Western United have improved on last season’s shocking home record, but struggled to overcome bottom club Brisbane Roar last time out.
Fewer than three goals have been scored in all four of Western United’s league games this term.
Adelaide United have drawn three of their four A-League games this season.
The last two head-t0-head meetings between these clubs have finished 0-0.
Don’t hang your hat on goals here

Not so long ago, you could hang your hat on goals whenever Western United met Adelaide United, but the drought that has seen this A-League matchup finish 0-0 the last two times could continue on Friday.

John Aloisi’s side earned a 1-0 win over Brisbane Roar last weekend to briefly go top of the early-season standings, but looked short on ideas and potency yet again. Western may have accrued nine points from three straight 1-0 league victories but one of them have been convincing.

They were fortunate that their winner against Perth Glory was not chalked off for the ball going out of play in the build-up while Melbourne City hit the woodwork and saw several good chances go begging when they couldn’t equalise in the next game.

Reds have pace to play on the counter

Adelaide United lost their first game of the season last week when beaten at home by interstate rivals Melbourne Victory. It was a deserved result, but the Reds have looked better on the road in their early-season run outs and have the pace on the counter-attack to give the hosts a few problems here.

Last season’s home form shamed Western United as the nomadic Melburnians lost eight in a row through May and June, conceding 24 and scoring just three. Aloisi was brought in to change all that, and he has so far, but we cannot escape the feeling that they still don’t look that good in attack.

An Under 2.5 goals pick looks good at the price, especially given all four of the hosts’ A-League games have fallen that way and both of the Reds’ away trips too. We’re adding the draw aspect to bolster the potential rewards further because



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西部联队在上个赛季令人震惊的主场记录上有所改善，但在上次的比赛中却难以战胜排名垫底的布里斯班咆哮队。
在本赛季的四场西联队比赛中，只有不到3个进球。
阿德莱德曼联本赛季在英超联赛的四场比赛中有三场战平。
这两家俱乐部最近的两次交锋都以0比0结束。
别在这里对进球垂头丧气

就在不久前，每当西联对阵阿德莱德的时候，你都可以把你的帽挂在进球上，但这场A-League比赛最后两次以0-0结束的干旱可能会在周五继续下去。

阿洛伊西的球队上周末以1-0战胜布里斯班怒号队，短暂地登上了赛季初的榜首，但再次缺乏创意和实力。虽然西部联队在联赛中三场1-0的连胜中获得了9分，但其中有一场是令人信服的。

他们很幸运，在对阵珀斯荣耀队的比赛中，他们的制胜者并没有在比赛开始阶段因球出界而被罚下场，而墨尔本城市队在比赛中击中了门框，在下一场比赛中未能扳平比分，他们的好几个机会都没有得到。

红牌在台子上有速度

阿德莱德联队上周在主场输给了洲际竞争对手墨尔本胜利队，这是他们本赛季的第一场比赛。这是一个应得的结果，但红军在赛季初的客场表现更好，他们的反击速度给主队带来了一些问题。

上赛季的主场表现让西部联队蒙羞，游牧的墨尔本人在5月和6月连输8场，丢24球，只进3球。阿洛伊西的加入改变了这一切，到目前为止，他已经做到了，但我们不能逃避的感觉是，他们在进攻方面仍然没有看起来那么好。

一个2.5以下的进球看起来价格不错，特别是考虑到主场的四场联赛都是这样的，而且红魔的两次客场之旅也是这样。我们添加吸引元素是为了进一步提升潜在奖励