High profile Melbourne City arrive at Brisbane Roar after their 1-1-result against Western Sydney Wanderers. Check out our thorough preview!
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals (8) in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Brisbane Roar's results here at Kanko Stadium in the A-League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The Brisbane Roar crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Wellington Phoenix here at Kanko Stadium. The forward Mileusnić bested all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.12 out of 10. Mileusnić hit two key passes.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Perth Glory.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 12 league games, 10 have contained two goals or less.
Brisbane aren't scoring a lot here at Kanko Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. Brisbane Roar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kanko Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the A-League.
Melbourne has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Western Sydney Wanderers for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Berisha was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Berisha hit four key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 54 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Western United.Melbourne City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Melbourne as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City have faced off earlier this season: Brisbane Roar - Melbourne City 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Brisbane Roar 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 13 goals |   C. Armiento 3 goals |  M. Tilio 3 goals |
Brisbane Roar missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 83% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 33% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.1 | 11.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 16.8 | 16.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 23% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 13.2 | 16.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.3 | 10.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
- All of Melbourne City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Brisbane Roar.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals (8) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (13) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+16) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+6) away in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Sydney | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Western United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
