Match Report
14 points and 6 places separated them: Adelaide United 2nd with 33, NZ Knights 8th with 19. NZ Knights had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall. Per game in the league, Adelaide United were scoring 1.52 and conceding 1.29, NZ Knights 0.62 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Adelaide United.
The match was played at Coopers Stadium in Adelaide (capacity 17,000).


