A home win is predicted from this fixture if the league table is a way to look into the future. The Melbourne Victory club members are hopeful that the mismatch between 3rd and Brisbane Roar's 10th place in the table will be revealed on the arena.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Melbourne Victory, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A-League, have to build on here at AAMI Park in the A-League.
Melbourne are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Melbourne Victory last time playing, versus Melbourne City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Rojas (2) and Brimmer scoring for the victors. The 3-0 win against Melbourne City was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle. Midfield player Rojas got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Rojas scored two goals.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Perth Glory and winning 1-0.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 Melbourne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne Victory as they are travelling to their away game against Newcastle Jets in the A-League. That match is four days after this one.
Melbourne Victory have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AAMI Park with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Melbourne Victory's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
There's been little loot from Brisbane Roar's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the A-League. Brisbane Roar only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfield player O'Shea was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.8/10. O'Shea scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Newcastle Jets.We have checked recent matches where Brisbane have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, three draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Macarthur.
The attacking power of Brisbane Roar when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Brisbane's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory - Brisbane Roar 3-0 was the scoreline in these participants' previous h2h game, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Melbourne Victory victories, zero draws and four Brisbane Roar wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 7 goals |  M. Rojas 5 goals |   H. Hore 5 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 28 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 20 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 75% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 85% |
| 45% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 65% |
| 20% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 55% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 15% | 9% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.4 | 15.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.1 | 14.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 31% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 21% | 24% |
| 12.3 | 11.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 14 | 12.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
- Brisbane Roar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League
- Brisbane Roar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brisbane Roar have scored away.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (20) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Sydney | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
