Season ticket holders at Spotless Stadium 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.
The hosts Melbourne Victory saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the A-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Western United, was also a home game here at Spotless Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Brisbane Roar have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
3-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Melbourne Victory so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Melbourne to get some points in this home game. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Melbourne, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Melbourne crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Western United here at Spotless Stadium in a A-League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wellington Phoenix (0-3).
Melbourne Victory are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. 16 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The manager W. Moon was unhappy after their last game, a A-League match played at their home ground Suncorp Stadium. Brisbane suffered a 0-1 loss to Adelaide United (placed 6th). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Newcastle Jets.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Brisbane have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Brisbane Roar - Melbourne 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Melbourne Victory-Brisbane Roar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Melbourne Victory seven wins, Brisbane Roar two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Nabbout 5 goals |   B. Inman 4 goals |  S. McDonald 4 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 37 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 96% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 68% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| 32% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 14% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 64% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 23% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 30% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 30% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 284 | 160 | 65 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 134 | 306 |
| 88 | 46 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 49 | 105 |
| 28% | 28% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 16% | 24% |
- 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 (7)
- Brisbane Roar has the most matches under the total-line (16)
- 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western United | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 28 | -30 | 15 |