Possible nail-biting contest in Western United - Brisbane Roar game

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 06:05 (UTC)
Venue: GMHBA Stadium (34000 seats)

Read up on this entertaining fixture in the A-League. Western United is in the 3rd position from featuring in three fixtures. They welcome Brisbane Roar who are placed 12th from three fixtures.

Insights:
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest scored goals (1) in A-League

These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Ffa Cup. This match was also played here at GMHBA Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Brisbane Roar have had more rest.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Brisbane Roar, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.

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Western United form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Western United's two home games in the A-League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at GMHBA Stadium.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jamie Young not having conceded a league goal in 195 minutes.

The Western crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Wellington Phoenix here at GMHBA Stadium in a Ffa Cup match.

In the game before, an away victory in the A-League match versus Melbourne City with a 1-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Western have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost five.

Early season league goal statistics from Western United's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

No A-League points yet away for Brisbane Roar, from their first 2 matches. Brisbane Roar seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Brisbane have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 199 minutes ago. Ivanovic was the goal scorer.

Brisbane's last game was the home draw against Adelaide United (0-0). Midfielder Jay O'Shea was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. O'Shea hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Melbourne Victory wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brisbane Roar playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were six Brisbane Roar wins, two draws and four defeats.

Brisbane Roar have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last five meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Western, zero draws and two wins for Brisbane Roar. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Western UnitedD. Wenzel-Halls
D. Wenzel-Halls
2 goals
Brisbane RoarL. Ivanovic
L. Ivanovic
1 goals

Western United missing players

Brisbane Roar missing players

Western United Brisbane Roar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 1 2 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
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% 50% 33%
67% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 67%
 
5 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3 3
5.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 6.5 6.7
1.3 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.5 13
2.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5 5
29% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 7%
 
12.7 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 17.5 16.3
4 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6 4.3
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest points (0) away in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the fewest scored goals (1) in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the most conceded goals (5) away in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the the worst goal difference (-4) away in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar have the the worst goal difference (-4) in A-League
  • Brisbane Roar is in the worst form (0-0-2)
Western United Last season Brisbane Roar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 27
8 6   Won W   6 11
4 3   Drew D   2 7
14 4   Lost L   5 9
30 18   Scored S   19 37
47 17   Conceded C   16 30
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 85%
69% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 74%
54% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
27% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 22%
27% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 7%
46% 46%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
27% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 22%
38% 31%   Failed to Score F T   31% 37%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.3
6.3 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 5.9
2.5 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.5
4 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.9 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 15.7
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.3
25% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 26%
 
16.7 16.7   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 14.3
6 5.8   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 Macarthur 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
2 Melbourne Victory 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
3 Western United 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
5 Perth Glory 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 4
6 Melbourne City 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 4
7 Wellington Phoenix 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
8 Adelaide United 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
9 Central Coast Mariners 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
10 Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 -1 2
11 Sydney 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
12 Brisbane Roar 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1
Last season 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 26 15 4 7 57 32 13 10 1 2 36 15 13 5 3 5 21 17 25 49
2 Sydney 26 13 8 5 39 23 13 7 4 2 15 9 13 6 4 3 24 14 16 47
3 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 35 31 13 6 3 4 19 19 13 6 3 4 16 12 4 42
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 36 28 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 6 2 5 19 16 8 40
5 Adelaide United 26 11 6 9 39 41 13 7 4 2 18 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -2 39
6 Macarthur 26 11 6 9 33 36 13 4 4 5 19 20 13 7 2 4 14 16 -3 39
7 Wellington Phoenix 26 10 8 8 44 34 13 5 3 5 24 19 13 5 5 3 20 15 10 38
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 13 6 2 5 26 18 13 3 6 4 19 25 2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 13 7 3 3 27 18 13 2 4 7 17 26 0 34
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 13 6 3 4 18 17 13 2 1 10 12 30 -17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 13 1 3 9 10 21 13 4 3 6 14 17 -14 21
12 Melbourne Victory 26 5 4 17 31 60 13 3 2 8 17 30 13 2 2 9 14 30 -29 19

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The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.