Match Report
3 points and 0 places separated them: Adelaide United 1st with 13, Nagoya Grampus 1st with 10. On recent form Nagoya Grampus sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Adelaide United were scoring 1.17 and conceding 0.33, Nagoya Grampus 1.67 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Adelaide United arrived on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Adelaide United had taken 15 of 15 points to Nagoya Grampus's 6.
The venue was Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, with room for 16,500 spectators. Adelaide United led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.