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The draw ensures the Reds will play finals football but they won t know their position on the table until the conclusion of the Macarthur-Wellington fixture on Friday night.
The Reds took an early lead but soon fell behind after two quick goals from the visitors.
A red card to Tass Mourdoukoutas late in the first half gave Adelaide some hope of salvaging the contest and their playoffs hopes.
United started with intent and dominated play early with Louis D Arrgio forcing Wanderers keeper Daniel Margush into a great save early on, diving low and tipping around the post.
by Val Migliaccio 23rd May 2021 8:14 PM | Updated: 8:30 PM
Adelaide United edged closer to securing a finals berth after a narrow win over Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park on Sunday.
Adelaide is sitting third, three points behind second-placed Sydney which it hosts at home on Saturday night.
The 1-0 win courtesy of a Craig Goodwin goal didn’t tell the full story.
Adelaide completed a clean sweep, three wins over Victory in a season, for the first time since the A-League’s debut season in 2005/06.
Goodwin scored his seventh goal of the season after a brilliant combination with impressive midfielder Josh Cavallo.
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The A-League leaders opened up an 11-point lead at the top of the table at AAMI Park on Thursday night, with Jamie Maclaren scoring a brace to become City s all-time leading goalscorer.
But the victory was soured after just 25 minutes when Nabbout succumbed to a left leg injury when attempting a pass.
Nabbout, who missed five games at the start of the season with a hamstring injury and last week s win over Perth with a groin issue, had to be assisted from the field and down the tunnel in distress.
He was quickly replaced by Marco Tilio.
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The hosts saw Ryan Strain sent off 16 minutes from time to dampen hopes of a late rally, with Carl Veart s men winless in four.
Adelaide are now six points behind City and have played a game more, with a trip to Melbourne to face their rivals next on the agenda.
Having been held to a goalless draw last time out against Western United, Adelaide started brightly and Stefan Mauk should have capitalised on Josh Cavallo s fine delivery, but instead miscontrolled when well placed.
Tomi Juric saw a strong header saved smartly by Oliver Sail as the home side pressed, but after a blank first half ambition had to take a back seat when Strain got his marching orders for a second yellow card after he kicked the ball away.