Week 13 brings us a match on Feb 4th where Sydney and Adelaide United will play a match in Adelaide in a meeting of these two A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Adelaide United, recorded a 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets. Beka Mikeltadze scored the first goal for Newcastle Jets in the 59th minute, but Nestory Irankunda got the equalizer for Adelaide United in the 88th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 91st minute on a goal by Hiroshi Ibusuki. Adelaide United is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while sydney sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Central Coast Mariners. Anthony Caceres struck first for Sydney in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, then in the 53rd minute, Béni NKololo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Oliver Božanić , but luckily for Sydney it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Sydney is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Sydney won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sydney is fortunate enough to have Caceres in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Craig Goodwin has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Adelaide United.