Adelaide United visit Suncorp Stadium on Friday for the A-League meeting with home side Brisbane Roar.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United, scroll down including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Brisbane Roar
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Brisbane Roar will play in this fixture following on from a 0-0 A-League drawn match versus Melbourne Victory.
In that match, Brisbane Roar had 60% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Melbourne Victory had 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Brisbane Roar have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Brisbane Roar have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 7 goals in the process.
Ahead of this meeting, Brisbane Roar have not won at home in their last 2 league games.
Adelaide United
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In their previous game, Adelaide United drew 3-3 in the A-League match with Western United.
In that match, Adelaide United managed 56% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Adelaide United, the goalscorers were Hiroshi Ibusuki (45', 57') and Nestor Irankunda (62'). At the other end, Western United got 17 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Matthew Grimaldi (19'), James Donachie (34') and Connor O'Toole (94') scored for Western United.
Adelaide United have attacked well of late, having scored 14 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Carl Veart will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Adelaide United have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same clashes. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.
Going into this contest, Adelaide United have not lost to Brisbane Roar in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 04/12/2021 tells us that Brisbane Roar have won 1 of these games & Adelaide United 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
In all, 13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from The Roar and 8 for The Reds. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The previous league clash between the two was A-League match day 7 on 10/12/2023 when it ended Adelaide United 0-2 Brisbane Roar.
In that game, Adelaide United had 51% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.
Brisbane Roar got 16 shots at goal with 8 on target. Jez Lofthouse (48') and Jay O'Shea (54') scored.
The match was refereed by Alex King.
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Team News: Brisbane Roar
Marco Rojas (Hamstring injury), Joe Caletti (Broken ankle) and Scott Neville (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Brisbane Roar manager Ruben Zadkovich.
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Team News: Adelaide United
Adelaide United manager Carl Veart has a number of players out of action. Joshua Cavallo (Muscle injury) and Panagiotis Kikianis (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
For this match, we think that Brisbane Roar have it within them to be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
However, Adelaide United will not find it easy getting on the scoresheet although we do think that they will probably end up hitting back at some stage here, too.
We reckon that it will be a 3-1 winning margin for Brisbane Roar by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
09:21 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Brisbane Roar
Formed: 1957
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium (52,500)
Captain: Tom Aldred
Chairman: Rahim Soekasah
Manager: Ruben Zadkovich
Competitions: A-League position 8
⭐ Star Man: Henry Hore
Mostly deployed in the Right Wing position, Henry Hore was born in Australia. After having played his first senior match for Brisbane Roar in the 2021 - 2022 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 5 league goals in the A-League 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 19 appearances.