Sydney 4-1 Adelaide United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 1 Feb 2025

📅01/02/2025 · 🕒09:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
2.0
Draw
24%
3.72
Away
29%
2.94
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
43%
2.98
Over 2.5
57%
1.36
Both Teams to Score
Yes
57%
1.32
No
43%
3.06
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
19%
7.33
2-3 Goals
40%
2.24
4-5 Goals
28%
2.36
6+ Goals
13%
4.22
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
23%
2.67
1/2
5%
24.3
1/X
6%
11.85
X/1 EV+ ✗
18%
5.6
X/2
8%
7.63
X/X
13%
6.73
2/1
6%
18.8
2/2
16%
4.3
2/X
5%
12.3
Value flag · X/1 at 5.6 — our 18% vs market 13.8%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
46%
+0.7pp
24%
Draw
24%
+0.9pp
29%
Away Win
30%
-1.6pp
43%
Under 2.5
30%
+13.2pp
57%
Over 2.5
70%
-13.2pp
57%
BTTS Yes
72%
-14.2pp
43%
BTTS No
28%
+14.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sydney EU Bookmakers 50%
Head to Head
AWAY Adelaide United EU Bookmakers 34%
-10% / -27% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +10% / +31%
1.67/1.41 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.65/1.66
-28% / -3% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +38% / -4%
50% Ball Possession 50%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
328 · 78% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 362 · 80%
27.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 26.9
20.6 Crosses 20.3
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sydney
2W-3D-1L
AWAY Adelaide United
2.67 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
2.08 xG 1.64
55% Ball Possession 45%
20 Total Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 5
406 Passes 312
81% Pass Accuracy 78%
37 Box Touches 24
19 Crosses 14
1 Yellow Cards 1
20.12.2024 Adelaide United Adelaide United 3-3 HT 2-1 Sydney Sydney AVUS
17.02.2024 Sydney Sydney 2-1 HT 1-0 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
13.01.2024 Adelaide United Adelaide United 4-3 HT 3-1 Sydney Sydney AVUS
11.11.2023 Adelaide United Adelaide United 1-5 HT 0-4 Sydney Sydney AVUS
07.04.2023 Adelaide United Adelaide United 1-1 HT 0-0 Sydney Sydney AVUS
23.10.2022 Sydney Sydney 2-2 HT 0-1 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sydney
4-1
AWAY Adelaide United
2.35 xG 2.94
54% Ball Possession 46%
19 Total Shots 15
7 Shots on Target 7
9 Corners 5
424 Passes 357
83% Pass Accuracy 84%
36 Box Touches 30
15 Crosses 19
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Sydney vs Adelaide United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sydney swept aside Adelaide United 4-1. Half-time: 1-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Sydney as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 4-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (57%), both teams to score (57%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Sydney had 54% of the ball to Adelaide United's 46%, shots finished 19-15, expected goals 2.35 to 2.94 — on chances, Adelaide United could feel hard done by.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sydney had the better of it with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 2.67 goals for Sydney and 2.00 for Adelaide United.

What was the final score of Sydney vs Adelaide United?

Sydney 4-1 Adelaide United in the Australia - A-League on 01/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sydney vs Adelaide United?

Before kick-off our model rated a Sydney win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Sydney 47%, draw 24%, Adelaide United 29%. The final score 4-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sydney), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Sydney) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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