Adelaide United vs Melbourne City predictions, previews, team news and more

The A tournament back to the fold with another round this weekend like Adelaide United assume City of Melbourne on Saturday. Both teams are yet to make any headway and have a point to prove going into this game.

Adelaide United are ranked 7th in the table at the moment and have been in the middle of this season. Organized by the home team Melbourne Victory to draw 1-1 last week and will need to raise it on Saturday.

Melbourne City is in 5th place on the A-League rankings and has not been in the best form in recent months. The league champions played an enjoyable 3-3 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers in their previous game and will need to recover in this one.

Head to head record of Adelaide United vs Melbourne City

Adelaide United have a good head-to-head record against Melbourne City and have won 15 of the 37 head-to-head matches between the two teams. City of Melbourne have picked up 12 wins against Adelaide United and will need to win on Saturday.

The previous match between the two sides took place in May last year and ended with a 4-1 win for Melbourne City. Adelaide United were underrated for the day and are unlikely to get a similar performance this weekend.

A guide to Adelaide United’s A-League squad: DWLLD

Guidelines for the appearance of the City of Melbourne in the A-League: DDWLD

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City Team News

Adelaide United

Kusini Yengi and Nick Ansell are injured at the moment and have been excluded from this fixture. Isaias Sanchez was sent off against Melbourne Victory and was suspended for the match.

Injured: Kusini Yengi, Nick Ansell, Nathan Konstandopoulos

Suspect: Not available

Ban: Isaiah Sánchez

City of Melbourne

Stefan Colakovski has also recovered from his illness but may not take the risk in this match. Melbourne City are unlikely to make drastic changes to their team in this fixture.

Injured: Not available

Suspect: Stefan Colakovski

Ban: Not available

Eleventh Prediction between Adelaide United vs Melbourne City

Adelaide United predicted line-up (4-3-3): Joe Gauci; Ryan Kitto, George Timotheou, Jacob Tratt, Javi Lopez; Juande, Louis D’Arrigo, Craig Goodwin; George Blackwood, Bernardo Oliveira, Stefan Mauk

City of Melbourne predicts the XI (4-3-3): Tom Glover; Scott Galloway, Nuno Reis, Rostyn Griffiths, Scott Jamieson; Aiden O’Neill, Connor Metcalfe, Florin Berenguer; Matthew Leckie, Andrew Nabbout, Jamie Maclaren

Predict Adelaide United vs Melbourne City

The City of Melbourne has suffered from stuttering in recent weeks and will need to recover in this match. The visitors have an impressive attack and will need to make the most of their chances this weekend.

Adelaide United played very well keeping their form for Melbourne Victory last week and will be looking to take all three points after this game. However, the city of Melbourne was the better team on paper and held the upper hand on Saturday.

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Guess: Adelaide United 1-3 Melbourne City