26 33 9 Central Coast Mariners FC 26 32 10 Perth Glory FC 26 31 11 Brisbane Roar FC 26 26 12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 May Auckland FC H 0–3 L 09 May Auckland FC A 1–1 D 26 Apr Melbourne City FC A 2–1 W 19 Apr Macarthur FC H 3–1 W 11 Apr Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–1 D 03 Apr Auckland FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 May Adelaide United FC A 3–0 W 09 May Adelaide United FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Sydney FC A 2–2 D 19 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC H 0–1 L 11 Apr Melbourne Victory FC H 2–2 D 03 Apr Adelaide United FC A 1–1 D Season Stats
Adelaide United FC Auckland FC #2 Position #3 43 Points 42 26 Played 26 12 / 7 / 7 W / D / L 11 / 9 / 6 46 Scored 42 36 Conceded 29 +10 GD +13 1.65 PPG 1.62 46% Win % 42% Key Stats
83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history11% Clean Sheets
Adelaide United FC this season31% Clean Sheets
Auckland FC this seasonAdelaide United FC are 2nd (43 pts). Auckland FC are 3rd (42 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Adelaide United FC0-15–/116-301/231-45–/146-60–/261-754/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededAuckland FC0-15–/–16-301/331-452/–46-603/261-751/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Adelaide United FCLuka Jovanovic 11 G 3 A Johnny Yull 4 G 5 A Ethan Alagich 4 G 4 A Ryan Kitto 3 G 1 A Auckland FCSam Cosgrove 12 G 4 A Jesse Randall 9 G 8 A Lachlan Brook 9 G 2 A Guillermo May Bartesaghi 6 G 4 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Adelaide United FC and Auckland FC is underway.
- 4' Hiroki Sakai is having his name booked by the referee on 4.
- 9' Auckland FC is showing some good football. However, Auckland FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 14' It’s high time Ayrton Andrioli made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 19' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bart Vriends, as he is very good at scoring at Coopers Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Auckland FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 29' Brody Burkitt has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 34' The travelling Auckland FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 39' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 44' GOAL! Jake Girdwood-Reich scores on 44.
- 49' Adelaide United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 49.
- 50' Lachlan Brook is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
- 55' Auckland FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 58' What a strike from Sam Cosgrove! The score is 0-2.
- 63' It looks surprising Adelaide United FC does not make any changes. Jesse Randall has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 64' The referee calls foul for Louis Verstraete. He receives a card.
- 69' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 74' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 79' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ryan White suffering a number of foals already.
- 84' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 86' Goal! Logan Rogerson scores his 9 goal in 169 matches.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ethan Alagich on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-3.
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Lineups
Adelaide United FC Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 7
- 87
- 14
- 19
- 22
- 3
- 55
- 4
- 12
- 44
- 35
Bench
- 11
- 10
- 23
- 40
- 9
- 52
- 58
Coach Ayrton AndrioliAuckland FC Lineups
4-1-2-1-2Starting XI
- 1
- 2
- 77
- 9
- 6
- 17
- 4
- 23
- 3
- 7
- 21
Bench
- 27
- 15
- 14
- 18
- 12
- 52
- 57
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Logan Rogerson 3 Zach Clough 2 Guillermo May Bartesaghi 2 Archie Goodwin 2 Jake Girdwood-Reich 1 Neyder Moreno 1 Jordan Elsey 1 Bart Vriends 1 Head to Head
Adelaide United FC Form
2026-05-15 Adelaide United FC 0–3 Auckland FC L 2026-05-09 Auckland FC 1–1 Adelaide United FC D 2026-04-26 Melbourne City FC 1–2 Adelaide United FC W 2026-04-19 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Macarthur FC W 2026-04-11 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Adelaide United FC D 2026-04-03 Adelaide United FC 1–1 Auckland FC DAuckland FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.4 Adelaide United FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.86 Auckland FC xGI would bet for: Adelaide United FC or Auckland FC 74% + Both teams to score 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Auckland FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.26Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 62% 38% ± 3.5 41% 59% ± 4.5 23% 77% Double Chance
Adelaide United FC or Draw 57%Draw or Auckland FC 69%Adelaide United FC or Auckland FC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Auckland FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.9%1 – 2 9%2 – 1 6.7%0 – 2 6.6%0 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 6.2%1 – 3 5.5%0 – 0 5.4%1 – 0 4.7%0 – 3 Actual2 – 3 3.9%2 – 0 3.8%Asian Handicap — Adelaide United FC
Handicap Adelaide United FC covers Push Auckland FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 8% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 15% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 53% — 47% +1 53% 20% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 14% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Adelaide United FC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Auckland FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.