24 rounds of fixtures have been played and Brisbane Roar are 4 points ahead of Perth Glory. What happens today?
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Perth Glory is in the best form (4-2-0)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Perth Glory have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Brisbane Roar have collected 17 points from their A-League home games so far after 4-5-2.
The fans are hoping that Brisbane Roar will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the A-League game against Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 8th). Midfielder Rahmat Akbari was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Akbari hit one key pass and had 61 successful passes (of 68 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Melbourne City.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Brisbane Roar have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sydney are coming to town in three days.
Brisbane Roar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Brisbane are not conceding a lot of goals here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-3-6 (11 played). Perth has drawn their two previous away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Wellington Phoenix (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 2-2. Midfielder Callum Timmins was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Timmins scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Macarthur.Perth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Newcastle Jets.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Perth have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. Perth Glory have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Perth Glory - Brisbane Roar 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Brisbane won two, Perth Glory won six and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 12 goals |   R. Danzaki 8 goals |  D. Wenzel-Halls 7 goals |
Brisbane Roar missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 34 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 42 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | 41 |
| 83% | 73% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 50% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 75% |
| 25% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 38% |
| 8% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 12% |
| 54% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 64% | 75% |
| 25% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 45% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 36% | 21% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 16.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 27% | 22% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 31% | 37% |
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in A-League
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Perth Glory is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Western United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -14 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 18 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 14 |