Adelaide United 3-2 Melbourne Victory — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 18 Jan 2025

📅18/01/2025 · 🕒11:35 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 1-2
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
44%
1.96
Draw
24%
3.64
Away
32%
3.08
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
44%
2.61
Over 2.5
56%
1.45
Both Teams to Score
Yes
55%
1.39
No
45%
2.75
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
5.82
2-3 Goals
35%
2.05
4-5 Goals
27%
2.5
6+ Goals
14%
5.42
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
28%
2.64
1/2 EV+ ✗
8%
27.5
1/X
7%
11.8
X/1
10%
5.36
X/2
13%
7.76
X/X
12%
6.06
2/1
6%
20.15
2/2
10%
4.68
2/X
6%
12.3
Value flag · 1/2 at 27.5 — our 8% vs market 1.7%. 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
44%
Home Win
47%
-3.5pp
24%
Draw
24%
+0.3pp
32%
Away Win
29%
+3.2pp
44%
Under 2.5
35%
+9.5pp
56%
Over 2.5
65%
-9.5pp
55%
BTTS Yes
68%
-12.6pp
45%
BTTS No
32%
+12.6pp
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 Adelaide United EU Bookmakers 51%
Head to Head
AWAY Melbourne Victory EU Bookmakers 32%
+6% / +2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / +5%
2.10/1.77 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.27/1.35
+12% / -2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -11% / +18%
52% Ball Possession 48%
16 Total Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 4
354 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 330 · 79%
32.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 23.9
23.7 Crosses 17.4
2.2 Yellow Cards 1.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Adelaide United
0W-3D-3L
AWAY Melbourne Victory
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
0.89 xG 1.96
56% Ball Possession 44%
12 Total Shots 17
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
430 Passes 329
84% Pass Accuracy 81%
22 Box Touches 31
18 Crosses 16
3 Yellow Cards 2
21.09.2024 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-0 HT 0-0 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUK
09.03.2024 Adelaide United Adelaide United 1-2 HT 0-1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
30.12.2023 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 2-0 HT 0-0 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
04.11.2023 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-1 HT 1-0 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
26.02.2023 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-1 HT 0-0 Adelaide United Adelaide United AVUS
14.01.2023 Adelaide United Adelaide United 1-1 HT 1-0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Adelaide United
3-2
AWAY Melbourne Victory
0.69 xG 1.55
43% Ball Possession 57%
10 Total Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 8
283 Passes 386
79% Pass Accuracy 81%
26 Box Touches 27
15 Crosses 17
1 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Adelaide United squeezed past Melbourne Victory 3-2. Half-time: 2-1. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Adelaide United as the likeliest winner at 44%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (56%), both teams to score (55%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Adelaide United had 43% of the ball to Melbourne Victory's 57%, shots finished 10-16, expected goals 0.69 to 1.55 — on chances, Melbourne Victory could feel hard done by.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne Victory led the recent series with 3 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Adelaide United and 1.33 for Melbourne Victory.

What was the final score of Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory?

Adelaide United 3-2 Melbourne Victory in the Australia - A-League on 18/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory?

Before kick-off our model rated a Adelaide United win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Adelaide United 44%, draw 24%, Melbourne Victory 32%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Adelaide United), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Adelaide United) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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