Brisbane Roar vs Macarthur match preview: Even contest expected at Suncorp Stadium

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium (52500 seats)

Brisbane Roar and Macarthur are ready to let people see their new people and flair: It's the premier game of the A-League season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

In the previous season, Brisbane Roar's league stats were 7 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses, providing 11th spot in the A-League. Over these 26 matches they scored 29 goals and gave away 39. Appearing as the home side in the former season Brisbane Roar delivered 6-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 17 conceded.

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 14 games. Brisbane Roar has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 6.

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Macarthur form and stats

Let's have a look at how Macarthur performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 17/26 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Macarthur in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Macarthur, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Brisbane victories, zero draws and two Macarthur wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Brisbane Roar missing players

Macarthur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brisbane Roar Macarthur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Brisbane Roar Last season Macarthur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
7 6   Won W   3 9
5 2   Drew D   3 6
14 5   Lost L   7 11
29 19   Scored S   17 38
39 17   Conceded C   26 47
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 81%
58% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 65%
19% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 50%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 19%
54% 54%   BTTS BTTS   62% 65%
19% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 15%
35% 23%   Failed to Score F T   15% 19%
 
5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6
5.1 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 6
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.6
3 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
15.2 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 14.8
4.8 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.1
23% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
12.4 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 15
4.4 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melbourne City 26 14 7 5 55 33 13 7 4 2 27 16 13 7 3 3 28 17 22 49
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 13 6 5 2 22 13 13 7 4 2 20 12 17 48
3 Western United 26 13 6 7 40 30 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 4 4 5 15 18 10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 13 7 2 4 22 14 13 5 5 3 16 17 7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 13 8 3 2 27 16 13 4 3 6 22 19 14 42
6 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 3 11 34 49 13 8 2 3 19 20 13 4 1 8 15 29 -15 39
7 Macarthur 26 9 6 11 38 47 13 6 3 4 21 21 13 3 3 7 17 26 -9 33
8 Sydney 26 8 7 11 37 44 13 4 4 5 21 24 13 4 3 6 16 20 -7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 13 6 2 5 29 19 13 2 3 8 16 24 2 29
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 2 4 7 15 23 -8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 13 6 2 5 19 17 13 1 3 9 10 22 -10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 13 2 4 7 8 15 13 2 2 9 12 28 -23 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.