Melbourne City FC vs Adelaide United FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

Melbourne City FC

4 – 1

Full Time

Adelaide United FC

Thu 13 May 2021 · 09:05 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 23' Stefan Mauk

Craig Noone 45' Y

Rostyn Griffiths 45' Y

Y 57' Joe Caletti

Y 89' Ben Halloran

Overview

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Melbourne City FC vs Adelaide United FC — A League at AAMI Park.

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

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

Melbourne City FC 21 games · Avg 3.1 goals Adelaide United FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-13 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Adelaide United FC 2020-08-11 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Adelaide United FC 2020-02-01 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC 2019-10-20 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Adelaide United FC 2019-05-05 Adelaide United FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 May	Adelaide United FC	H	4–1	W
09 May	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–2	W
05 May	Perth Glory FC	A	3–1	W
29 Apr	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	3–1	W
24 Apr	Macarthur FC	A	1–1	D
17 Apr	Melbourne Victory FC	H	7–0	W

Adelaide United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 May	Melbourne City FC	A	1–4	L
07 May	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	0–0	D
30 Apr	Western United FC	H	0–0	D
25 Apr	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	1–2	L
18 Apr	Sydney FC	A	2–2	D
14 Apr	Macarthur FC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Adelaide United FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 4th (7 pts). Adelaide United FC are 12th (1 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Adelaide United FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/4

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC

Andrew Nabbout	2 G
Emiliano Marcondes	1 G	2 A
Matheus Rossetto	1 G
Awer Mabil	1 G
Quinn MacNicol	1 G

Adelaide United FC

Brody Burkitt	2 G
Joey Garuccio	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Melbourne City FC is hosting Adelaide United FC for another epic battle.
5' Melbourne City FC is showing some good football. However, Melbourne City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
8' GOAL! Scott Jamieson fires home to make it 1-0!
13' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
18' It looks like no one’s ball. Adelaide United FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
23' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Stefan Mauk.
28' The Melbourne City FC bench stirs into life. Andrew Nabbout is withdrawn and Marco Tilio gets his opportunity.
33' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
38' Melbourne City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Adelaide United FC's shape.
43' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne City FC and Adelaide United FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
45' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Scott Galloway makes no mistake. 2-0!
45' The referee has no hesitation. Craig Noone is booked for Melbourne City FC — Yellow card on 45.
46' Another change for Adelaide United FC made on 46 minute. Tomi Juric leaves to be changed by Kusini Yengi.
51' GOAL! Ben Halloran fires home to make it 2-1!
56' 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.
57' Joe Caletti catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 57.
62' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 62 minutes.
67' Fresh legs for Melbourne City FC! Adrian Luna comes on to replace Connor Metcalfe.
68' Melbourne City FC make a change. Craig Noone trudges off to be replaced by Stefan Colakovski on 68 minutes.
70' Adelaide United FC make a change. Joe Caletti trudges off to be replaced by Al Hassan Toure on 70 minutes.
71' GOAL! Jamie MacLaren fires home to make it 3-1!
72' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jamie MacLaren makes no mistake. 4-1!
77' Adelaide United FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
80' Daniel Georgievski is replacing Scott Galloway for the Melbourne City FC side.
82' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jamie MacLaren makes no mistake. 5-1!
83' Jamie MacLaren has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 83 minutes.
88' The Adelaide United FC bench stirs into life. Craig Goodwin is withdrawn and Yarad Abetew gets his opportunity.
89' Ben Halloran catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 89.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Melbourne City FC players.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Craig Noone ↓ Stefan Colakovski 68'
8
Aiden O'Neill ↓ Nuno Reis 68'
2
Scott Galloway ↓ Daniel Georgievski 80'
9
Jamie MacLaren
15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Marco Tilio 28'
10
Florin Berenguer
3
Scott Jamieson
18
Connor Metcalfe ↓ Adrian Luna 67'
22
Curtis Good
7
Rostyn Griffiths
1
Tom Glover

Bench

33
Matthew Sutton
5
Daniel Georgievski ↑ 80'
19
Ben Garuccio
4
Nuno Reis ↑ 68'
23
Marco Tilio ↑ 28'
20
Adrian Luna ↑ 67'
17
Stefan Colakovski ↑ 68'

Adelaide United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

46
Joe Gauci
7
Ryan Kitto ↑ 88'
35
Al Hassan Toure ↑ 70'
29
Yengi Kusini ↑ 46'
34
Yarad Abetew ↑ 88'
17
Mohamed Toure ↑ 80'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	11
Ben Halloran	6
Ross McCormack	3
Craig Goodwin	3
Bernardo Oliveira	2
Dario Vidosic	2
Marcin Budzinski	2
Louis D'Arrigo	2

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2021-05-13 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Adelaide United FC W 2021-05-09 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-05-05 Perth Glory FC 1–3 Melbourne City FC W 2021-04-29 Melbourne City FC 3–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2021-04-24 Macarthur FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2021-04-17 Melbourne City FC 7–0 Melbourne Victory FC W

Adelaide United FC Form

2021-05-13 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Adelaide United FC L 2021-05-07 Adelaide United FC 0–0 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2021-04-30 Adelaide United FC 0–0 Western United FC D 2021-04-25 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Adelaide United FC L 2021-04-18 Sydney FC 2–2 Adelaide United FC D 2021-04-14 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Macarthur FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.09 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.21 Adelaide United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Melbourne City FC to win 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC69% Draw17% Adelaide United FC14%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 4.3

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	61%	39%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

86%

Draw or Adelaide United FC

31%

Melbourne City FC or Adelaide United FC

83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC56% Draw32% Adelaide United FC12%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 1

7.8%

2 – 1

7.8%

2 – 0

6.7%

3 – 0

6.7%

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

5.8%

4 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.7%

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 0

4.1%

5 – 1

3.8%

4 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Adelaide United FC covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	19%	45%
-1.5	55%	—	45%
-1	55%	19%	27%
-0.5	73%	—	27%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	7%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Adelaide United FC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

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