Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney Wanderers betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Fri 23.December
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kanko Stadium

Western Sydney Wanderers will not count on any donations from their host Brisbane Roar in this A-League fixture. Here's the full preview!

Insights:
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (5) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (4) in A-League

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Western Sydney Wanderers, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Brisbane Roar and Western Sydney Wanderers 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.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Brisbane Roar so far this season.

Brisbane Roar are returning here after visiting Newcastle Jets and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Mileusnić scored the goal(s). Mileusnić (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.95/10. Mileusnić scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Brisbane drew at home versus Adelaide United.

This is expected to be a close game, with Brisbane Roar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brisbane Roar as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Brisbane Roar has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Brisbane have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Brisbane Roar have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Western Sydney Wanderers playing as the away team in the A-League this season.

Western Sydney Wanderers are travelling again after losing away to Western United in their previous match (0-1). Mrčela, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Mrčela hit one key pass and won 8 of 15 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Wellington Phoenix's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Western Sydney Wanderers, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Western Sydney Wanderers as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Brisbane have won or drawn the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Western Sydney Wanderers.

These opponents have fought before this season: Western Sydney Wanderers - Brisbane Roar 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Brisbane RoarC. Austin
C. Austin
2 goals
Western Sydney WanderersS. Krpić
S. Krpić
2 goals
Brisbane RoarJ. Brindell-South
J. Brindell-South
1 goals

Brisbane Roar missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players

Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 5 3 Played P 2 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
4 3 2 Drew D 1 1 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
6 4 1 Scored S 2 3 7
5 4 3 Conceded C 1 2 6
71% 60% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 25% 50%
14% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 12%
14% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 25%
43% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
43% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.1 4.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.5 3.8
6.6 7.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.2 5
1.4 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 11.6 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11 10.4
4.4 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 3.5
19% 20% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 16% 25%
 
15.4 18.2 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.2 9.6
2.9 3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (5) in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (4) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (7) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers 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 7 5 1 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 8 3 4 3 0 1 7 3 9 16
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 8 4 2 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 1 14
3 Adelaide United 8 3 3 2 14 12 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 1 3 2 9 11 2 12
4 Macarthur 8 3 2 3 10 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 5 7 -1 11
5 Central Coast Mariners 7 3 1 3 15 12 5 2 0 3 10 10 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 10
6 Wellington Phoenix 8 2 4 2 16 14 6 2 3 1 13 9 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 10
7 Brisbane Roar 7 2 4 1 6 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 10
8 Melbourne Victory 7 3 1 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 5 0 10
9 Sydney 8 3 1 4 14 15 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 8 8 -1 10
10 Newcastle Jets 7 3 0 4 8 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 1 0 2 2 7 -4 9
11 Western United 8 2 1 5 12 18 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 1 0 3 7 10 -6 7
12 Perth Glory 7 2 0 5 6 12 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 5 4 11 -6 6

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.