Adelaide United FC vs Sydney FC, A League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2023-24

Adelaide United FC

4 – 3

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Sydney FC

Sat 13 Jan 2024 · 09:00 UTC Sydney Football Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Luke Brattan

Joshua Cavallo 90' Y

Overview

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Adelaide United FC vs Sydney FC — A League at Sydney Football Stadium.

Adelaide United FC 3 games · 1 pts (2026/27)
Sydney FC 4 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Alex King
Referee Richard Naumovski (Australia)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Wellington Phoenix FC	4	10
2	Sydney FC	4	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	7
5	Perth Glory FC	4	6
6	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	4	5
7	Macarthur FC	4	5
8	Auckland FC	4	5
9	Melbourne Victory FC	4	3
10	Newcastle United Jets FC	4	2
11	Central Coast Mariners FC	4	2
12	Adelaide United FC	3	1

Head-to-Head

Adelaide United FC 25 games · Avg 3.4 goals Sydney FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-01-13 Adelaide United FC 4–3 Sydney FC 2023-11-11 Adelaide United FC 1–5 Sydney FC 2023-04-07 Adelaide United FC 1–1 Sydney FC 2022-10-23 Sydney FC 2–2 Adelaide United FC 2022-04-12 Sydney FC 2–3 Adelaide United FC

Recent Form

Adelaide United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Jan	Sydney FC	H	4–3	W
08 Jan	Macarthur FC	H	1–1	D
04 Jan	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	2–2	D
30 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	A	0–2	L
22 Dec	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	3–1	W
15 Dec	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	0–1	L

Sydney FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Jan	Adelaide United FC	A	3–4	L
06 Jan	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–1	W
29 Dec	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	3–1	W
23 Dec	Western United FC	H	4–2	W
16 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	A	0–3	L
09 Dec	Macarthur FC	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Adelaide United FC		Sydney FC
#12	Position	#2
1	Points	7
3	Played	4
0 / 1 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 1
3	Scored	7
8	Conceded	4
-5	GD	+3
0.33	PPG	1.75
0%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Adelaide United FC this season

25% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this season

Adelaide United FC are 12th (1 pts). Sydney FC are 2nd (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Adelaide United FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/4

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sydney FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/1

31-45

3/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

2/1

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Adelaide United FC

Brody Burkitt	2 G
Joey Garuccio	1 G

Sydney FC

Aly Toure	4 G	1 A
Oriola Sunday	1 G	2 A
Gabriel Popovic	1 G
Rhys Youlley	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Sydney Football Stadium. Adelaide United FC are looking to make home advantage count against Sydney FC.
5' Australia international Corey Hollman has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
7' Anthony Caceres makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sydney FC are in front.
12' It’s high time Ufuk Talay made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
17' Adelaide United FC have won 371 goals from 236 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
22' Patrick Wood has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
24' What composure from Hiroshi Ibusuki! The Japan international strokes it home. 1-1.
29' Sydney FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
34' Brilliant from the ! Hiroshi Ibusuki makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 34.
39' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
42' That looks like a foul for a card for Luke Brattan.
46' The Sydney FC manager makes a substitution. Zachary de Jesus departs to be replaced by Jordan Courtney-Perkins.
50' Nestor Irankunda has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 45 minutes.
55' Gabriel Lacerda is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Adelaide United FC so far.
60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
62' Another substitution for Sydney FC to replace Fabio by Max Burgess on 62 minute.
66' Luka Jovanovic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nestor Irankunda at the 66 minute mark.
71' Patrick Wood is replacing Jaiden Kucharski for the Sydney FC side.
73' Hiroshi Ibusuki makes a hat-trick on 73.
75' The Adelaide United FC bench stirs into life. Hiroshi Ibusuki is withdrawn and Joshua Cavallo gets his opportunity.
76' What a moment for Joe Lolley! That strike on 76 puts his side firmly in control.
81' Giuseppe Bovalina is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sydney FC tonight.
85' The Adelaide United FC bench stirs into life. Javi Lopez is withdrawn and Ryan Kitto gets his opportunity.
86' The Sydney FC manager makes a substitution. Corey Hollman departs to be replaced by Mitchell Glasson.
90' The referee shows Adelaide United FC player a card on 90.
Game over. The scoreline of 4-3 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Adelaide United FC Lineups

Starting XI

22
Ryan Tunnicliffe
10
Zach Clough ↓ Austin Ayoubi 85'
21
Javi Lopez ↓ Ryan Kitto 85'
26
Ben Halloran
1
James Delianov
9
Hiroshi Ibusuki ↓ Joshua Cavallo 75'
66
Nestor Irankunda ↓ Luka Jovanovic 66'
8
Isaias Sanchez
41
Alexandar Popovic
43
Giuseppe Bovalina
37
Johnny Yull ↓ Luke Duzel 75'

Bench

7
Ryan Kitto ↑ 85'
27
Joshua Cavallo ↑ 75'
23
Luke Duzel ↑ 75'
50
Steven Hall
17
Luka Jovanovic ↑ 66'
42
Austin Ayoubi ↑ 85'
3
Benjamin Warland

Sydney FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Joe Lolley
1
Andrew Redmayne
23
Rhyan Grant
26
Luke Brattan
17
Anthony Caceres
15
Gabriel Lacerda
9
Fabio ↓ Max Burgess 62'
8
Jake Girdwood-Reich
25
Jaiden Kucharski ↓ Patrick Wood 71'
21
Zachary de Jesus ↓ Jordan Courtney-Perkins 46'
12
Corey Hollman ↓ Mitchell Glasson 86'

Bench

Coach Ufuk Talay

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Bobo	8
Adam Le Fondre	7
Joe Lolley	6
Craig Goodwin	5
Archie Goodwin	4
Patryk Klimala	3
Patrick Wood	3
Hiroshi Ibusuki	3

Head to Head

Adelaide United FC Form

2024-01-13 Adelaide United FC 4–3 Sydney FC W 2024-01-08 Adelaide United FC 1–1 Macarthur FC D 2024-01-04 Adelaide United FC 2–2 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2023-12-30 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Adelaide United FC L 2023-12-22 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2023-12-15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–0 Adelaide United FC L

Sydney FC Form

2024-01-13 Adelaide United FC 4–3 Sydney FC L 2024-01-06 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Sydney FC W 2023-12-29 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2023-12-23 Sydney FC 4–2 Western United FC W 2023-12-16 Melbourne Victory FC 3–0 Sydney FC L 2023-12-09 Sydney FC 0–2 Macarthur FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.69 Adelaide United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.72 Sydney FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Adelaide United FC31% Draw20% Sydney FC49%

Actual: Adelaide United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes75% 0% No25%

Avg goals/match: 4.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Adelaide United FC or Draw

52%

Draw or Sydney FC

69%

Adelaide United FC or Sydney FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Adelaide United FC21% Draw35% Sydney FC44%

Actual: Adelaide United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–3 not predicted

4 – 3

Actual

1 – 2

7.5%

1 – 3

6.7%

1 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

6.2%

2 – 3

5.5%

2 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.7%

1 – 4

4.5%

0 – 3

4.1%

2 – 4

3.8%

3 – 2

3.5%

3 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Adelaide United FC

Handicap	Adelaide United FC covers	Push	Sydney FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	12%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	42%	—	58%
+1	42%	19%	39%
+1.5	61%	—	39%
+2	61%	17%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Adelaide United FC keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

Sydney FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.