Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sydney & Brisbane Roar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Brisbane Roar when visiting Sydney as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Sydney form and stats
Sydney participated in Ffa Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.The story so far in the A-League for Sydney at their home stadium (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Sydney in their previous game, a A-League match away at Macarthur that ended with a 3-0 victory. Midfielder Burgess was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.85 (out of ten) in that game. Burgess scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a A-League home match hosting Wellington Phoenix in a game that was won 2-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sydney matches with similar probabilities have ended with seven wins, one draw and one defeat (from nine games).
Sydney has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Sydney's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
They also participated in Ffa Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.It's not happening yet for Brisbane Roar on their A-League travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Ivanovic was the last player to score for the away team. Brisbane haven't scored a league goal in the last 289 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Brisbane, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Western United in the A-League. Goalkeeper Freke got the top player rating of the team with 7.7/10. Freke stopped the opponent with five saves.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Adelaide United in the A-League.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Brisbane Roar playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Goals are few and far between in Brisbane's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Sydney won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Brisbane Roar have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  E. Kamsoba 2 goals |  A. Le Fondre 2 goals | M. Burgess 1 goals |
Sydney missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Sydney | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.4 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 15.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 23% | ||
| 12.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 Victory | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
