Thursday , 2 July 2026

Melbourne City FC vs Adelaide United FC, A League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2024-25
Melbourne City FC
0 – 0
Full Time
Adelaide United FC
Sat 26 Apr 2025 · 09:35 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 15' Ethan Alagich
Kai Trewin 39' Y
German Ferreyra 50' Y
Y 60' Zach Clough
Y 80' Isaias Sanchez

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Kearney Robinson
  • Referee Shaun Evans
7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# 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

6
7
8
Melbourne City FC 21 games · Avg 3.1 goals Adelaide United FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-04-26 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC 2025-02-07 Adelaide United FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2024-01-25 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Adelaide United FC 2023-10-29 Adelaide United FC 6–0 Melbourne City FC 2023-03-03 Adelaide United FC 4–2 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Adelaide United FC H 0–0 D
19 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 2–2 D
11 Apr Brisbane Roar FC H 3–2 W
05 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC H 1–0 W
29 Mar Sydney FC A 3–2 W
12 Mar Newcastle United Jets FC H 0–1 L
Adelaide United FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Melbourne City FC A 0–0 D
22 Apr Brisbane Roar FC A 1–1 D
18 Apr Wellington Phoenix FC H 3–2 W
12 Apr Perth Glory FC A 1–4 L
05 Apr Sydney FC H 2–3 L
29 Mar Melbourne Victory FC A 3–5 L

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC Adelaide United FC
#6 Position #2
38 Points 43
26 Played 26
10 / 8 / 8 W / D / L 12 / 7 / 7
33 Scored 46
33 Conceded 36
+0 GD +10
1.46 PPG 1.65
38% Win % 46%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season
11% Clean Sheets
Adelaide United FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Adelaide United FC are 2nd (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Adelaide United FC
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/2
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/2
61-75
4/–
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
Max Caputo 8 G 1 A
Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A
Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A
Adelaide United FC
Luka 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' That's the starting whistle at AAMI Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Melbourne City FC and Adelaide United FC.
  • 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 10' Melbourne City 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.
  • 15' The referee calls foul for Ethan Alagich. He receives a card.
  • 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Melbourne City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 25' Adelaide United FC have won 368 goals from 233 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 32' The Adelaide United FC manager makes a substitution. Archie Goodwin departs to be replaced by Luka Jovanovic.
  • 37' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Melbourne City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 39' Kai Trewin is having his name booked by the referee on 39.
  • 44' 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.
  • 49' Adelaide United FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 50' The referee calls foul for German Ferreyra. He receives a card.
  • 55' Adelaide United FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 60' Zach Clough catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 60.
  • 61' Time for substitution for Melbourne City FC. Max Caputo is replaced by Medin Memeti.
  • 66' Melbourne City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 69' A change in the Adelaide United FC ranks — Ryan Kitto exits the field as Yaya Dukuly enters on 69.
  • 74' Emin Durakovic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Zane Schreiber at the 74 minute mark.
  • 79' 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.
  • 80' It’s a booking for Adelaide United FC player. Isaias Sanchez gets a card.
  • 85' Jay Barnett gets the nod from Adelaide United FC. He replaces Stefan Mauk and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 86' Andreas Kuen makes way for Lawrence Wong at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Aurelio Vidmar

Adelaide United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2025-04-26 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC 2025-02-07 Adelaide United FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2024-01-25 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Adelaide United FC 2023-10-29 Adelaide United FC 6–0 Melbourne City FC 2023-03-03 Adelaide United FC 4–2 Melbourne City FC

Melbourne City FC Form

2025-04-26 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC D 2025-04-19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2025-04-11 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2025-04-05 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2025-03-29 Sydney FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC W 2025-03-12 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L

Adelaide United FC Form

2025-04-26 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Adelaide United FC D 2025-04-22 Brisbane Roar FC 1–1 Adelaide United FC D 2025-04-18 Adelaide United FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2025-04-12 Perth Glory FC 4–1 Adelaide United FC L 2025-04-05 Adelaide United FC 2–3 Sydney FC L 2025-03-29 Melbourne Victory FC 5–3 Adelaide United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.3 Melbourne City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 Adelaide United FC xG
I would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Adelaide United FC 73% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Melbourne City FC37% Draw27% Adelaide United FC36%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes56% 0% No44%
Avg goals/match: 2.76
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw
64%
Draw or Adelaide United FC
63%
Melbourne City FC or Adelaide United FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Melbourne City FC25% Draw46% Adelaide United FC29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
1 – 2
8.4%
0 – 1
8.3%
0 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
7.5%
1 – 0
7.3%
0 – 2
6.6%
2 – 2
5.5%
2 – 0
5.2%
1 – 3
4.1%
3 – 1
3.3%
0 – 3
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Adelaide United FC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 9% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 18% 68%
-0.5 32% — 68%
+0.5 60% — 40%
+1 60% 20% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 12% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✗
Adelaide United FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✗

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