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Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne Victory Live Stream, Predictions
Melbourne Victory will be visiting Suncorp Stadium on Sunday for the A-League showdown with hosts Brisbane Roar.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory can be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
Brisbane Roar
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Brisbane Roar head into this fixture following a 2-2 A-League drawn result vs Western United.
In that match, Brisbane Roar had 63% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Brisbane Roar, goals were scored by Thomas Waddingham (58') and Jonas Markovski (91'). Western United had 7 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Nikita Rukavytsya (6') and Noah Botić (79') scored for Western United.
It’s not been often in recent times that Brisbane Roar have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Brisbane Roar have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 12 goals on the way.
Pre-game facts show that Brisbane Roar:
- have not been beaten in the league by Melbourne Victory in their previous 5 games.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
Melbourne Victory
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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Central Coast Mariners in A-League action, Melbourne Victory will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Melbourne Victory managed 57% possession and 15 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Melbourne Victory was Ryan Teague (48' Own goal). Central Coast Mariners had 17 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
The stats don’t lie, and Melbourne Victory have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 5 goals in all. At the back, Melbourne Victory certainly have room for improvement. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
Their previous form shows that Melbourne Victory:
- are winless against Brisbane Roar when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
- haven't been defeated by Brisbane Roar when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their past head to head clashes dating back to 28/11/2021 shows that Brisbane Roar have won 2 of these & Melbourne Victory 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.
A sum of 7 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 3 for The Roar and 4 being from Victory. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.17.
The last league contest featuring the two was A-League match day 26 on 29/04/2023 which ended up with the score at Melbourne Victory 0-1 Brisbane Roar.
In that game, Melbourne Victory had 51% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
On the other side, Brisbane Roar had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Jordan Courtney-Perkins (54') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Shaun Evans.
📋 Team News: Brisbane Roar
There is just the lone fitness concern for the Brisbane Roar gaffer Ben Cahn to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Scott Neville (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play.
ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne Victory
Thanks to a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Melbourne Victory boss Tony Popović does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Jordi Valadon and Roderick Miranda.
🧠 Prediction
We believe that Brisbane Roar must be fancied to score a goal against this Melbourne Victory side, although one goal might not be enough to avoid a loss.
We therefore reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 win for Melbourne Victory at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 05:06 03/03/2024
⚽️ 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
🔑 Key Player: Jay O'Shea
Mostly taking up the Centre Midfield position, Jay O'Shea was born in Dublin, Rep. Ireland. Having made a first senior appearance for Galway United in the 2008 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has managed 7 league goals in this A-League 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 18 appearances.
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20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 40 | DDWWD |
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20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 37 | DLWWW |
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20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | WWLDW |
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19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 31 | DLDWL |
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19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 30 | DWWDW |
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19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 28 | LDLWL |
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19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 23 | LLDDL |
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19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 22 | LDWLD |
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19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 20 | WDWDL |
10 |
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19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 19 | LLDLL |
11 |
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20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 19 | DDLDL |
12 |
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19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 15 | LWLDW |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 54 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Jay O'Shea | 7 |
Thomas Waddingham | 6 |
Nikola Mileusnic | 5 |
Henry Hore | 4 |
Florin Bérenguer | 3 |
Bruno Fornaroli | 15 |
Zinédine Machach | 6 |
Daniel Arzani | 2 |
Damien Da Silva | 2 |
Ben Folami | 2 |
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