PREDICTIONS
Adelaide v WSW - 14,000 If the weather is good they should crack 14k, but really it should be a sell out.
SFC v CCM - 16,500 (Derby win should lift it a bit. However plenty of members would have gone to the derby and may choose other commitments. Plus early start time wont help.)
Victory v City - 46,000 (Just had a look at the stadium map and there are still plenty of seats on the third level. Add to that medallion club and I reckon it will push down a bit. Anything over 48k would be fantastic though!
Jets v Roar - 9,000 (Will be roughly the same as last week due to the back to back schedule. Otherwise may have gone a little higher.
Glory v Welly - 10,000 (fine weather in Perth predicted so that should help, however the back to back fixture wont do them heaps of favours, nor the opposition. I reckon a slight increase from last weekend.)

Total = 95,500

If we crack 95k we should all be solidly very very happy. But anything over 90k is very good imo. Anything above 100k is absolutely fantastic, and on the extremely unlikely chance we hit 105k would seriously be amazing! Anything under 90k but above 85k is okay-good. Less than 85k would be disappointing considering some of the match ups. 

Perfect weather may correct some of the figures a bit, especially for Perth so that's why I gave it a slightly higher figure. But had this game been their first and had won their first away, I reckon I would have said something closer to 13k.

Either way looks like a good round of football. Interested to see what Adelaide and Sydney get for their games as it is slightly unknown. We know Melbourne will be 40k+ but not by how much over.

Saw this on twitter from the CEO of Adelaide United who was answering some fans questions:

Adelaide United FC added,
Chris @Chrisx159@AdelaideUnited @gcmayer How close are we to having a sold out Coopers Stadium tomorrow night? #AUFCTalk

Adelaide United FC ‏@AdelaideUnited  1h1 hour agoAdelaide United FC Retweeted ChrisHey Chris. More than 10,000 sold. Expecting big Thursday and Friday sales. Minimum of 14k, but 15k+ possible. #AUFCTalk

So it looks like 14k is a certainty. Would be great if they managed to put up the sold out sign. 

Meanwhile Tony Pignata tweeted on track for 17-18k at Sydney, potentially 20k....

So with a bit more intel a cautious approach to this weekend would be:

Adelaide 13k
Sydney 17k
Melbourne 47k
Jets 9k
Glory 11k

Total of 97k which would be excellent :)

With weather & Intel added:

Adelaide v WSW - 24 degrees & sunny - 14.5k (ticket sales good)
Sydney v CCM - 25 degrees & sunny - 18k (ticket sales great)
Victory V City - 24 mostly sunny - 43k (ticket sales not the best)
Jets V Roar - 26 sunny - 9k
Perth V Nix - 20 partly cloudy - 12k 

= 96.5k 

Obviously the largest variance here is the derby... impressive numbers here could see us enter consecutive 100k attendances. 

AU v WSW - 14k
S v CC - 17k
MV v MC - 45k
N v B - 9.5k
BDIWF - 10k

Adelaide 13.7k
Sydney 17.3k
Melbourne 44.7k
Jets 9.2k
Perth 10.1k

This adelaide crowd looks amazing. Definitely proved me wrong. Could even be touching mid 15k.
Great news

Hindmarsh always looks sexy when packed out

14,789 there, amazing crowd.

Round Two
Adelaide v Wanderers, 14,789

And that is with a surprisingly small away support, could of been another couple hundred

14,789 - Adl/WSW
17,500 - Syd/CCM
47,000 - Derby
Jets/Roar - 10,000
Glory/Well - 12,000

It looks good and it sounds good. Imagine how much better it would sound with a roof over the Northern end? *dreams*

Round Two
Adelaide v Wanderers - 14,789         
Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners - 15,082   
Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City - 43,188

Round Total (3 games) - 73,059   
Season Total (8 games) -   179,424

Round Average (3 games) - 24,353       
Season Average (8 games) -  22,429  

Looks like we're heading for a round total of around 95k, which would be fantastic, about the 4th or 5th highest on record.

Already after just three games it's only a few hundred head short of the top 25.

I'd love to see the Glory fans react to their strong squad and get us up to 100k however, but I might be asking too much.

Might be a bit much getting a big crowd from Glory. They just had a packed out League international there and a lot of 'maybe going fans' would skip this weeks game against WP and went to that instead.

Bit disappointed with SFC effort too. Was hoping for a bit more.

I think expansion is the only rhing that will really lift avg crowds in this country. A loopsided 3 round robbin league can be nauseating at the best of times.

Disappointing crowd tonight at Etihad, hopefully Victory will learn from this, as their stupid policy to force every member to reserve a seat for tonight's game probably cost them an extra 5000 in attendance, in what should've been a 50k plus crowd.

Why didn't they reserve their seats? Did they not want to go or did they forget?

Yeah it really should have been 14,989

Newcastle vs BR 8335

Round Two
Adelaide v Wanderers - 14,789         
Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners - 15,082   
Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City - 43,188
Newcastle United v Brisbane Roar - 8,335 

Round Total (4 games) - 81,394 
Season Total (9 games) -   187,759

Round Average (4 games) - 20,349      
Season Average (9 games) -  20,862  
                                 

Perth Glory 11,209

92,603 for the round isn't bad.

Round Two
Adelaide v Wanderers - 14,789         
Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners - 15,082   
Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City - 43,188
Newcastle United v Brisbane Roar - 8,335 
Perth Glory vs Wellington Phoenix - 11.209

Round Total (5 games) - 92,603
Season Total (10 games) - 198,968

Round Average (5 games) - 18,521     
Season Average (10 games) -  19,897  

Regular Season

Season Nine(135) 1,761,161
Season Ten(135) - 1,689,510
Season Eleven(135) 1,662,729
Season Eight(135) 1,661,830
Season Seven(135) 1,415,782
Season Six(165) 1,384,902 .
Season Five(135) 1,322,475
Season Three(84) 1,227,273
Season Two(84) 1,085,829
Season Four(84) 1,023,147
Season One(84) 920,219
Season Twelve(10) 198,968

Regular Season Averages by season

Season One 10,955
Season Two 12,927
Season Three 14,610
Season Four 12,180
Season Five 9,796
Season Six 8,393
Season Seven 10,487
Season Eight 12,310
Season Nine 13,046
Season Ten 12,515
Season Eleven 12,317
Season Twelve 19,897  

Season average, by average

Season Twelve 19,897  
Season Three 14,610
Season Nine 13,046
Season Two 12,927
Season Ten 12,515
Season Eleven 12,317
Season Eight 12,310
Season Four 12,180
Season One 10,955
Season Seven 10,487
Season Five 9,796
Season Six 8,393

Finals Attendances

Season One(6)126,237
Season Two(6)177,672
Season Three(6)154,118
Season Four(6)143,819
Season Five(7)151,206
Season Six(7)121,635
Season Seven(7)119,147
Season Eight(5) 105,255
Season Nine (5) 128,566
Season Ten (6) 137,825
Season Eleven (5) 117,122

Regular season plus finals

Season Nine(135) 1,761,161 + (5) 128,566 = 1,889,727
Season Ten(135) 1,689,510 + (5) 137,825 = 1,827,335
Season Eleven(135) 1,662,729+ (5) 117,122 = 1,779,851
Season Eight(135) 1,661,830 + (5) 105,255 = 1,767,085
Season Seven(135) 1,415,782 +(7)119,147 = 1,534,929
Season Six(165) 1,384,902 +(7)121,635 = 1,506,537
Season Five(135) 1,322,475 +(7)151,206 = 1,473,681
Season Three(84) 1,227,273 + (6)154,118 = 1,381,391
Season Two(84) 1,085,829 + (6)177,672 = 1,263,501
Season Four(84) 1,023,147 + (6)143,819 = 1,166,966
Season One(84) 920,219 + (6)126,237 = 1,046,456
Season Twelve(10) 198,968 + (10) = 198,968

Season One(84) 920,219 + (6)126,237 = 1,046,456
Season Two(84) 1,085,829 + (6)177,672 = 1,263,501
Season Three(84) 1,227,273 + (6)154,118 = 1,381,391
Season Four(84) 1,023,147 + (6)143,819 = 1,166,966
Season Five(135) 1,322,475 +(7)151,206 = 1,473,681
Season Six(165) 1,384,902 +(7)121,635 = 1,506,537
Season Seven(135) 1,415,782 +(7)119,147 = 1,534,929
Season Eight(135) 1,661,830 + (5)105,255= 1,767,085
Season Nine(135) 1,761,161 + (5) 128,566 = 1,889,727
Season Ten(135) 1,689,510 + (4) 137,825 = 1,827,335
Season Eleven(135) 1,662,729+ (5) 117,122 = 1,779,851
Season Twelve(10) 198,968 + (10) = 198,968  

Games with less than 5k attendance Seasons 1-12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 10(84) 11.9%
Season Two 12(84) 14.3%
Season Three Nil(84) 0.00%
Season Four Nil(84) 0.00%
Season Five 13(135) 9.6%
Season Six 34(165) 25.2%
Season Seven 15(135) 11.11%
Season Eight 5(135) 3.7%
Season Nine Nil(135)0.0%
Season Ten 2(135)0.2%
Season Eleven 1(135)0.7%
Season Twelve 0(10) 0%

Games between 5k and 10k attendance Seasons 1-12 Not including Finals. Total season games in brackets

Season One 28(84) 33.33%
Season Two 22(84) 26.9%
Season Three 20(84) 23.8%
Season Four 38(84) 45.2%
Season Five 79(135) 58.5%
Season Six 82(165) 49.7%
Season Seven 54(135) 40.0%
Season Eight 56(135) 41.4%
Season Nine 46(135)34%
Season Ten 60(135)44.4%
Season Eleven 53(135)39.3%
Season Twelve 3(10) 30%

Games between 10k - 15k attendance Seasons 1-12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 31(84) 36.9%
Season Two 26(84) 31.0%
Season Three 34(84) 40.5%
Season Four 28(84) 33.33%
Season Five 24(135) 17.8%
Season Six 36(165) 23.63%
Season Seven 48(135)35.6%
Season Eight 39(135) 28.9%
Season Nine 48(135)35.6%
Season Ten 44(135)32.6%
Season Eleven 54(135)40.0%
Season Twelve 3(10)30%

Games with between 15k - 20k attendance Seasons 1-12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 11(84) 13.1%
Season Two 12(84) 14.3%
Season Three 16(84) 19.0%
Season Four 7(84) 8.3%
Season Five 11(135) 8.1%
Season Six 7(165) 4.2%
Season Seven 10(135) 7.4%
Season Eight 21(135) 15.6%
Season Nine 27(135) 20.0%
Season Ten 12(135)8.9%
Season Eleven 13(135)9.6%
Season Twelve 2(10)20%

Games with more than 20k attendance Seasons 1- 12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 4(84) 4.8%
Season Two 12(84) 14.3%
Season Three 14(84) 16.7%
Season Four 11(84) 13.1%
Season Five 8(135) 5.9%
Season Six 6(165) 4.4%
Season Seven 8(135) 5.9%
Season Eight 14(135) 10.4%
Season Nine 14(135)10.4%
Season Ten 17(135)12.6%
Season Eleven 14(135)10.4%
Season Twelve 2(10)20%                                  

hitpehoaos

They didn't reserve their seats, because they've never had to do that before, and there was a cutoff for it, which I think was 4-5 days ago.
Members had to do it online through the Victory website. But any members that missed that cutoff, would then have to go through Ticketmaster, and were stung a $6-$9 booking fee per ticket. Sure that may not sound like much, but after you've already purchased a $200/$300/$400 membership, you really shouldn't have to do that, or made to pay any extra. You should be able to turn up, and if you have a GA membership at Etihad, you should be able to sit wherever you want, as per normal, like every other game there.

So in this case there were many members that were unaware of this bizarre process, as they couldn't just turn up on the night. Its bureaucracy gone completely mad! The club got ahead of themslsves, and not for the first time. I reckon that cost them 5k extra attendees on the night and god knows how much $$$ in extra food and drink. I don't understand why they'd do that, just keep things simple FFS!

Next week... early call so not taking weather into account.

City v Perth - fri night - aami - 14k

Cahill's first game, big derby win but the 2 weeks in a row factor may hurt? Also I can't see Cahill bringing in an extra 5/6k like we could expect with del piero early days... though I'd be more stoked than anyone here to be proven wrong. Does appeal to the kids so you never know? Memberships are up but not by a ridiculous amount.

Ccm v Brisbane - sat - gosford - 7.5k

First home game is the attraction but coming off a big loss and not overly much hope for their season.

Adelaide v victory - sat night - coopers - 16k

Always sells out?

Nix v Sydney - Sunday - westpac - 9k

10k turned up for the opening game and now they have their players back so should be an attraction, however coming off a loss can't be expecting a lot.

Wsw v jets - Sunday - spotless - 18k

First home game at spotless you'd imagine would be a huge draw, so should sell out or go close (less the member no shows ) . Sunday night game so won't be expecting many traveling supporters for this. Coming off a win, though derby loss hurts.

= 64.5k

Not sure why you think playing at Spotless is a huge draw? It is a horrible stadium to play in - it's an oval ground, you feel further from the ground than at ANZ and there is just a poor a crowd atmosphere. The only thing going for it is direct access via the train.