Adelaide United host Home United in the AFC Cup. Both sides come into this one with fairly mixed patterns in their recent matches, home and away alike.
It's still early days in this group phase, with each side having played just one game so far. That leaves plenty of the picture still to fill in before we can say much about how this fixture might go.
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Recent form across competitions
Home United's last 20 matches, spread across Singapore's Premier League, the ASEAN Club Championship and continental fixtures, show 10 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, with 49 goals scored against 21 conceded. That's a healthy scoring return, even accounting for the mix of opposition levels involved.
Adelaide United: 20 completed matches; Home United: 20 completed matches.
Adelaide United
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 37
- Conceded
- 24
- Difference
- +13
Home United
- Win
- 50% 10 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 20% 4 / 20
- Scored
- 49
- Conceded
- 21
- Difference
- +28
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs | Perth Glory | Adelaide United | 03.10.2026 | 1-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Perth Glory | Adelaide United | 27.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| AFC Champions League Two | Adelaide United | Wofoo Tai Po | 17.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| AFC Champions League Elite | Adelaide United | Công An Nhân Dân | 11.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Australia Cup | South Melbourne | Adelaide United | 30.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Playford City Patriots | Adelaide United | 20.07.2026 | 0-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | The Cove | Adelaide United | 14.07.2026 | 0-5 |
| A-League | Adelaide United | Auckland | 15.05.2026 | 0-3 |
| A-League | Auckland | Adelaide United | 09.05.2026 | 1-1 |
| A-League | Melbourne City | Adelaide United | 26.04.2026 | 1-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Champions League Two | Home United | BG Pathum United | 17.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Hougang United | Home United | 12.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Xerez Deportivo | Home United | 25.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Tampines Rovers | Home United | 17.05.2026 | 3-2 |
| Premier League | Home United | Albirex Niigata S | 10.05.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Tampines Rovers | Home United | 03.05.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Geylang International | Home United | 26.04.2026 | 0-3 |
| Premier League | Home United | Young Lions | 20.04.2026 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Home United | Hougang United | 12.04.2026 | 4-1 |
| Premier League | Tanjong Pagar | Home United | 06.04.2026 | 0-4 |
Adelaide United's equivalent sample, taken from the A-League, Australia Cup, continental football and some friendlies, reads 8 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, with 35 goals for and 24 against. It's a solid if unspectacular record, and the run includes some fairly one-sided results in both directions.
Home United's scoring rate across their recent matches stands out more clearly than their away form specifically.
Comparative Team Statistics: Adelaide United vs Home United

An early group table
After a single round of fixtures, Adelaide United sit top with the maximum three points, while Home United are just behind on one point from a draw. It's a tiny sample, and with only these two teams shown, there's no way of judging their position across the wider group just yet.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group F | |||||||
| 1 | Adelaide United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 3 |
| 2 | Home United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 3 | BG Pathum United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 4 | Wofoo Tai Po | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 0 |
Adelaide have scored three without conceding in their opener, while Home United drew 1-1. That's a decent start for the hosts, but one match tells us very little on its own.
Little separates the sides on paper this early, though Adelaide have the perfect start so far.
Home United's attacking spark
Anderson Lopes has been the standout figure for Home United, with five goals in six matches, making him their most productive attacking option by some distance in the data available.
On the disciplinary side, B. Wright has picked up three yellow cards in five matches, and H. Harun has one yellow and a red in three games. There's no equivalent player information available for Adelaide United, so it's not possible to compare discipline or attacking threat across both squads.

How this one might unfold
Both teams have shown they can concede goals in recent matches, Adelaide letting in 24 across their sample and Home United 21. Combined with Home United's healthy scoring record, there's a reasonable chance of goals at both ends if that pattern continues.
With the group standings still so fresh and both squads drawing from mixed competitions in their recent matches, there isn't a clear favourite emerging from the evidence. This looks like an open contest rather than one side holding a clear edge.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Pierias | Australia | 26 | Attacker | 175 | 72 |
| J. Barnett | Australia | 25 | Midfielder | 179 | n/a |
| S. Mauk | Australia | 31 | Midfielder | 174 | 69 |
| B. Vriends | Netherlands | 35 | Defender | 188 | 81 |
| L. Đuzel | Australia | 24 | Midfielder | 182 | 71 |
| J. Yull | Australia | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Vartuli | Australia | 21 | Goalkeeper | 192 | n/a |
| E. Cox | Australia | 22 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| E. Alagich | Australia | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| L. Jovanović | Australia | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| P. Madanha | Australia | 22 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| P. Kikianis | Australia | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| B. Bailey | Australia | 20 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| F. Talladira | Australia | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Ayoubi | Australia | 25 | Midfielder | 181 | n/a |
| R. White | Australia | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| H. Crawford | Australia | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Tatu | Australia | 18 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| F. Kasumovic | Australia | 18 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| M. Nichola | Australia | 18 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Sušak | Croatia | 29 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| C. van Huizen | Singapore | 33 | Defender | 170 | n/a |
| H. Harun | Singapore | 35 | Defender | 175 | 68 |
| B. Wright | Australia | 34 | Defender | 184 | 83 |
| T. Datković | Croatia | 32 | Defender | 190 | 78 |
| Diogo Costa II | Portugal | 23 | Defender | 180 | 72 |
| M. Lestienne | Belgium | 34 | Midfielder | 178 | 68 |
| T. Ndenge | Germany | 29 | Midfielder | 190 | 85 |
| Rui Pires | Portugal | 28 | Midfielder | 184 | 71 |
| B. Ramselaar | Netherlands | 30 | Midfielder | 178 | 74 |
| Anderson Lopes | Brazil | 33 | Attacker | 185 | 82 |
| Song Ui-Young | Singapore | 32 | Midfielder | 171 | 78 |
| A. Azman | Singapore | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| S. Anuar | Singapore | 35 | Attacker | 168 | 58 |
| L. Thy | Germany | 34 | Attacker | 184 | 78 |
| A. Azahari | Singapore | 28 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| I. Mahbud | Singapore | 36 | Goalkeeper | 175 | 77 |
| Z. Suzliman | Singapore | 28 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| L. Tan | Singapore | 29 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| H. Nor | Singapore | 38 | Midfielder | 166 | 54 |
With no market to weigh up and the evidence pointing in different directions for both teams, there isn't a strong enough case to make a call here.
It's worth revisiting closer to kickoff once more of the group games have been played and clearer patterns emerge for both sides.
