Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Adelaide United, taking place on Thursday, 25 January 2024, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormThe 2-1 away defeat to Central Coast Mariners will not have sat easily with the Melbourne City squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. During that encounter they had 57% possession and had 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target, while their opponents hit 5 of their 9 shots on goal.
While they have been strong in attack with 14 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 8 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
MCFC will take some comfort from being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 home games, but having managed just 2 wins leaves them plenty of room for improvement.
On an individual basis, Jamie Maclaren will be looking to get on the scoresheet again at AAMI Park having scored 6 goals in Melbourne City's last 6 home games in the league.
Adelaide United, Recent FormAdelaide United will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 4-3 home win against Sydney FC. They came away from that fixture with a 37% share of the possession and clocked up 7 attempts on goal with 6 on target, in comparison to Sydney FC, who managed 21 attempts on goal, 8 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 10 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 10, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but they've conceded a goal in their 20 most recent trips.
They've had a poor run of form on the road recently, losing 3 of their last 6 away games and managing only 1 win.
On an individual basis, Hiroshi Ibusuki is showing great form in front of goal having scored 6 goals in Adelaide United's last 6 league games
Melbourne City will be looking to forget their last league encounter with Adelaide United, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 6-0 defeat.
The Reds will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against MCFC having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 11 meetings. Adelaide Utd have an impressive record of scoring goals against City, with a tally of 17 goals against them in their previous 5 encounters.
Adelaide Utd has won the last 2 games they've played against MCFC in the league.
Jamie Maclaren will be looking to celebrate a goal with the home fans again and continue his scoring streak at home against Adelaide Utd, having scored in each of MCFC's last 5 meetings with them at AAMI Park.
With no real injury worries, MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Adelaide Utd manager Carl Veart has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne City Playing at home | Adelaide United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | Goals scored | 1.4 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 35' |
| 52' | Time first goal conceded | 37' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 5.2 |
| 8-1 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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