Western Sydney Wanderers played 1-2 against Wellington Phoenix last week, a game to remember. Next up is this strong Brisbane Roar side.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a A-League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Wellington Phoenix, was also a home game here at Bankwest Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Brisbane Roar have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Western Sydney Wanderers are 5-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Western Sydney Wanderers to get some points in this home game.
Wanderers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Wellington Phoenix (placed 7th). Attacking player Mitchell Duke bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Duke hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Heartbreak before that as Wanderers lost 0-1 at Sydney's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Western Sydney Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Western Sydney Wanderers as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Wanderers has won five of these, drawn five and lost four.
Wanderers are traveling soon after this match as the A-League match at Adelaide United awaits in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 12 games), Wanderers's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Playing away, Brisbane Roar have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the A-League this season.
Brisbane had fun at their own home (Bankwest Stadium) last time out, beating Melbourne City 3-0. Jay O'Shea (2) and Alex Parsons scored. Jamie Young (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.44. Young stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Brisbane goalie Jamie Young was high and low in the Melbourne City game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Newcastle Jets.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Brisbane Roar in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Brisbane Roar, two draws and four defeats.
A new game in only three days for Brisbane, the A-League home match versus Perth Glory. Busy days.
Brisbane Roar has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. Brisbane have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Wanderers - Brisbane Roar 1-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Wanderers victories, four draws and three Brisbane Roar wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kamau 8 goals |   R. Danzaki 8 goals |  D. Wenzel-Halls 7 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 41 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 34 |
| 41 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 70% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 52% |
| 42% | 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 26% |
| 29% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 67% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 57% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 26% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.7 | 17.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | 29% |
- Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Western United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -9 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -34 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 14 |