Blacktown City vs Adelaide United Prediction and Betting Tips

Blacktown City entertain Adelaide United at Landen Stadium in the Australia Cup on Wednesday (July 31). The two teams face off against for a ticket to the Round of 16.

Blacktown entered the competition in the fourth round. They saw off St George City 2-1 before beating Fraser Park 3-0 to progress to the sixth. Blacktown crushed Northbridge 4-0 to reach the seventh round, where their wrapped up the preliminaries with a 5-1 win over Inter Lions.

The Demons, who ply their trade in the National Premier Leagues – second tier division – will hope to continue their impressive run. However, Adelaide are heavyweights and former winners of the Australia Cup.

Adelaide hope to have a better campaign than in the previous edition. Last year, they played only matches in the Australia Cup before crashing out. They beat Northcote City in the Round of 32 but were sent to the cleaners (5-1) by Western Sydney Wanderers in the Round of 16.

The Reds finished eighth in the 2023–24 A-League Men and failed to qualify for the Finals series. The visitors are eying a breakthrough as they seek to put an end to their trophy drought since 2019. They have won twice preseason friendlies, against Adelaide Blue Eagles 6-1 and Cumberland United 8-1.

Blacktown City vs Adelaide United Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

Blacktown have won twice and lost thrice in their last five home games.
The hosts have scored 10 goals and conceded seven in their last five matches.
Blacktown are yet to win the Australia Cup while Adelaide have it thrice.
Adelaide have won thrice, drawn once and lost once in their last five away outings.
Blacktown have won thrice, drawn once and lost once in their last five games, the same as Adelaide.
Form Guide: Blacktown– W-L-D-W-W; Adelaide – W-W-L-W-D

Blacktown City vs Adelaide United Prediction

Blacktown boast a relatively young and talented squad, but would these attributes be enough to stop their star-studded visitors?

Adelaide will be counting on their experience and quality to overcome the local side who will be enjoy home support. Adelaide come in as the favourites based on their superior form and should prevail.

Prediction: Blacktown 1-3 Adelaide

Blacktown City vs Adelaide United Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result – Adelaide

Tip 2: Game to have over 2.5 goals – Yes

Tip 3: Adelaide to score first – Yes

Tip 4: Blacktown to score - Yes

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Kingsley is a seasoned European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who covers match previews. He holds a Bachelor’s degree. in Communication and has a mammoth 29 years of experience in the field, with his work being featured in the BBC, Al Jazeera, GOAL, Supersports, and more. He has also done the on-site coverage of six different editions of the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup once in 2006.

Kingsley’s interest in the game blossomed playing street football at nine years old, and ultimately went on to play football professionally as a defender. His favorite football team is Barcelona as he simply adores their ‘Tiki-Taka’ style of play, and their incredible 6-1 comeback win against PSG in the 2016-17 Champions League Round of 16 is his most memorable football match till date. His all-time favorite player is Lionel Messi and admires the style of play of Pep Guardiola’s teams.

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