Brisbane Roar will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Melbourne City.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (55) in A-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City.
Melbourne City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Brisbane Roar have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.
Happy days for Brisbane Roar in their previous game, a A-League match away at Newcastle Jets (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Tom Aldred, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Aldred won 1 of 2 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Adelaide United.The Brisbane fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Brisbane have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (55) in A-League, on their A-League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Melbourne as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
The supporters enjoyed Melbourne's previous game versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 3rd), a A-League 1-0 win played at home. The attacker Craig Noone got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Noone scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A draw for Melbourne before that, at their own venue hosting Wellington Phoenix (2-2).A new game in only four days for Melbourne City, the A-League home match versus Newcastle Jets. Busy days.
Melbourne are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. Melbourne have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Melbourne City - Brisbane 3-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Brisbane wins - draws - Melbourne City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 25 goals |   R. Danzaki 8 goals |  D. Wenzel-Halls 7 goals |
Brisbane Roar missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 55 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 82% | 70% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 87% |
| 50% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 65% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 52% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 61% |
| 23% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 36% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14.5 | 16.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 16.1 | 18.1 |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| 27% | 19% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 37% |
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have the most matches over the total-line (13) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (55) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+29) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+7) away in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | Western United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -9 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -33 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 14 |