Head-to-Head
- Adelaide United FC have won three of the last five head-to-head meetings, Melbourne City FC one and one draw.
- The two teams are separated by just two A-League points heading into this game, Adelaide United FC sitting third on 40 points from 25 matches and Melbourne City FC are fifth on 38 points from the same number of games.
Melbourne City FC
- Melbourne City FC have won four and drawn one of their last five matches (W4 D1).
- Melbourne City FC have won six, drawn two and lost four of their 12 home matches this A-League season, scoring an average of 1.42 goals per home game and conceding 0.92 goals per game on average.
Adelaide United FC
- Adelaide United FC have won, drawn and lost the same amount of away matches in the A-League 2025/2026, four apiece from 12 matches, scoring 1.58 goals and conceding 1.50 on average away from home.
- Airton Andrioli has done a brilliant job since he took over as head coach of Adelaide United FC in May 2025 and has overseen his team’s unbeaten run of five matches (W2 D3), including last weekend’s 3-1 win at home to Macarthur FC.
Key Players
- Melbourne City FC’s goals are shared around but Max Caputo is the top scorer in the A-League 2025/2026 with eight goals from 25 appearances, while Marcus Younis has scored four of Melbourne City FC’s last 11 goals and has found his scoring form at the right time.
- Luka Jovanovic is Adelaide United FC’s go-to guy and the striker has scored nine times in the A-League 2025/2026 from 22 appearances, making him the club’s most reliable source of goals.
Betting Insights
Adelaide United FC are in good form and have failed to win in their last two visits to Melbourne City FC , but the home side is on a run of three consecutive wins , which makes the odds for an away win look very appealing.
Prediction
This should be a very entertaining, back and forth match with both teams looking to attack and take the game to each other, with both sides likely to create and concede chances, so both teams to score and over 2.5 goals is the main selection for Sunday’s match.
