Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the A-League.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Adelaide United, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 A-League games here at Cbus Super Stadium for Brisbane Roar. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Brisbane are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Brisbane are confident in defense, having played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Brisbane last time playing, versus Newcastle Jets. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Scott McDonald scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Brisbane Roar won a home game hosting Central Coast Mariners (1-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Brisbane Roar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brisbane Roar as a small favourite), we find eight games. Brisbane Roar has won two of these, drawn zero and lost six.
The Brisbane fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Brisbane have conceded 11 goals.
Adelaide United form and stats
There's been little loot from Adelaide United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the A-League. Adelaide United only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. With the Adelaide United losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Adelaide's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Adelaide failed to get anything from their last game, a A-League home match vs Newcastle Jets (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Western United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Adelaide in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Adelaide United, three draws and two defeats.
Adelaide United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. The Adelaide United manager G. Verbeek has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Brisbane Roar - Adelaide United 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Brisbane won four, Adelaide United won six and zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Brisbane Roar missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 25 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 42 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 90% | 76% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 27% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 10% | 10% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 286 | 152 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 192 | 360 |
| 98 | 49 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 54 | 103 |
| 26% | 35% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | 33% |
- Adelaide United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Adelaide United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Brisbane Roar has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Brisbane Roar has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Brisbane Roar has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brisbane Roar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -29 | 13 |