Struggling Brisbane Roar will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sydney in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Brisbane Roar and Sydney 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 Sydney when visiting Brisbane Roar as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Brisbane Roar, who have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in A-League, have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses so far from their games here at Suncorp Stadium.In their previous game, the manager D. Davies led his Brisbane Roar to a defeat in the A-League match away at Melbourne Victory. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Suncorp Stadium. Ahead of that match, Brisbane Roar lost 1-4 at home to Western Sydney Wanderers.
Brisbane Roar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 12 goals in 9 matches. Brisbane Roar are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (21 from 9 played).
Last season, Brisbane Roar's league statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the A-League. Over these 27 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Brisbane Roar managed 4-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 19 conceded.
Sydney form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 5 draws and only 3 losses.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a A-League home defeat versus Melbourne City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a AFC Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Kawasaki Frontale wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The travelling fans enjoy Sydney's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 away matches. As opposed to that, Sydney have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Let's have a look at how Sydney performed last season in the A-League. They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 28/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Brisbane Roar - Sydney 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Brisbane Roar victories, 3 draws and 4 Sydney wins.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Le Fondre
14 goals / 1 assists
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A. Brosque
6 goals
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D. Wenzel-Halls
4 goals / 2 assists
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Brisbane Roar missing players
Sydney missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Sydney | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 9 | Played | 11 | 22 |
| 30 | 12 | Scored | 17 | 36 |
| 52 | 21 | Conceded | 12 | 24 |
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 89% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 86% |
| 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 64% | 55% |
| 50% | 56% | Over 3.5 | 18% | 18% |
| 32% | 44% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 5% |
| 73% | 67% | Both teams to score | 73% | 64% |
| 9% | 22% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 32% |
| 23% | 22% | Failed To Score | 0% | 5% |
- Sydney hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney is involved in more goals away, than home.
- Sydney has scored in all of their 11 away matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Sydney | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -22 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -31 | 10 |
