Only a few games have been played in the A-League so far, with Brisbane Roar placed 10th and Melbourne City sitting in the 1st position.
Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Melbourne City when visiting Brisbane Roar as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Brisbane Roar's first A-League home game here at Suncorp Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 13 matches.
Brisbane Roar haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. R. O'Donovan scored that one.
The fans are hoping that Brisbane Roar will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the A-League game against Adelaide United (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Western Sydney Wanderers that finished 0-0.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Brisbane Roar at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Melbourne City form and stats
Four points from two away games for Melbourne City, meaning one draw and one victory in the A-League so far. The fact that Melbourne City have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The supporters enjoyed Melbourne City's previous game versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 9th), a A-League 3-1 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Wellington Phoenix.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melbourne City has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Brisbane Roar - Melbourne City 4-3. Brisbane Roar-Melbourne City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brisbane Roar 3 wins, Melbourne City 6 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Brisbane Roar missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6.2 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brisbane Roar | Last season | Melbourne City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 71 | 36 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 93% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | ||
| 78% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 21% | ||
| 37% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 14% | ||
| 78% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | ||
| 7% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Sydney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 1 |