It's advantage Melbourne City so far with their 1st position in the A-League table, welcoming Brisbane Roar who are placed 5th.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (45) in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (18) in A-League
It's no vacation for neither Melbourne nor Brisbane Roar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Brisbane Roar when visiting Melbourne as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Melbourne City form and stats
This stadium, AAMI Park, has been a fortress for Melbourne City in the A-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-1. Melbourne has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at AAMI Park. We remember; it was Perth Glory.
A strong away win for Melbourne City against Perth Glory the last match, as Jamie MacLaren (2) were on target. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Newcastle Jets.
Melbourne are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Melbourne as they have a new game in only four days, a A-League match thankfully also at home. Adelaide United are visiting.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Melbourne is on fire here. A stunning 25 from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Melbourne have conceded 8 goals.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Playing away, Brisbane Roar, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in A-League, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season. Having won their last three away games Brisbane has no reason to fear anyone.
Impressive finishing from Josh Brindell-South and Riku Danzaki secured the home win 2-1 against Western United in their previous game. A draw for Brisbane before that, at their own venue hosting Wellington Phoenix (0-0).
The end of the last match, against Western United, was very satisfying as Riku Danzaki scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Brisbane played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Brisbane are hosting Central Coast Mariners in the A-League only three days away.
Brisbane are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Brisbane Roar in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar have met before this season: Brisbane Roar - Melbourne 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Brisbane Roar has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 22 goals |   D. Wenzel-Halls 7 goals |  R. Danzaki 7 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Melbourne City | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 83% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 72% |
| 63% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 47% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 32% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 58% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 61% |
| 32% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17.7 | 20 | 21.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.7 | 15 |
| 6.3 | 7.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 38% | 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 27% |
- All of Melbourne City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (18) in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (25) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (45) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 3 | Sydney | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 7 | Western United | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -27 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 13 |