Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Heidelberg United & Brisbane Roar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Australian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Brisbane Roar when visiting Heidelberg United as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Heidelberg have less rest than Brisbane Roar in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Npl Victoria game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Olympic Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Brisbane Roar have had more rest.
Heidelberg United form and stats
Heidelberg United participated in Australian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl Victoria numbers at home for Heidelberg United so far this season.
The Heidelberg club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Dandenong City and win 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Heidelberg United played a great game against Dandenong City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Ahead of that match, Heidelberg won a home game hosting Hume City (3-2).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Heidelberg United, as the Npl Victoria home game vs Green Gully is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Heidelberg in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
Brisbane Roar's mission in Australian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Brisbane Roar have only collected 6 points from their away games in the A-League, after 1-3-9 (13 played).
Two away games in a row for Brisbane, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Aston Villa in the Queensland Champions Cup.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brisbane Roar as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Brisbane struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Hore 5 goals |  N. Mileusnic 5 goals |  L. Ivanovic 4 goals |
Heidelberg United missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Heidelberg United | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 46% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | South Melbourne | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 38 | 56 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 29 | 48 |
| 3 | Port Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bentleigh Greens | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Green Gully | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Avondale Heights | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
| 8 | Dandenong Thunder | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Melbourne Knights | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Altona Magic | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Albans Saints | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 23 |
| 12 | Hume City | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -17 | 19 |
| 13 | Dandenong City | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -32 | 17 |
| 14 | Eastern Lions | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -42 | 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 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
