Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

Brisbane Roar FC

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Melbourne City FC

Sat 18 Apr 2026 · 07:00 UTC Suncorp Stadium 6,845 HT 45' · FT 45'

Justin Vidic 44' 1–0

1–1 61' Marcus Younis pen

1–2 66' Marcus Younis

1–3 80' Medin Memeti

Youstin Salas 90+2' 2–3

Michael Valkanis 71' Y

Y 84' Andreas Kuen

Y 84' Aurelio Vidmar

Y 89' Medin Memeti

Overview

Match Preview

Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at Suncorp Stadium.

Brisbane Roar FC 26 games · 26 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Kearney Robinson
Referee Daniel Elder
Referee
Assistant 1 Ashley Beecham
Assistant 2 Joey Lee (Australia)
4th Official Nathan Shakespear (Australia)

24 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Newcastle United Jets FC	26	48
2	Adelaide United FC	26	43
3	Auckland FC	26	42
4	Melbourne Victory FC	26	40
5	Sydney FC	26	39
6	Melbourne City FC	26	38
7	Macarthur FC	26	34
8	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	33
9	Central Coast Mariners FC	26	32
10	Perth Glory FC	26	31
11	Brisbane Roar FC	26	26
12	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	26	21

Head-to-Head

Brisbane Roar FC 21 games · Avg 3.4 goals Melbourne City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-18 Brisbane Roar FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2026-01-06 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC 2025-10-31 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC 2025-04-11 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC 2025-01-11 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC

Recent Form

Brisbane Roar FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Melbourne City FC	H	2–3	L
10 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	2–2	D
02 Apr	Sydney FC	H	0–0	D
21 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	1–2	L
13 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–2	D
28 Feb	Perth Glory FC	H	1–1	D

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Brisbane Roar FC	A	3–2	W
12 Apr	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	2–0	W
07 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	2–1	W
04 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	3–0	W
22 Mar	Perth Glory FC	A	1–1	D
17 Mar	Sydney FC	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

Brisbane Roar FC		Melbourne City FC
#11	Position	#6
26	Points	38
26	Played	26
6 / 8 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 8 / 8
27	Scored	33
36	Conceded	33
-9	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	1.46
23%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Brisbane Roar FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Brisbane Roar FC are 11th (26 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brisbane Roar FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Brisbane Roar FC

Justin Vidic	4 G	2 A
Chris Long	4 G	1 A
Samuel Klein	4 G

Melbourne City FC

Max Caputo	8 G	1 A
Marcus Younis	7 G	3 A
Medin Memeti	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Brisbane Roar FC and Melbourne City FC get this one started.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Brisbane Roar FC are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Melbourne City FC's 4-3-3 shape.
15' It’s high time Aurelio Vidmar made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Michael Valkanis will be considering his options from the bench.
25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Brisbane Roar FC that had 205 games and scored 245 goals.
30' Brisbane Roar FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' Melbourne City FC have won 386 goals from 208 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' The energy levels are beginning to show. Michael Valkanis might look to freshen things up shortly.
44' A goal from the Australia international Justin Vidic! He fires home on 44 to make it 1-0!
49' With 0 assists to his name this season, Henry Hore is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Melbourne City FC.
54' It looks like no one’s ball. Melbourne City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
59' Melbourne City FC is showing some good football. However, Melbourne City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
61' The Australia Marcus Younis breaks the deadlock on 61 minutes. 1-1!
61' Another change for Melbourne City FC made on 61 minute. Harrison Shillington leaves to be changed by Peter Antoniou.
66' The Australia Marcus Younis breaks the deadlock on 66 minutes. 1-2!
70' The Brisbane Roar FC manager makes a substitution. James McGarry departs to be replaced by Matt Dench.
71' The referee shows Brisbane Roar FC player a card on 71.
74' Jay O'Shea has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jordan Lauton on 74 minute.
75' Zane Schreiber makes way for Mathew Leckie at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
80' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Medin Memeti makes it 1-3.
81' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Marcus Younis has done his job and it is now time for Max Caputo to step up.
82' Marius Lode makes way for Niall Thom at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Brisbane Roar FC.
84' Andreas Kuen was booked on 84.
89' Medin Memeti picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Melbourne City FC take all three points.

Lineups

Brisbane Roar FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

11
Macklin Freke
19
Michael Ruhs
26
Jay O'Shea ↑ 74'
30
Quinn MacNicol ↑ 70'
16
Matt Dench ↑ 70'
6
Austin Ludwik
39
Niall Thom ↑ 82'

Coach Michael Valkanis

Melbourne City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

16
Aziz Behich
15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Medin Memeti 61'
30
Andreas Kuen
11
Elbasan Rashani
28
Marcus Younis ↓ Max Caputo 81'
1
Patrick Beach
26
Samuel Souprayen
36
Harrison Shillington ↓ Peter Antoniou 61'
19
Zane Schreiber ↓ Mathew Leckie 75'
22
German Ferreyra
47
Kavian Rahmani ↓ Emin Durakovic 75'

Bench

7
Mathew Leckie ↑ 75'
2
Harrison Delbridge
40
James Nieuwenhuizen
17
Max Caputo ↑ 81'
39
Emin Durakovic ↑ 75'
35
Medin Memeti ↑ 61'
37
Peter Antoniou ↑ 61'

Coach Aurelio Vidmar

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	9
James O'Shea	4
Roy O'Donovan	3
Connor Metcalfe	3
Yonatan Cohen	2
Leo Natel	2
Curtis Good	2
Adam Taggart	2

Head to Head

Brisbane Roar FC Form

2026-04-18 Brisbane Roar FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC L 2026-04-10 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–2 Brisbane Roar FC D 2026-04-02 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Sydney FC D 2026-03-21 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2026-03-13 Brisbane Roar FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2026-02-28 Brisbane Roar FC 1–1 Perth Glory FC D

Melbourne City FC Form

2026-04-18 Brisbane Roar FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC W 2026-04-12 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2026-04-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2026-04-04 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2026-03-22 Perth Glory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2026-03-17 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.09 Brisbane Roar FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.5 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Brisbane Roar FC26% Draw27% Melbourne City FC47%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.59

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Brisbane Roar FC or Draw

53%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

74%

Brisbane Roar FC or Melbourne City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Brisbane Roar FC20% Draw48% Melbourne City FC32%

Actual: Brisbane Roar FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

0 – 1

10.3%

0 – 0

9.5%

1 – 2

8.9%

0 – 2

8.2%

1 – 0

7.1%

2 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

4.9%

1 – 3

4.5%

2 – 0

4.3%

0 – 3

4.1%

2 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — Brisbane Roar FC

Handicap	Brisbane Roar FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	16%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	22%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	14%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Brisbane Roar FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.