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Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix: A-League live scores, blog

Roar Guru
30th March, 2018
Where: Coopers Stadium
When: 7:50pm AEDT
TV: Fox Sports
Betting: Adelaide $1.40, Wellington $6.50, Draw $4.50
Roy Krishna of the Phoenix in action during the round 13 A-League match between Wellington Phoenix and Adelaide United. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)
Roar Guru
30th March, 2018
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Match result:

Adelaide United have added another win to their ledger on Friday night, defeating the Wellington Phoenix 2-1.

Final score
Adelaide United 3
Wellington Phoenix 1

Match preview:

Adelaide United, on the back of the performance of the round against the Newcastle Jets, will want to maintain their form in that charge for finals and hosting rights against the Wellington Phoenix, in tonight’s Friday night fixture. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:50pm (AEDT).

And so, with two rounds remaining, the premier’s plate and the top two spots are resolved. It becomes a race for the remaining four spots.

Highlighting just how unpredictable the A-League is, the Reds were the team looking most likely to drop out of the six last weekend, with Victory the form team of the comp.

Yet last weekend finished with Adelaide putting in an utterly dominant performance, while Melbourne lost to Perth, who were swept aside with ease last night against Sydney.

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But Adelaide looked irresistible last week. The passing was sublime, the movement was exquisite, and the finishing was decisive. The return of Johan Absalonsen, and the accompanying goal, was an added bonus to a team that might be hitting form at the exact perfect time of the season.

Dzengis Cavusevic is out with some knee troubles, however the additions of Baba Diawara, Ryan Strain, and Ersan Gulum should be more than adequate cover.

For Wellington, it has really reached the stage where the less you say about them the better. True, they were better last week against Brisbane, and their draw has added a bit of extra spice to the race for the six.

But this was yet another week where Wellington’s place in the league was again questioned, and with every week where they fail to perform, and the likes of Roy Krishna, Nathan Burns, and Andrija Kaludjeravic fail to spark, that is another week where the conversation inevitably turns to the question with seemingly no answer: what purpose do the Wellington Phoenix serve in the A-League?

Prediction
Adelaide are a different prospect with the return of Absalonsen, and a bit more defensive starch in Gulum. With the form the Reds showed last week, any team would struggle against them, not least the cellar-dwelling Phoenix.

Adelaide 3-0.

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