📊 Form Guide

Melbourne City

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Melbourne City are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-3 A-League victory against Brisbane Roar.

In that match, Melbourne City managed 45% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Melbourne City, the goalscorers were Marcus Younis (61', 66') and Medin Memeti (80'). Brisbane Roar had 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Justin Vidic (44') and Youstin Salas (92') scored for Brisbane Roar.

Their most recent results show that much solidity has been shown by the Melbourne City backline. Melbourne City have been mean at the back, seeing the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past six clashes standing at 4. Having said that, time will tell whether such a trend might continue on in this upcoming match.

Taking a look at their past results, Melbourne City:

• are winless against Adelaide United in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Adelaide United

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Adelaide United come into this clash following on from a 3-1 A-League win to defeat Macarthur FC in their last fixture.

In that match, Adelaide United had 62% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 11 on target. For Adelaide United, the goalscorers were Anselmo (63', 89') and Panagiotis Kikianis (75'). On the other side, Macarthur FC had 11 shots at goal with 1 on target. Mitchell Duke (7') scored for Macarthur FC.

Over the course of their last six clashes, Adelaide United have helped themselves to a total of 11 goals. Adelaide United have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have seen 7 goals go into their own net.

Looking at their past form shows that Adelaide United:

• have not won against Melbourne City in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 8 league matches away from home. What an impressive run of results.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 03/03/2023 tells us that Melbourne City have won 1 of these games and Adelaide United 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 of them from City and 15 coming from The Reds. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league match between these sides was A-League match day 5 on 21/11/2025 when it ended Adelaide United 4-1 Melbourne City.

That time, Adelaide United managed 31% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Ethan Alagich (12'), Luka Jovanović (15'), Ryan White (79') and Jay Barnett (84').

On the other side, Melbourne City had 10 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Takeshi Kanamori (40') was the scorer.

The referee was Shaun Evans.

📋 Team News: Melbourne City

In all likelihood, City should use a 4-3-3 formation for this game, utilising Patrick Beach, Harrison Shillington, German Ferreyra, Samuel Souprayen, Aziz Behich, Emin Durakovic, Andreas Kuen, Zane Schreiber, Marcus Younis, Max Caputo and Elbasan Rashani.

🗞️ Team News: Adelaide United

From our viewpoint, The Reds seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Joshua Smits, Harry Crawford, Bart Vriends, Panagiotis Kikianis, Jay Barnett, Luke Duzel, Ethan Alagich, Yaya Dukuly, Ryan White, Jonny Yull and Anselmo.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Adelaide United should have enough to find the net against this Melbourne City team, but that possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We can see a narrow 2-1 advantage for Melbourne City by the conclusion of the game. Should be a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 07:06 26/04/2026