A-League Preview: Brisbane Roar vs Perth Glory, key stats, line-ups, odds, prediction

James O Shea of Brisbane Roar-Dane Ingham of Perth Glory-A League
James O Shea of Brisbane Roar-Dane Ingham of Perth Glory-A League

Brisbane Roar will look to book their place in the final series playoff when they take on Perth Glory this Wednesday.

Stadium: Dolphin Stadium (Brisbane)

Key Statistics

  • Brisbane Roar have won two of their last five A-League games.
  • The hosts are on a seven-game unbeaten run at home (W2, D5)
  • Perth Glory are unbeaten in their last six games, both home and away.
  • Away from home, the visitors are without a win in their last seven games (D3, L4)

Brisbane Roar 

After succumbing to a two-nil defeat to WS Wanderers in their last outing, Brisbane Roar will be looking to get back to winning ways when they play Glory this midweek.

Following Wellington Phoenix‘s draw with Perth Glory, Warren Moon’s men have the opportunity to secure a sixth-place finish and book their place in the final series with a win here.

They will be desperate to do so and ensure that they go into the last game of the regular season sure of their place in the playoff.

However, they must avoid repeating the poor performance that saw them fail to score in their last outing against Wanderers if they want to take home all three points in this tie. 

Tom Aldred joins Gol Gol Mebrahtu and Jack Hingert on the treatment table, with the trio the only injury absentees for the Roars.

Possible line-ups 

Jamie Young; Scott Neville, Courtney-Perkins, Corey Brown, Kai Trewin; Jay O’Shea, Rahmat Akbari; Jesse Delay, Joseph Champness, Alex Parsons; Dylan Wenzell-Halls.

Perth Glory

After playing their eighth consecutive league games at home, Glory plays their second successive league game away from home when they travel to Brisbane.

The visitors are heading into this tie, sitting in 9th place with no chance of qualifying for the final series. With 33 points on the board for them, they are four points behind their hosts, who are sitting in sixth place. 

Richard Garcia’s men will fancy their chances against the hosts as they enter the game unbeaten in their last six games.

Meanwhile, they have lost just once to Brisbane Roar in their last five meetings (W2, D2).

Sebastian Langkamp is the only player sidelined for Garcia in this game. 

Possible line-ups 

Liam Reddy; Dane Ingham, Darryl Lachman, Jonathan Aspropotamitis, Nicholas Walsh; Christopher Oikonomidis, Neil Kilkenny, Diego Castro, Nicholas D’Agostino; Andy Keogh, Bruno Fornaroli.

Betting Odds

Brisbane Roar : Draw : Perth Glory :: 1.90 : 3.50 : 3.80

Brisbane Roar GoalPerth Glory GoalBetting Odds
117.00
218.50
1010.00
2011.00
2212.00
1213.00

Prediction

Brisbane Roar 2-2 Perth Glory