Melbourne City FC vs Brisbane Roar FC, A League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

A League · 2023-24

Melbourne City FC

8 – 1

Full Time

Brisbane Roar FC

Thu 28 Dec 2023 · 08:45 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Hamza Sakhi 45' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Alex King

7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-12-28 Melbourne City FC 8–1 Brisbane Roar FC 2023-03-12 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Brisbane Roar FC 2023-01-21 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC 2022-10-14 Brisbane Roar FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC 2022-03-23 Brisbane Roar FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Brisbane Roar FC	H	8–1	W
23 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	H	0–0	D
17 Dec	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	3–3	D
08 Dec	Perth Glory FC	A	2–1	W
03 Dec	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–0	W
25 Nov	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–1	L

Brisbane Roar FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Melbourne City FC	A	1–8	L
21 Dec	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	0–3	L
15 Dec	Western United FC	A	1–2	L
10 Dec	Adelaide United FC	A	2–0	W
01 Dec	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–2	D
26 Nov	Perth Glory FC	H	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' Temperatures are rising at AAMI Park as Melbourne City FC face off against Brisbane Roar FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' Curtis Good adds to his 0 season tally! Melbourne City FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
14' The Australia Jamie MacLaren breaks the deadlock on 14 minutes. 2-0!
19' The energy levels are beginning to show. Luciano Trani might look to freshen things up shortly.
24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Brisbane Roar FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
29' Tolgay Arslan is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Brisbane Roar FC so far.
34' Jamie MacLaren adds to his 0 season tally! Melbourne City FC lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
39' Melbourne City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Brisbane Roar FC backline.
44' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
45' It’s a booking for Melbourne City FC player. Hamza Sakhi gets a card.
48' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Leo Natel makes it 4-0.
53' 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.
56' Brisbane Roar FC make a change. Alex Parsons trudges off to be replaced by Rylan Brownlie on 56 minutes.
58' Jamie MacLaren doubles the advantage! 5-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
62' The Australia Rylan Brownlie breaks the deadlock on 62 minutes. 5-1!
67' The Brisbane Roar FC bench stirs into life. Joe Caletti is withdrawn and Florin Berenguer gets his opportunity.
70' Assisted by Tolgay Arslan with the perfectly-timed delivery and Leo Natel makes no mistake. 6-1!
71' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Terry Antonis on, Alessandro Lopane off on 71 minutes.
76' Tolgay Arslan makes no mistake. The score reads 7-1 and Melbourne City FC are in front.
81' It’s high time Luciano Trani made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
82' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Jamie MacLaren has done his job and it is now time for Max Caputo to step up.
85' What a moment for Benjamin Mazzeo! That strike on 85 puts his side firmly in control.
90' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne City FC in their trying to find a way past Brisbane Roar FC's compact .
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 8-1.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

16
Aziz Behich
8
Hamza Sakhi
1
Jamie Young
2
Scott Galloway
9
Jamie MacLaren ↓ Max Caputo 82'
11
Leo Natel ↓ Benjamin Mazzeo 82'
22
Curtis Good ↓ Nuno Reis 71'
44
Marin Jakolis
10
Tolgay Arslan
21
Alessandro Lopane ↓ Terry Antonis 71'
26
Samuel Souprayen

Bench

17
Terry Antonis ↑ 71'
6
Steven Ugarkovic
4
Nuno Reis ↑ 71'
25
Callum Talbot
33
Patrick Beach
37
Max Caputo ↑ 82'
46
Benjamin Mazzeo ↑ 82'

Coach Mike van Houten

Brisbane Roar FC Lineups

Starting XI

19
Jack Hingert
6
Joe Caletti ↓ Florin Berenguer 67'
10
Nikola Mileusnic ↓ James Nikolovski 82'
5
Tom Aldred
27
Kai Trewin
12
Taras Gomulka
22
Alex Parsons ↓ Rylan Brownlie 56'
11
Jez Lofthouse ↓ Jonas Markovski 56'
35
Louis Zabala ↓ Carlo Armiento 82'
29
Matthew Acton
26
Jay O'Shea

Bench

17
Carlo Armiento ↑ 82'
7
Florin Berenguer ↑ 67'
1
Macklin Freke
32
James Nikolovski ↑ 82'
18
Shae Cahill
14
Rylan Brownlie ↑ 56'
8
Jonas Markovski ↑ 56'

Coach Luciano Trani

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	9
James O'Shea	4
Roy O'Donovan	3
Connor Metcalfe	3
Aiden O'Neill	2
Keegan Jelacic	2
Kai Trewin	2
Marcus Younis	2

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2023-12-28 Melbourne City FC 8–1 Brisbane Roar FC W 2023-12-23 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC D 2023-12-17 Melbourne City FC 3–3 Central Coast Mariners FC D 2023-12-08 Perth Glory FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC W 2023-12-03 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC W 2023-11-25 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L

Brisbane Roar FC Form

2023-12-28 Melbourne City FC 8–1 Brisbane Roar FC L 2023-12-21 Brisbane Roar FC 0–3 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2023-12-15 Western United FC 2–1 Brisbane Roar FC L 2023-12-10 Adelaide United FC 0–2 Brisbane Roar FC W 2023-12-01 Brisbane Roar FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2023-11-26 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Perth Glory FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.53 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Brisbane Roar FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne City FC to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC68% Draw19% Brisbane Roar FC13%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

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	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

87%

Draw or Brisbane Roar FC

32%

Melbourne City FC or Brisbane Roar FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC52% Draw37% Brisbane Roar FC11%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 8–1 not predicted

8 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 1

8.2%

3 – 0

3 – 1

7.6%

1 – 0

7.4%

4 – 0

4 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

3.7%

1 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Brisbane Roar FC covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	20%	51%
-1.5	49%	—	51%
-1	49%	21%	30%
-0.5	70%	—	30%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	8%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Brisbane Roar FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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