📏 Form Guide

Brisbane Roar

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Brisbane Roar head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 A-League stalemate against Adelaide United.

In that match, Brisbane Roar managed 57% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Brisbane Roar was Asumah Abubakar (59'). On the other side, Adelaide United had 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. Dylan Pierias (11') scored for Adelaide United.

Brisbane Roar have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, although they’ve also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Brisbane Roar have conceded in 6 of them while also scoring in 5 of those matches.

Coming into this meeting, Brisbane Roar haven't beaten Wellington Phoenix in their previous 7 league matches.

Wellington Phoenix

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Adelaide United in A-League action, Wellington Phoenix will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Wellington Phoenix had 36% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Wellington Phoenix, the goals were scored by Kosta Barbarouses (31') and Isaac Hughes (35'). For their opponents, Adelaide United had 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Panagiotis Kikianis (8'), Stefan Mauk (12') and Archie Goodwin (89') scored for Adelaide United.

Wellington Phoenix have had no problems opening up opposition defences in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 10 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Wellington Phoenix can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same matches. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, however.

Coming into this fixture, Wellington Phoenix remain unbeaten by Brisbane Roar when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 14/01/2023 tells us that Brisbane Roar have won 0 of these & Wellington Phoenix 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for The Roar and 11 created by The Nix. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league game between these clubs was A-League match day 18 on 06/02/2025 when it ended Wellington Phoenix 1-1 Brisbane Roar.

In that match, Wellington Phoenix had 43% possession and 9 shots on goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Isaac Hughes (61').

On the other side, Brisbane Roar had 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Henry Hore (71') scored.

The referee was Jack Morgan.

📰 Team News: Brisbane Roar

Corey Brown (unknown injury) and Ben Warland (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for Brisbane Roar gaffer Ruben Zadkovich.

🗞️ Team News: Wellington Phoenix

Wellington Phoenix manager Giancarlo Italiano has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Stefan Colakovski (Cruciate ligament tear), Alby Kelly-Heald (Broken shoulder) and Chico Geraldes (Meniscus tear) will not be playing here.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Brisbane Roar will, in all likelihood, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the other end, Wellington Phoenix won’t find it easy to get a goal of their own but do we see them managing to get on the scoresheet here.

Accordingly, we see a controlled 3-1 margin for Brisbane Roar by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Victor Martins, 04:12 26/04/2025