Adelaide vs Sydney prediction
NBL · 2 January 2026
Game preview
On Friday, 2 January 2026, Sydney visited Adelaide in the NBL. Final score: Adelaide 85–79 Sydney. Season records: Adelaide 17-4, Sydney 13-7. Adelaide had won four of their last five (W-W-W-L-W, newest first), scoring 95.8 and allowing 87.4 points a game. Sydney had won five of their last five (W-W-W-W-W, newest first), scoring 102.2 and allowing 82 points a game. Head-to-head: 3-2 for Adelaide over the last five games, most recently Sydney 97–93 Adelaide. Adelaide had 5 days of rest and Sydney 3. Tip-off was at 08:30 UTC. The game page also covers the point spread, total points, the predicted score, rest days and key players. See SportLikely's prediction for this game.
Season: Adelaide 17-4 · Sydney 13-7
Recent form
Adelaide: last 5
W W W L W
- Adelaide 95–84 Perth · 28 Dec
- Adelaide 93–73 Cairns Taipans · 24 Dec
- Illawarra Hawks 78–84 Adelaide · 20 Dec
- Sydney 97–93 Adelaide · 17 Dec
- Adelaide 114–105 Melbourne United · 12 Dec
Sydney: last 5
W W W W W
- Sydney 95–70 Brisbane Bullets · 30 Dec
- Sydney 108–84 Illawarra Hawks · 25 Dec
- Sydney 119–77 Cairns Taipans · 21 Dec
- Sydney 97–93 Adelaide · 17 Dec
- Melbourne United 86–92 Sydney · 14 Dec
Last meetings
- Sydney 97–93 Adelaide · 17 Dec
- Adelaide 79–103 Sydney · 11 Oct
- Sydney 88–95 Adelaide · 13 Feb
- Sydney 96–105 Adelaide · 24 Jan
- Sydney 96–111 Adelaide · 30 Dec