Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar, taking place on Thursday, 28 December 2023, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne City, Recent FormAn important point secured against Melbourne Victory will have left Melbourne City quite happy with their 0-0 draw. They came away from that fixture with 56% of the possession and clocked up 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. By comparison, Melbourne Victory managed 13 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Aurelio Vidmar will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 10 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 2 clean sheets in those games.
There will be mixed feelings from City, although undefeated in their last 4 league games at home, 3 of these games ended in a draw.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Melbourne City, Mathew Leckie will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Brisbane Roar, Recent FormBrisbane Roar manager Ross Aloisi will need to rebuild confidence in his squad after their heavy 3-0 home defeat by Central Coast Mariners. They achieved 61% possession in that match and had 13 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Central Coast Mariners' tally of 8 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 9 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 9 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. Their goal scoring streak away from home now stands at 12 games in a row, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
Jay O'Shea will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Brisbane Roar.
The last meeting between these 2 teams in the league resulted in an unsurprising 2-1 win for Melbourne City.
The Roar defence has struggled at AAMI Park, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 17 visits.
Brisbane will be hoping to get at least a point from this game having lost the last 7 times they've visited MCFC in the league and not won this away fixture at AAMI Park for 16 games in a row.
Brisbane player Jay O'Shea will be feeling confident about recording goals against MCFC ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 3 goals from their last 5 meetings.
With no real injury worries, MCFC manager Aurelio Vidmar will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Brisbane manager Ross Aloisi has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne City Playing at home | Brisbane Roar Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1.6 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 42' | Time first goal scored | 42' |
| 57' | Time first goal conceded | 48' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 3.2 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 5-2 |
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