This excellent run of form has allowed them to close the gap on A-League leaders Sydney FC. They are now seven points adrift of the frontrunners, but they do have a game in hand and look the most in form of the two sides at the moment. They have also built up a six point lead on 3rd placed Melbourne City, turning the title chase into a two horse race.
At home they have turned into scoring machines of late. They have won five and drawn one of their last six games, since a humiliating 4-1 defeat against Melbourne City. In these six games they have scored a huge 21 goals and conceded just five.
A lot of these goals have come courtesy of Besart Berisha and Marco Rojas. The two have 21 league goals between them so far this season, but Rojas has scored eight of them in six home appearances so he looks the best choice for our anytime goalscorer predictions at 7/4.
Brisbane Roar were in the fray to start chasing the runaway Sydney FC, but two defeats in their last two games has brought that pursuit to a grinding halt. They have now won five, drawn six, and lost three of their A-League games this season.
This leaves the visitors in 4th position but with a huge 15 points separating them from the leaders. Away from home they have only won two of their seven games as well, losing two and drawing the remaining three.
Melbourne Victory are a class apart at the AAMI Park at the moment, and I think the bookies are leaving a lot of value on the table for us in one respect. The hosts have scored at least three goals in four of their last six home matches, and with Brisbane Roar showing cracks defensively at times, odds of 2/1 for Melbourne Victory Over 2.5 Team Goals look incredibly good value. I’m going for that along with a 3-1 correct score predictions at 12/1.
Head To Head
Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar have each won two, drawn two, and lost two of their last six encounters with one another.
Melbourne Victory vs Brisbane Roar Stats
Melbourne Victory have scored at least three goals in 57% of their home games this season and have scored an average of 3.5 goals per game in their last six outings at home.
Melbourne Victory Team News
Goalkeeper Alastair Bray remains the only injury problem for the hosts.
Brisbane Roar Team News
Brisbane Roar will be without attacking midfielder Brett Holman.
Melbourne Victory vs Brisbane Roar Starting line-up for today's
Melbourne Victory squad: 2.Jason GERIA, 4.Nick ANSELL, 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Marco ROJAS, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Max BEISTER, 10.James TROISI, 11.Mitch AUSTIN, 13.Oliver BOZANIC, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 17.James DONACHIE, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22.Stefan NIGRO, 23.Jai INGHAM,40.Matt ACTON (gk)
Brisbane Roar FC squad: 1.Michael THEO (gk), 3.Luke DEVERE, 4.Daniel BOWLES, 5.Corey BROWN, 7.Thomas KRISTENSEN, 8.Jacob PEPPER, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 11.Tommy OAR, 13.Jade NORTH, 15.ARANA, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Matt MCKAY (c), 19.Jack HINGERT, 21.Jamie YOUNG (gk), 22.Thomas BROICH, 23.Dimitri PETRATOS, 26.Nick D’AGOSTINO, 28.Brandon BORRELLO Watch Live stream free Click Here | Link 2#
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