At the other end of the table, North Queensland Fury were battling with Perth Glory and Sydney FC to avoid the wooden spoon.

[2] Prior to this match, North Queensland Fury had only defeated Adelaide United once in a competitive fixture, and this would be the final time the two teams would ever play each other.

Adelaide United made two changes to their starting line-up, after defeating their rivals Melbourne Victory 4–1, swapping out goalkeeper Mark Birighitti for Eugene Galekovic, and defender Robert Cornthwaite for Nigel Boogaard.

[3] North Queensland Fury made four changes to the team that lost to fellow expansion side Gold Coast United 0–4, changing out Sebastian Usai, Lorenzo Sipi, Ramazan Tavsancioglu and Isaka Cernak for Justin Pasfield, Ufuk Talay, Jason Spagnuolo and David Williams.

[5] Assistant referees:[6] Daniel Goodwin (FFSA) Curtis Wordsworth (FFSA) Adelaide United broke the record for the number of goals scored by a single team in a game, previously being six, the largest winning margin, and the most goals scored in a single game, which allowed them to regain second place from Central Coast Mariners.