Auckland FC vs Adelaide United FC, A League 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Auckland FC vs Adelaide United FC — A League at Mt Smart Stadium.
- Auckland FC 26 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
- Adelaide United FC 26 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Kearney Robinson
- Referee Ben Abraham
- Referee Sam Kelly (Australia)
- Assistant 1 Anton Shchetinin
- Assistant 2 Astro Sakalis (Australia)
- 4th Official Shaun Evans
23 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.7 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 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 21 Mar Macarthur FC H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 20 Mar Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 4–2 W Season Stats
Auckland FC Adelaide United FC #3 Position #2 42 Points 43 26 Played 26 11 / 9 / 6 W / D / L 12 / 7 / 7 42 Scored 46 29 Conceded 36 +13 GD +10 1.62 PPG 1.65 42% Win % 46% Key Stats
83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history31% Clean Sheets
Auckland FC this season11% Clean Sheets
Adelaide United FC this seasonAuckland FC are 3rd (42 pts). Adelaide United FC are 2nd (43 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Auckland FC0-15–/–16-301/331-452/–46-603/261-751/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededAdelaide United FC0-15–/116-301/231-45–/146-60–/261-754/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
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 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 -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Auckland FC is hosting Adelaide United FC for another epic battle.
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Harry Crawford made 232 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ethan Alagich, as he is very good at scoring at Mt Smart Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' The travelling Adelaide United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 24' Goal! Lachlan Brook scores his 12 goal in 232 matches.
- 29' It’s high time Steve Corica made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 34' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 39' Adelaide United FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 44' 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.
- 49' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Adelaide United FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 54' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 59' Adelaide United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 59.
- 63' What a strike from Harry Crawford! The score is 1-1.
- 64' Adelaide United FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Harry Crawford on 64.
- 65' Steve Corica was booked on 65.
- 66' Auckland FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 71' It looks surprising Adelaide United FC does not make any changes. Ryan White has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 76' Auckland FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Luis Gallegos scoring 1 goals.
- 78' That looks like a foul for a card for Craig Goodwin.
- 79' Craig Goodwin is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
- 80' It’s gonna be a card for Sam Cosgrove.
- 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
- 90' Panagiotis Kikianis is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Auckland FC Lineups
4-2-2-2Starting XI
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- 2
- 77
- 9
- 6
- 17
- 23
- 3
- 10
- 7
- 21
Bench
- 27
- 4
- 15
- 14
- 18
- 12
- 57
Coach Steve CoricaAdelaide United FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 87
- 14
- 19
- 22
- 3
- 23
- 55
- 4
- 12
- 44
- 58
Bench
- 11
- 10
- 40
- 62
- 52
- 42
- 35
Coach Ayrton Andrioli -
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
Auckland FC Form
Adelaide United FC Form
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 D 2026-03-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–4 Adelaide United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.64 Auckland FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.53 Adelaide United FC xGI would bet for: Auckland FC or Adelaide United FC 73% + Both teams to score 63%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.17Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Auckland FC or Draw 66%Draw or Adelaide United FC 60%Auckland FC or Adelaide United FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Auckland FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.3%1 – 2 7.8%2 – 2 6.3%1 – 0 6.2%0 – 0 5.9%0 – 1 5.7%2 – 0 5.6%0 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.5%1 – 3 3.9%3 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — Auckland FC
Handicap Auckland FC covers Push Adelaide United FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 12% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 19% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 18% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 10% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Auckland FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Adelaide United FC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.