Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — MetroStars Res. 1st with 57 points, Adelaide United Res. 3rd with 37, 20 apart. The last five rounds placed Adelaide United Res. no better than 7th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, MetroStars Res. were scoring 3.45 and conceding 1, Adelaide United Res. 3.5 and 2.23, against a competition average of 2.3 goals per team per game.
MetroStars Res. entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Defeat had followed defeat for Adelaide United Res. — four in succession, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Over the last five, MetroStars Res. had taken 10 of 15 points to Adelaide United Res.'s 3.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 3 for MetroStars Res., 1 for Adelaide United Res. and 3 drawn, at 3.86 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. Both teams scored in 86% of the meetings.
Adelaide United Res. led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Key stats
On target: 5-5 · Corners: 2-6




