Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

A League · 2020-21
Melbourne City FC
3 – 2
Full Time
Brisbane Roar FC
Sun 9 May 2021 · 06:05 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 32' Jesse Daley
Nuno Reis 46' Y
Scott Galloway 49' Y
Andrew Nabbout 86' Y
Aiden O'Neill 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Melbourne City FC vs Brisbane Roar FC — A League at AAMI Park.

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

14
3
4
Melbourne City FC 21 games · Avg 3.4 goals Brisbane Roar FC
Last 5 meetings
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 2019-04-05 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Brisbane Roar FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
24 Apr Macarthur FC A 1–1 D
17 Apr Melbourne Victory FC H 7–0 W
10 Apr Sydney FC A 1–1 D
Brisbane Roar FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 May Melbourne City FC A 2–3 L
05 May Western United FC H 2–1 W
01 May Wellington Phoenix FC H 0–0 D
28 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC A 4–0 W
16 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 2–1 W
09 Apr Macarthur FC A 2–1 W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)
62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season
27% Clean Sheets
Brisbane Roar FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Brisbane Roar FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/–
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
Max Caputo 8 G 1 A
Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A
Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A
Brisbane Roar FC
Justin Vidic 4 G 2 A
Chris Long 4 G 1 A
Samuel Klein 4 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds AAMI Park will turn into a battlefield for Melbourne City FC and Brisbane Roar FC.
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' Brisbane Roar FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 14' Connor Metcalfe puts Melbourne City FC on the lead.
  • 15' A goal from the Australia international Connor Metcalfe! He fires home on 15 to make it 2-0!
  • 17' A stunning finish from Kai Trewin — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 22' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 27' Melbourne City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 27.
  • 28' Joseph Champness has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 28 minutes.
  • 32' Jesse Daley catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 32.
  • 37' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Jesse Daley has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 38' Macaulay Gillesphey has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 38 minutes.
  • 43' 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.
  • 46' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Marco Tilio has done his job and it is now time for Andrew Nabbout to step up.
  • 46' Poor challenge from Nuno Reis. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 49' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Scott Galloway.
  • 54' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 59' The travelling Brisbane Roar FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 61' It is a substitution in Brisbane Roar FC team. Masato Kudo is replaced by Dylan Wenzel-Halls on 61 minute.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 71' The supporters are chanting for Alex Parsons. He replaces Riku Danzaki on 71 minute.
  • 73' What composure from Scott Galloway! The Australia international strokes it home. 4-2.
  • 78' Corey Brown is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Brisbane Roar FC so far.
  • 83' Aiden O'Neill has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 208 appearances.
  • 86' It’s a booking for Melbourne City FC player. Andrew Nabbout gets a Yellow card.
  • 87' A meaty challenge results in booking for Aiden O'Neill on 87.
  • 87' Fresh legs for Brisbane Roar FC! Patrick Flottmann comes on to replace Joshua Brindell-South.
  • Brisbane Roar FC will have plenty to reflect on. Melbourne City FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Brisbane Roar FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Warren Moon

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jamie MacLaren 9
James O'Shea 4
Roy O'Donovan 3
Connor Metcalfe 3
Jay O'Shea 2
Thomas Waddingham 2
Yonatan Cohen 2
Leo Natel 2

Head to Head

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 2019-04-05 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Brisbane Roar FC

Melbourne City FC Form

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 2021-04-24 Macarthur FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2021-04-17 Melbourne City FC 7–0 Melbourne Victory FC W 2021-04-10 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D

Brisbane Roar FC Form

2021-05-09 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC L 2021-05-05 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Western United FC W 2021-05-01 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2021-04-28 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–4 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-04-16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-04-09 Macarthur FC 1–2 Brisbane Roar FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.1 Melbourne City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.39 Brisbane Roar FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Melbourne City FC54% Draw23% Brisbane Roar FC23%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.49
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw
77%
Draw or Brisbane Roar FC
46%
Melbourne City FC or Brisbane Roar FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Melbourne City FC39% Draw40% Brisbane Roar FC21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.7%
2 – 1
9%
2 – 0
6.7%
3 – 1
6.3%
2 – 2
6.2%
1 – 2
6%
1 – 0
5.9%
3 – 0
4.6%
0 – 0
4.4%
3 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
3.6%
4 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Brisbane Roar FC covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 16% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 21% 47%
-0.5 53% — 47%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 13% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
Brisbane Roar FC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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