Sydney vs Adelaide United Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Sydney have been extremely entertaining to watch throughout the A League campaign. They now face an Adelaide United side that are challenging Auckland at the top-of-the-table.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 1st February, 2025: UK – 6:00am / US ET – 1:00am / Friday 31st January, 2025: US PT – 10:00pm
How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+
Sydney Team News: Hayden Matthews sold
Key centre-back Hayden Matthews has departed Sydney in the last couple of weeks after he completed a move to Portsmouth for a fee believed to be in the region of £1.26 million. They remain without former Brazil international Douglas Costa due to injury.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Devenish-Meares; De Jesus, Grant, Popovic, King; Sena, Hollman; Lolley, Ouahim, Segecic; Klimala
Unavailable: Douglas Costa (Injured)
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Adelaide United Team News: A few injuries
Adelaide United have a few injury issues for this weekend’s trip to Sydney as goalkeeper Max Vartuli is missing with a broken finger alongside defensive duo Jordan Elsey and Bradley O’Neil, whilst defensive midfielder Luke Duel is also unavailable for the visitors.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Cox; Pierias, Vriends, Kikianis, Javi Lopez; Isaias, Alagich; Yull, Mauk, Folami; Jovanovic
Unavailable: Vartuli (Injured), Elsey (Injured), O’Neil (Injured), Duzel (Injured)
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Sydney vs Adelaide United Prediction
In their 15 Australian A League matches so far this season, there has been 58 goals involving Sydney. The home team are winless in three matches and come into this one on the back of back-to-back defeats against Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar in the last couple of weeks. They now face an Adelaide United side that are the second top scorers in the A League, sitting a goal behind Sydney. The South Australians shared a 2-2 draw with Auckland last week in a dramatic clash in which they took a 95th minute lead before conceding a few minutes later. This looks like it could be quite an entertaining and fun encounter for the neutral so both teams scoring looks the way to go for this one.
Sydney vs Adelaide United Tip: Both teams to score
