Adelaide United
2
Match Complete
Melbourne City FC
2
| B. Halloran |  | 90' | ||
| 89' |  | C. Metcalfe | ||
| S. Mauk | | 78' | ||
| J. Cavallo | | 75' | ||
| 72' | | A. Nabbout | ||
| 61' | | A. Nabbout | ||
| J. L. RodrA-guez | | 58' | ||
| 52' | | A. O'Neill | ||
| 36' | | S. Jamieson | ||
| 28' | | J. Maclaren |
| 16 | Shots | 14 | ||
| 5 | On Target | 5 | ||
| 17 | Fouls | 14 | ||
| 10 | Corners | 6 | ||
| 2 | Offsides | 0 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
Adelaide United plays its first home game of the season against defending champions Melbourne City. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:45pm (AEDT).
Only a Bruno Fornaroli wonder strike stopped Adelaide from grabbing all three points against Perth last week and frankly, they probably deserved them.
The Reds dominated possession, looked promising in attack at times and mustered a total of 15 shots on goal. Kusini Yengi looks a potential A-league star of the future and opened his account in style, whilst Isaias fitted back into the fray seamlessly.
Whilst there are many positives for the Reds to take from their start to the season, they face the awesome Melbourne City, who exploded from the gates with two first half goals against Brisbane at AAMI Park.
In the end they were lucky to win, with the Roar potentially robbed of an equaliser and Patrick Kisnorbo would have been furious that his defence allowed the visitors back into the game. He also would have been pleased with the passing flow and possession-based game his team adopted in the first half, something that looked exactly like the quality they produced on a consistent basis last season. Jamie Maclaren, Andrew Nabbout and Mathew Leckie will be desperate to get their goal tallies rolling in this one and after a late scare against the Roar, City will most likely be more than ready for the always plucky Adelaide.
Game information
Venue: Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Kick-off: 7:45 pm (AEDT), Saturday 27th November 2021
Live stream: Paramount+
Betting: Adelaide United $3.35, Melbourne City $2.04 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Melbourne City
Tom Glover, Scott Galloway, Scott Jamieson (c), Nuno Reis, Rostyn Griffiths, Mathew Leckie, Aiden O’Neill, Jamie Maclaren, Florin Berenguer, Nathaniel Atkinson, Andrew Nabbout, Taras Gomulka, Stefan Colakovski, Connor Metcalfe, Curtis Good, Marco Tilio, Matt Sutton, Jordon Hall, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Kerrin Stokes, Jordan Bos, Anthony Lesiotis, Ahmad Taleb, Max Caputo, James Nieuwenhuizen, Manuel Pucciarelli
Adelaide United
James Delianov, George Timotheou, Nick Ansell, Louis D’Arrigo, Ryan Kitto, Stefan Mauk (c), Kusini Yengi, Isaías, Craig Goodwin, George Blackwood, Nathan Konstandopoulos, Mohamed Toure, Joe Caletti, Yaya Dukuly, Javi López, Michael Jakobsen, Jacob Tratt, Ben Halloran, Josh Cavallo, Juande, Bernardo, Dakota Ochsenham, Jonny Yull, Ethan Cox, Alexandar Popovic, Joe Gauci, Nestor Irankunda
Jordan Sports Fan
Roar Rookie
It went up at about 9:30pm (AEST) last night but being that the match finished at 6pm (AEST) this is much too slow.
NoMates
Roar Rookie
It was a nice cum-back from Adelaide but this just shows they have issues and on another day they would have been thrashed. And a small budget is no excuse just look at Wellington and u will see that comment is redundant.
coolncold
Roar Rookie
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/a-league-men/video/gvEn2mBGwnkA90RJdcrMC3oS1o8ssyJP/full-match-replay-wellington-phoenix-v-central-coast-mariners/ 28 Nov 2021 at 8:56 am
TheSecretScout
Roar Guru
Second lowest budget in the league this season, second game in a row a "worldie" from an opposition player has been scored as well
scotty
Roar Rookie
Alarming difference in quality but endeavour counts for something in this case a fortunate draw…. adelaide needs more investment to be contenders
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Very good comeback from AU but Glover putting Bos under pressure with that short pass was ruddy mad!! Just take the goal kick and put the boot through the ball :angry: :angry: :angry:
Jordan Sports Fan
Roar Rookie
Like many others I was watching Syd v Mac and missed the equaliser. I note that the CCM Nux replay is still not up for viewing, which means that viewers do not have the option of watching one Sat primetime game live then the next on delay straight afterwards, as is standard on other streamers. They seem to be going some kind of US-style local sport model where you watch your local team and who cares about the rest. Problem is, AL dont have near enough teams for that.
Roberto Bettega
Roar Rookie
AU pinches a draw
Stevo
Roar Rookie
City switching off for the second week running :crying: :crying:
pete4
Roar Rookie
Wow :laughing:
90'
89'
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Gosh :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
Roberto Bettega
Roar Rookie
AU has levelled!
Stevo
Roar Rookie
Yengi, ouch :shocked:
Roberto Bettega
Roar Rookie
AU pulls one back through Mauk
78'
pete4
Roar Rookie
Game on :silly:
75'
72'