Adelaide United vs Melbourne City Prediction: Expect the host to end stronger

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City Prediction and Odds on 21 November 2025

After the international World Cup qualifier break, Adelaide United will welcome Melbourne City in the Australia A-League Round 5 matchup at Coopers Stadium. Adelaide United will aim to secure a win on their home soil and extend their previous win, while Melbourne City will aim to prevent a defeat on the road, and maintain their unbeaten streak. Let’s analyse previous results, overall performance, recent forms, and my betting opinion on how to place your bets.

Adelaide United: Forms and Statistics

Adelaide United snapped their winless streak of two during their last four games against Western Sydney Wanderers, in a 2-0 win. Before the match, they suffered defeats against Auckland FC and Macarthur FC, but they were victorious against Sydney FC. During these games, they have scored 6 goals while conceding 5. Adelaide United have gained 6 points in 4 games, positioning them in 6th place in A-League quarter-finals ranking. Playing on their home soil, Adelaide United will aim to secure a win extend their winning streak to three games.

Adelaide United Lineups

🔖Adelaide United predicted lineup (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Joshua Smits

Defender players: Dylan Pierias, Bart Vriends, Panagiotis Kikianis, Fabian Talladira

Midfielder players: Jay Barnett, Ethan Alagich

Attacking players: Yaya Dukuly, Juan Muniz, Ryan Kitto, Luka Jovanovic

⛔️ Unavailable: Anselmo (Lacking Match Fitness)

👤 Head Coach: Airton Andrioli

Melbourne City: Forms and Statistics

Melbourne City have gained 8 points in 4 games, positioning them in 3rd place in the A-League quarter-finals ranking. They have scored 7 goals while conceding just 1 in these games. Going into this match, Melbourne City will aim to secure a win and extend their unbeaten streak to five games this season and aim to secure a place in the A-League semi-finals ranking.

Melbourne City Lineups

🔖 Melbourne City predicted lineup (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Patrick Beach

Defender players: Kai Trewin, German Ferreyra, Aziz Behich, Nathaniel Atkinson

Midfielder players: Kai Trewin, Andreas Kuen, Takeshi Kanamori

Attacking players: Max Caputo, Benjamin Mazzeco, Kavian Rahmani

⛔️ Unavailable: James Nieuwenhuizen, Andrew Nabbout, Lawrence Wong, Samuel Souprayen, Alessandro Lopane, Medin Memeti

👤 Head Coach: Aurelio Vidmar

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City: Head-to-Head Statistics

During their last five games, Adelaide United won three games, while Melbourne City won one, and both teams tied in one game. However, both teams scored against one another in one of their last five games, and more than two goals were recorded in two games.

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City: Betting Tips & Odds

• In four of their last five games between Adelaide United and Melbourne City, they have taken more than 9 corners against one another. This option is provided on the Bet365 bookmaker website for odds of 1.61;
• In one of their last five games between Adelaide United and Melbourne City, they have had BTTS against one another. This option is provided on the Betway bookmaker website for odds of 1.60;
• In two of their last five games between Adelaide United and Melbourne City, they have had over 2.5 goals against one another. This option is provided on the 1XBet bookmaker website for odds of 1.68;
• In three of their last five games between Adelaide United and Melbourne City, they have had one goal at halftime against one another. This option is provided on the 1XBet bookmaker website for odds of 1.63;
• In two of their last five games between Adelaide United and Melbourne City, they have ended in draws at halftime against one another. This option is provided on the 1XBet bookmaker website for odds of 2.25

Adelaide United vs Melbourne City match Prediction 21 November 2025

Adelaide United are yet to suffer a defeat but won in two of their games this season on their home soil. Meanwhile, Melbourne City ended in draws in two of their two games this season. Therefore, I expect both teams to perform in front of the net since the home team will aim to secure a win and extend their winning ways to three games, while the visiting team will aim to extend their unbeaten streak. So, I expect more than two goals to be recorded. However, even though I expect both teams to find the net, I expect the home team to prevent a defeat.

Below are our predictions for this game.

Our match prediction: Over 2.5 goals for a coefficient of 1.66 in the Bet365 bookmaker.

Our betting tip on the match: BTTS for a coefficient of 1.60 in the Betway bookmaker.

Our final betting tip on the match: 1X & BTTS for a coefficient of 2.35 in the 1XBet bookmaker.