📏 Form Guide

Western Sydney Wanderers

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Western Sydney Wanderers will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-3 A-League triumph against Macarthur FC.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 39% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Western Sydney Wanderers, the scorers were Nicolas Milanovic (57'), Sonny Kittel (65') and Jorrit Hendrix (70'). Macarthur FC got 23 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Matt Millar (86') scored for Macarthur FC.

Matches with Western Sydney Wanderers have tended to be entertaining ones lately with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 23 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 6 of these coming from Western Sydney Wanderers. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

A look at their previous results shows us that Western Sydney Wanderers:

• have not been beaten in the league by Brisbane Roar in their previous 4 games.
• have not registered a win against Brisbane Roar in their last 5 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 5 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Brisbane Roar

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Wellington Phoenix in A-League competition, Brisbane Roar and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Brisbane Roar had 54% possession and 19 shots on goal with 8 on target. At the other end, Wellington Phoenix had 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Bozhidar Kraev (2') was the scorer for Wellington Phoenix.

Looking at their form, and Brisbane Roar have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in all. Defensively, Brisbane Roar could really do with shoring things up.

Looking at their past form shows that Brisbane Roar:

• have not emerged victorious against Western Sydney Wanderers in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• remain unbeaten by Western Sydney Wanderers when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 30/05/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Western Sydney Wanderers winning 1 of those games, Brisbane Roar 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 from The Wanderers and 8 belonging to The Roar. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league game featuring these sides was A-League match day 6 on 01/12/2023 when it ended Brisbane Roar 2-2 Western Sydney Wanderers.

On that occasion, Brisbane Roar had 53% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Goals were scored by Nikola Mileusnic (13') and Jack Hingert (15').

Western Sydney Wanderers had 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Nicolas Milanovic (46') and Marcus Antonsson (88') scored.

The referee was Daniel Elder.

🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

In all likelihood, The Wanderers may well employ a 4-4-2 formation, utilising Lawrence Thomas, Aidan Simmons, Tom Beadling, Marcelo, Jack Clisby, Lachlan Brook, Jorrit Hendrix, Oscar Priestman, Nicolas Milanovic, Sonny Kittel and Brandon Borrello.

📰 Team News: Brisbane Roar

Brisbane Roar manager Ruben Zadkovich has multiple availability issues to deal with. Scott Neville (Cruciate ligament tear) and Joe Caletti (Broken ankle) can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that The Roar seem likely to utilise a 4-1-2-1-2 formation, going with Macklin Freke, Antonee Burke-Gilroy, Kai Trewin, Tom Aldred, Corey Brown, Jay O'Shea, Taras Gomulka, Henry Hore, Florin Berenguer, Thomas Waddingham and Keegan Jelacic.

💭 Prediction

For this match, we think that Brisbane Roar have the capability to score a goal against this Western Sydney Wanderers side, however that possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We think that it’s going to be both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Western Sydney Wanderers at the end of this one. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 08:07 05/04/2024