In this 18th week match, on Sunday Feb 26th, Melbourne Victory will host Adelaide United in a A-League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Melbourne Victory recorded a 3-2 win against Melbourne City. Damien Da Silva scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 7th minute, but Mathew Leckie got the equalizer for Melbourne City in the 24th minute , but luckily for Melbourne Victory it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while adelaide United is fresh off their 4-4 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers. Hiroshi Ibusuki scored the first goal for Adelaide United in the 32nd minute on a penalty shot, but Brandon Borrello got the equalizer for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot . With 17 points in their last 10 matches Adelaide United should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Sat Jan 14th, Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory battled to a 1-1 draw. Craig Goodwin struck first for Adelaide United in the 7th minute on a feed from Ben Halloran, then Nicholas D’Agostino tied it up for Melbourne Victory in the 49th minute on a feed from Joshua Brillante squeezing out at least the one point for Melbourne Victory.
Adelaide United’s top weapon lately has been Kitto, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Melbourne Victory is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jake Brimmer and Joshua Brillante each having 2 goals in their last 5.