Adelaide United vs Perth Glory Prediction: Another Coopers cracker

After losing 1-0 at home to Adelaide United in December, Perth Glory will be plotting revenge when they visit Coopers Stadium on Friday (08:35 GMT, TNT Sports 1) in their reverse fixture with the Reds.

Below are my Adelaide United vs Perth Glory predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds, ahead of this Australian A-League Men’s meeting.

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Team News

Dylan Pierias (knee), Ajak Riak (hamstring), Craig Goodwin (groin) and Anselmo de Moraes (hip) are out for Adelaide United.

Head coach Airton Andrioli has added Ethan Cox and Panashe Madanha to his extended squad, leaving out Austin Ayoubi and Max Vartuli.

Football Odds

Brian Kaltack is suspended for Perth Glory following his dismissal in last week's 3-1 home defeat to Newcastle Jets, while Joel Anasmo (Achilles), Brandon O'Neill (calf), Cameron Cook (knee), Tom Lawrence and Lachlan Wales (both unspecified) are still sidelined due to injury.

Nicholas Pennington returns to Adam Griffiths' extended squad, though, after a one-game absence.

Adelaide United vs Perth Glory Odds

Adelaide United are 23/20 to do the double over Perth Glory, having triumphed 1-0 at HBF Park on December 20, implying a 46.5% probability of success, while the visitors are 9/5, or a 35.7% chance, to exact their revenge, with the draw offered at 5/2.

Double Chance & Both Teams To Score - Adelaide United or Draw & Yes @ 1/1

Only Newcastle Jets (40) have scored more league goals this season than Adelaide (28), who are joint-second with the Jets in the ALM BTTS table, with 76% (13) of their 17 games seeing both teams find the back of the net.

Perth, meanwhile, have seen BTTS-Yes land in 47% (eight) of their 17 matches, with the figure rising to 57% on their travels.

Only the Reds got on the scoresheet in December's reverse meeting at HBF Park, but the previous five head-to-heads had seen both teams strike, and in the first four of those, both scored at least twice.

Today's Football Fixtures

Backing both teams to score is the most obvious play, but we can get EVS by adding in the hosts on the double chance.

Adelaide have picked up more points at home (16) than any other side in the ALM this season, having won five, drawn one and lost three of their nine matches at Coopers. However, they've failed to win either of their last two on home soil, drawing 1-1 with Macarthur FC on January 30 before losing 3-2 to the Jets on February 8.

So, perhaps it's worth applying a bit more caution than usual with the Reds at home, particularly as Perth secured a creditable 2-2 draw at Macarthur in their last away game on February 6.

Both Teams to Score 2 or More Goals Yes/No - Yes @ 5/2

A more daring selection, here.

Adelaide have scored twice in both of their February matches so far, and both teams have scored 2+ goals on four separate occasions this season, all across eight games post-Christmas.

Glory, meanwhile, have scored at least twice in five of their eight contests after Christmas, and both teams to score two or more goals has been a winning selection in three of their matches in this campaign.

Last season's corresponding fixture at Coopers finished 2-2, and in 2023/24, the two sides played out a six-goal thriller, splitting the strikes evenly in a 3-3 draw.

So, hopes are high for goals on Friday.

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