In this 12th week match, on Saturday Jan 14th, Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory will play a match in Adelaide in a meeting of these two A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Adelaide United sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Central Coast Mariners. Alexandar Popovic scored the first goal for Central Coast Mariners on an own goal in the 31st minute, then Béni NKololo added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Samuel Silvera In the end, Adelaide United couldn’t muster any offence and Central Coast Mariners ran away with the shutout win. Adelaide United is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Melbourne Victory is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Brisbane Roar. Jay O’Shea struck first for Brisbane Roar in the 73rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Melbourne Victory couldn’t manage to score, and Brisbane Roar took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 11th of November, Adelaide United won by a score of 3 to 0. Hiroshi Ibusuki scored the first goal for Adelaide United in the 37th minute, then Craig Goodwin added another in the 86th minute on a penalty kick In the end, Melbourne Victory couldn’t muster any offence and Adelaide United ran away with the shutout win.
Melbourne Victory is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ben Folami and Cadete each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Adelaide United hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are George Blackwood and Craig Goodwin, and they each have 1 goal.