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Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne City: Australian Championship Match Prediction
Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City will play in the seventh round of the Australian A-League. The hosts are still the main outsiders of the current season and occupy the last place in the standings, having earned only one point in five matches. The visitors are in the playoff zone and occupy fifth place. Which of the opponents will be able to earn tournament points on December 6? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
Brisbane Roar FC
AustraliaCurrent form
Brisbane Roar failed to make the playoffs last season, finishing in ninth place in the league table. The team was nine points behind the top 6. In the preliminary round of the Australian Cup, the visitors lost to Perth Glory with a score of 2:4. The new A-League season also started poorly. The club first lost to the league newcomer, Auckland (0:2), and then lost to Sydney (2:3), Melbourne Victory (0:2) and Adelaide United (2:3). Only in the last round did Ruben Zadkovic team manage to earn their first point of the new season, drawing with Macarthur (4:4) in a dramatic match.
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no particular problems with the lineup before this match, the only questionable issue is the appearance of Neicer Acosta on the field.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not won a single game this season.
- The hosts have suffered four defeats in five A-League matches
Tentative lineup: Freke - Warland, Burke-Gilroy, van der Saag, O'Shea - Berenguer, Halloran, Kato Joe, Jelacic, Schur - Struik.
Melbourne City FC
AustraliaCurrent form
Melbourne City reached the playoffs last season from fifth place and faced Melbourne Victory in the quarterfinals. Victory went through to the final in the Melbourne derby, winning on penalties. They also failed to advance far in the Australian Cup, losing to Perth Glory in extra time in the first round. The team started the new regular championship with three away wins in a row, beating Newcastle Jets (1:0), Western United (1:0) and Perth Glory (5:0). At the same time, the club has already lost twice at home, first to their recent offenders, Melbourne Victory (1:3), and then to the much more modest Western Side Wanderers (0:2).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts will be without Max Caputo, Alessandro Lopane, Andrew Nabbout, Jayden Nekovski, Marco Tilio, Peter Antoniou and Harrison Shillington due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- The visitors have never tied this regular season.
- The team has won all away matches this season.
Estimated lineup: Beach - Talbot, Trewin, Supraien, Atkinson - Ugarkovich, Schreiber - Cohen, Kuhn, Politidis - Memeti
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:3
The hosts have suffered two of their last three defeats by that score
21.00Bet Both Teams to Score
This bet has played in three of the hosts' last four matches
1.55Bet Number 2 in the final score
This pattern has worked in five of the hosts' last six matches
2.07Tip and bets
Brisbane Roar remains the weakest team in the Australian Championship and cannot even score points at home. The visitors look much more preferable - they have three wins in five matches and are fifth in the standings. Now the club from Melbourne has an excellent opportunity to strengthen its position in the playoff zone and it is unlikely that the "citizens" will miss this chance.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (0) on Melbourne City for 1.70
Bet on total
The hosts have not yet been able to win a single victory in the championship, but they score several goals in almost every match. Surely, in this match, Brisbane players will create many scoring chances. It is clear that the main danger will come from the visitors, but the hosts will definitely respond, so we should expect many goals scored.
Our prediction is total over 2.5 goals for 1.62
Bet on corners
In this match, we expect Melbourne City to have superiority not only in terms of the score, but also in various other parameters, including the number of corners taken.
Our prediction is Melbourne City will take more corners with odds of 1.95
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