Adelaide City vs Sturt LionsResult, Lineups & H2H

Npl South Australian

2026

Adelaide City

Costanzo20'

Kasumovic25'

Bressan52'

Costanzo72'

-FT

Jun 05, 2026

Adelaide City Park

Sturt Lions

Diamantis46'

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Domenic Costanzo

Adelaide City

Goals

Assists

8.9

79'Yellow Card

Jaiden Diamantis

Sturt Lions

Goal!

4-1

Domenic Costanzo

72'·Adelaide City

⚽

58'Yellow Card

Domenic Costanzo

Adelaide City

56'Yellow Card

D. Bressan

Adelaide City

56'Yellow Card

Yoshiki Igarashi

Sturt Lions

55'Yellow Card

Yuki Kitano

Adelaide City

Goal!

3-1

D. Bressan

52'·Adelaide City

⚽

Goal!

2-1

Jaiden Diamantis

46'·Sturt Lions

⚽

Goal!

2-0

Asad Kasumovic

25'·Adelaide City

⚽

Goal!

1-0

Domenic Costanzo

20'·Adelaide City

⚽

13'Yellow Card

Manley Barnett

Sturt Lions

5'Yellow Card

Yared Abetew

Adelaide City

Statistics of the Game

Adelaide City

Sturt Lions

62%Ball Possession38%

11Shots Total7

6Shots On Target3

7Corners4

6Fouls12

3Yellow Cards5

1Offsides4

5Shots Off Target4

120Attacks91

67Dangerous Attacks46

4Goals1

3Shots Blocked1

5Substitutions2

Adelaide City

Manager: Paul Pezos

Starting XI

John Hall

6.8

Nicholas Francese

B. Corbo

6.6

Yared Abetew

6.5

Oliver Western

Asad Kasumovic

7.2

D. Bressan

7.5

Patrick Caraccia

Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio

6.8

Yuki Kitano

Domenic Costanzo

8.9

Substitutes

M. Dawber

6.4

N. Bucco

6.6

F. Schimizzi

6.4

C. Groff

Giorgio Parhas

Rylan Webb

Sturt Lions

Manager: N/A

Starting XI

Zalan Melegh

Michael Marrone

6.6

Manley Barnett

Filimon Asefa

Edward Elton

Harrison Rogers

Yoshiki Igarashi

Jacob Atkinson

Sean Garrett

Alexander Sortini

Lesi Thanasis

Substitutes

Lucas Ruth

Mohammad Mohtashami

Nathan Munro

Jaiden Diamantis

Nathan Humphries

Jack Dunstall

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Domenic Costanzo FW	8.9	82'	2	1	3/5	31	-	7/22
D. Bressan MF	7.5	70'	1	0	1/1	39	-	2/5
Asad Kasumovic MF	7.2	90'	1	0	1/4	23	1	4/13
Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio MF	6.8	70'	0	0	0/1	28	1	4/8
John Hall GK	6.8	90'	0	0	-	32	-	0/1
B. Corbo DF	6.6	90'	0	0	-	54	2	3/12
N. Bucco FW	6.6	20'	0	0	-	8	-	2/2
Yared Abetew DF	6.5	90'	0	0	1/1	46	-	3/10
M. Dawber MF	6.4	8'	0	0	-	5	-	2/2
F. Schimizzi FW	6.4	20'	0	0	0/1	1	-	1/9
Nicholas Francese DF	-	90'	0	0	-	33	-	6/20
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total33 Accurate20 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls4 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions2 Clearances1 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total20 Won6 Lost1 Won %30% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches49 Dribbles1/2 Dispossessed1 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn1 Chances Created0 Crosses0/2
Yuki Kitano FW	-	70'	0	0	1/2	17	1	3/8
Shots Total2 On Target1 Off Target1 Blocked0 Passes Total17 Accurate12 Accuracy0% Key Passes1 Long Balls0 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles1 Tackles Won0 Interceptions1 Clearances0 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total8 Won3 Lost5 Won %38% Aerials Won1 Ground Won0 Possession Touches27 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed1 Other Fouls1 Fouls Drawn1 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Oliver Western DF	-	90'	0	0	-	32	2	5/14
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total32 Accurate23 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls4 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles2 Tackles Won0 Interceptions3 Clearances3 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total14 Won5 Lost9 Won %36% Aerials Won3 Ground Won0 Possession Touches42 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed1 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn2 Chances Created0 Crosses0/1
Patrick Caraccia MF	-	90'	0	0	-	26	2	9/24
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total26 Accurate23 Accuracy0% Key Passes1 Long Balls1 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles2 Tackles Won0 Interceptions0 Clearances1 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total24 Won9 Lost1 Won %38% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches45 Dribbles3/3 Dispossessed2 Other Fouls2 Fouls Drawn4 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Giorgio Parhas MF	-	20'	0	0	-	10	-	3/5
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total10 Accurate9 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls0 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions1 Clearances0 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total5 Won3 Lost2 Won %60% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches15 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed1 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn1 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Rylan Webb MF	-	1'	0	0	-	2	-	-
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total2 Accurate1 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls0 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions1 Clearances0 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total0 Won0 Lost0 Won %0% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches3 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0

Adelaide City vs Sturt Lions — computed insights

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Adelaide City	15	W1	4	0	2	2	8/15	6-5
Sturt Lions	15	W1	1	0	1	5	3/15	5-10

Adelaide City — last 5 games

L0-1 @ West Torrens Birkalla2026-05-01
W2-1 vs Campbelltown City2026-05-09
D0-0 @ Playford City Patriots2026-05-16
D2-2 vs White City Woodville2026-05-23
W2-1 @ West Adelaide2026-05-31

Sturt Lions — last 5 games

L2-3 vs Adelaide United ||2026-05-02
L1-2 @ Adelaide Comets2026-05-08
L0-2 vs Croydon Kings2026-05-16
L0-2 @ Campbelltown City2026-05-23
W2-1 vs White City Woodville2026-05-30

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 6
Period covered: 2018-03-31 – 2026-04-18
Adelaide City wins: 4
Draws: 1
Sturt Lions wins: 1
Avg goals per meeting: 2.67
Over 2.5 goals: 67%
Both teams scored: 17%
Home side won: 50%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 1D 1L (Adelaide City view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 2.6 vs 2.67

Most recent meetings (5 of 6)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-04-18	Sturt Lions	1-0	Adelaide City
2023-06-17	Sturt Lions	2-2	Adelaide City
2022-04-30	Adelaide City	3-0	Sturt Lions
2021-05-08	Sturt Lions	0-1	Adelaide City
2018-07-07	Adelaide City	4-0	Sturt Lions

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 72 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Adelaide City	4	12	22	10	LWDDW	6	-2
Sturt Lions	8	12	15	0	LLLLW	10	-2

Table context

Points gap: 7 ptsAdelaide City 22 · Sturt Lions 15
Positions: #4 vs #8
Goals per game: 1.92/1.08 vs 1.75/1.75scored/conceded per game · league average 1.8

How we calculate this

Previous Meetings

Last 6 matches

Won 67%

(4/6)

Draw 17%

(1/6)

Won 17%

(1/6)

Goals

13-3

Total matches

Recent matches (5/6)

Npl South Australian•Apr 18, 2026

Sturt Lions

1-0

Adelaide City

Npl South Australian•Jun 17, 2023

Sturt Lions

2-2

Adelaide City

Npl South Australian•Apr 30, 2022

Adelaide City

3-0

Sturt Lions

Npl South Australian•May 8, 2021

Sturt Lions

0-1

Adelaide City

Npl South Australian•Jul 7, 2018

Adelaide City

4-0

Sturt Lions

Head to Head

Last 6 matches

Adelaide City wins

Draws

Sturt Lions wins

Goals Scored

13 - 3

Apr 18, 2026 • Npl South Australian

Sturt Lions

1-0

Adelaide City

Jun 17, 2023 • Npl South Australian

Sturt Lions

2-2

Adelaide City

Apr 30, 2022 • Npl South Australian

Adelaide City

3-0

Sturt Lions

Matchday 13 — Npl South Australian

West Torrens Birkalla vs Croydon Kings — 5 Jun 20261-0
Campbelltown City vs Para Hills Knights — 6 Jun 20263-0
Playford City Patriots vs Adelaide Comets — 6 Jun 20262-2
White City Woodville vs NE MetroStars — 6 Jun 20261-2
West Adelaide vs Adelaide United || — 7 Jun 20263-1

Match summary

Adelaide City beat Sturt Lions 4-1 in the Npl South Australian.

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Adelaide City vs Sturt Lions — computed insights

Previous Meetings

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/6)

Head to Head

Head to Head

Last 6 matches

Matchday 13 — Npl South Australian

Match summary