Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

Brisbane Roar FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Melbourne City FC

Tue 25 May 2021 · 09:05 UTC Dolphin Oval HT 45' · FT 45'

Rahmat Akbari 34' Y

Dylan Wenzel-Halls 36' Y

Y 51' Alec Mills

Y 61' Nuno Reis

Y 69' Florin Berenguer

Overview

Match Preview

Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at Dolphin Oval.

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

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

2021-05-25 Brisbane Roar FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC 2021-05-09 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC 2020-03-01 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC 2020-01-11 Brisbane Roar FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC 2019-11-17 Brisbane Roar FC 4–3 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Brisbane Roar FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Melbourne City FC	H	3–0	W
21 May	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–1	W
16 May	Adelaide United FC	A	0–1	L
12 May	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	0–0	D
09 May	Melbourne City FC	A	2–3	L
05 May	Western United FC	H	2–1	W

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–3	L
16 May	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	2–2	D
13 May	Adelaide United FC	H	4–1	W
09 May	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–2	W
05 May	Perth Glory FC	A	3–1	W
29 Apr	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	3–1	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' And we are off! Brisbane Roar FC vs Melbourne City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. James O'Shea has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
6' Brilliant from the ! James O'Shea makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 6.
11' The energy levels are beginning to show. Warren Moon might look to freshen things up shortly.
16' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
21' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
26' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
31' Matthew Sutton is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Melbourne City FC so far.
34' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Rahmat Akbari.
36' The referee shows Brisbane Roar FC player a Yellow card on 36.
38' Alex Parsons makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Brisbane Roar FC are in front.
43' Melbourne City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Curtis Good departs to be replaced by Alec Mills.
51' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alec Mills on 51.
52' James O'Shea does the damage! The net is bulging and Brisbane Roar FC surge ahead!
57' Marco Tilio, a Australia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
61' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nuno Reis.
66' Melbourne City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Marcus Younis scoring 2 goals.
67' The supporters are chanting for Adrian Luna. He replaces Connor Metcalfe on 67 minute.
69' Florin Berenguer catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 69.
74' The travelling Melbourne City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
76' Fresh legs for Melbourne City FC! Raphael Borges Rodrigues comes on to replace Florin Berenguer.
78' The Brisbane Roar FC bench stirs into life. Alex Parsons is withdrawn and Danny Kim gets his opportunity.
79' Brisbane Roar FC make a change. Corey Brown trudges off to be replaced by Antonee Burke-Gilroy on 79 minutes.
84' The 29-year-old Joseph Champness has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
89' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
90' Cyrus Dehmie is replacing Rahmat Akbari for the Brisbane Roar FC side.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Brisbane Roar FC 3-0 Melbourne City FC.

Lineups

Brisbane Roar FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Jamie Young
23
Dylan Wenzel-Halls ↓ Masato Kudo 90'
3
Corey Brown ↓ Antonee Burke-Gilroy 79'
11
Joseph Champness
2
Scott Neville
25
Rahmat Akbari ↓ Cyrus Dehmie 90'
29
Jordan Courtney-Perkins
27
Kai Trewin
15
Jesse Daley
34
Alex Parsons ↓ Danny Kim 78'
26
James O'Shea

Bench

9
Masato Kudo ↑ 90'
5
Tom Aldred
1
Macklin Freke
8
Danny Kim ↑ 78'
37
Cyrus Dehmie ↑ 90'
22
Antonee Burke-Gilroy ↑ 79'

Coach Warren Moon

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

33
Matthew Sutton
5
Daniel Georgievski
2
Scott Galloway ↓ Nuno Reis 46'
19
Ben Garuccio
9
Jamie MacLaren ↓ Stefan Colakovski 67'
10
Florin Berenguer ↓ Raphael Borges Rodrigues 76'
18
Connor Metcalfe ↓ Adrian Luna 67'
22
Curtis Good ↓ Alec Mills 46'
23
Marco Tilio
14
Naoki Tsubaki
16
Taras Gomulka

Bench

8
Aiden O'Neill
4
Nuno Reis ↑ 46'
20
Adrian Luna ↑ 67'
1
Tom Glover
17
Stefan Colakovski ↑ 67'
35
Raphael Borges Rodrigues ↑ 76'
43
Alec Mills ↑ 46'

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
Benjamin Mazzeo	2

Head to Head

Brisbane Roar FC Form

2021-05-25 Brisbane Roar FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC W 2021-05-21 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-05-16 Adelaide United FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC L 2021-05-12 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Central Coast Mariners FC D 2021-05-09 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC L 2021-05-05 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Western United FC W

Melbourne City FC Form

2021-05-25 Brisbane Roar FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2021-05-16 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2021-05-13 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Adelaide United FC W 2021-05-09 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-05-05 Perth Glory FC 1–3 Melbourne City FC W 2021-04-29 Melbourne City FC 3–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.64 Brisbane Roar FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.15 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Brisbane Roar FC47% Draw27% Melbourne City FC26%

Actual: Brisbane Roar FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.79

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Brisbane Roar FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

53%

Brisbane Roar FC or Melbourne City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Brisbane Roar FC34% Draw46% Melbourne City FC20%

Actual: Brisbane Roar FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 0

9.2%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

8.1%

0 – 0

1 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Brisbane Roar FC

Handicap	Brisbane Roar FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Brisbane Roar FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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