Season ticket holders at AAMI Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Melbourne Victory languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Brisbane Roar will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
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.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Melbourne Victory have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.
Melbourne Victory lost their last game at Wellington Phoenix (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Sydney with the scoreline 1-4.
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 Victory have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost three.
The Melbourne Victory fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Brisbane Roar have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Brisbane Roar's previous game versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 11th), a A-League 1-0 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Western Sydney Wanderers.
Brisbane Roar are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brisbane Roar as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Brisbane Roar in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar have met before this season: Brisbane Roar - Melbourne Victory 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Melbourne Victory won seven, Brisbane Roar won two and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Toivonen 10 goals |  A. Nabbout 5 goals |   B. Inman 4 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 95% |
| 76% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 45% | 57% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 24% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 29% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 29% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 273 | 149 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 134 | 274 |
| 86 | 44 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 49 | 94 |
| 28% | 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 16% | 26% |
- Brisbane Roar has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Brisbane Roar has the fewest scored goals (8) away
- Brisbane Roar has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Brisbane Roar has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Brisbane Roar has the most points from losing position (12)
- Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 47 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 13 |