Two sides in the middle of the table, not too far away from the top. That’s the scenery for the confrontation for the 16th Round of the NPL South Australia fight between two teams from Adelaide. City and Rangers. And they both will try to do something better on Jun 22 at 7:30 GMT at Adelaide City Park when they meet.
Adelaide City vs Raiders are 2 almost identical sides
Raiders are in 5th with 20 points, 27 goals in favor, 24 goals against, 6 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses. City are in 6th with 19 points, 6 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats, 24 goals for, 20 conceded. What differs significantly are the recent performances. The visitors have 3 losses 1 win and 1 draw in the last 5, while the respective record for the hosts says 1 draw and 4 consecutive victories. This detail indicates two sides in a reverse course. The Raiders are in decline while the home side is in ascendancy.
In the equivalent match at the Raiders’ court, they won by 2-0. However, the 2 sides have not met since 2021. At that time City demolished their visitors by an imposing 5-1.
Clean sheets vs no clean sheets
In the last 8 matches Adelaide City were able to keep a clean sheet only 3 times. In fact, it’s actually the same number for the Raiders. A record that indicates that we may want to look for the both teams to score markets, when the time comes to place a bet on this match. Also. 3,1,4,7,4 are the total numbers of goals scored in City’s matches, while the respective numbers for the visitors are 3,0,3,2,5. This translates to looking for an over 2.5 goals scored market.
Both sides have one match to play in between. The opponents are White City for the hosts and South Adelaide for the visitors. The expectation is that they both will win, maintaining the balance of power between them, to be resolved in the match in question. This is why it’s best not to take the preliminary odds that are available for the match Adelaide City vs Raiders into any serious consideration yet.
Update
After the latest results, the two opponents still remain in the 5th and 6th place of the table. However, their order has been reversed. It’s now Adelaide City at 5th with 22 points having won the confrontation with White City by 1-0. Raiders recorded another loss by 3-1 at the hands of South Adelaide and are now 6th. We now have a 5-match winning streak for the hosts and 4-match no win row for the visitors.
Adelaide City vs Raiders is a rather no-brainer now
The best offer for the victory of the home side is @1.649. Neither the draw (@4.220) nor the win for the Raiders (@4.520) can be considered as good bets to make. Everything is possible, but the cold hard facts do not support any such claim. In our preview we considered the markets that involve over 2.5 goals to be scored. The price is also a rather low @1.548. A punter would have to take a risk for over 3/3.5 for a profitable @1.950.
A good alternative for those that would like to add some limited risk is to base an assumption that the hosts do not score much lately. Therefore, an option for Adelaide City to score under 1.5 at @2.534, may be a good selection. Not for us though. We expected them to score at least twice.
It would seem that the best wager to place both in reference to the return and the chances of success comes with an Asian Handicap of -1 for Adelaide City, available at @2.019. So, now that you have our suggestion for the match Adelaide City vs Raiders, it’s time to go register for an account at the best betting platform and make the most of it.