In this week 17 match on Feb 19th, Adelaide United will host Western Sydney Wanderers at Coopers Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Adelaide United recorded a 3-2 win against Western United. Noah Botic struck first for Western United in the 43rd minute on a feed from Neil Kilkenny, then Aleksandar Prijović added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Connor Pain But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 86th minute on a penalty goal by Craig Goodwin. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Adelaide United should be reasonably happy with their performance, while western Sydney Wanderers is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sydney. Max Burgess struck first for Sydney in the 16th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t muster any offence and Sydney ran away with the shutout win. Western Sydney Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Western Sydney Wanderers won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Brandon Borrello and Yeni N’Gbakoto have been the hottest scorers for Western Sydney Wanderers in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Adelaide United’s most prolific scorer has been Craig Goodwin. The Australian attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.