Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between NE MetroStars (1st, 43 pts) and Adelaide Olympic (11th, 24 pts). Adelaide Olympic had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: NE MetroStars 2.32 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Adelaide Olympic 1.27 and 2.18, with the league averaging 1.84.
NE MetroStars carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this.
Across 5 recorded meetings, NE MetroStars have 2 wins to Adelaide Olympic's 3, with 0 draws, at 4.4 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
T.K. Shutter Reserve in Adelaide staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.




