It's only the second fixture in the A-League for these squads. And it's all to play for here at Suncorp Stadium as Brisbane Roar greet Melbourne City. Don't miss this preview!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne City, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
The previous season, Brisbane Roar's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 11th spot in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {29 goals} and let in 39. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Brisbane Roar produced 6-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 17 conceded. The first A-League game here at Suncorp Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Brisbane Roar's home game statistics were 6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 13 games.
The spoils were shared in Brisbane Roar's previous game, also at home. Visiting Macarthur (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Sydney United (after extra-time) in the Ffa Cup.
Early season league goal statistics from Brisbane Roar's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 0 conceded.
Melbourne City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Melbourne City performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 28/17 goals scored/conceded.
Melbourne City had fun at their own home (Suncorp Stadium) last time out, beating Western United 2-1. MacLaren scored. Leckie got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Leckie hit two key passes.
A tough loss as big favourites in the match before that, the Ffa Cup fixture home hosting Wellington Phoenix.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Brisbane victories, one draw and seven Melbourne City wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 1 goals |
Brisbane Roar missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brisbane Roar | Last season | Melbourne City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 28 | 57 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 58% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 54% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 35% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15.2 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 12.4 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 |
