Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar match-goers have their most valued supporter outfits on for this first game week of a new A-League campaign. Game on!
Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
These teams have little in common geographically as Brisbane Roar have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the A-League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at AAMI Park they witnessed 10 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D4 - L7 from 26 games.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Let's have a look at how Brisbane Roar performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 19/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Melbourne wins - draws - Brisbane Roar wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Melbourne City missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Melbourne City | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne City | Last season | Brisbane Roar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 62 | 41 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 85% | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 74% | ||
| 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 46% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 22% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 7% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 22% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 37% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17.9 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.7 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 14.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Western United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |