BRISBANE. Brisbane Roar topped Melbourne Victory.

The match was played at the Suncorp Stadium stadium in Brisbane on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Elder with the support of Anton Schetinin and Ashley Beecham. The 4th official was Alireza Faghani. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.23 degrees Celsius or 86.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Brisbane Roar was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Melbourne Victory that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne Victory had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Brisbane Roar managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Brisbane Roar shot 15 times, 8 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory shot 11 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Brisbane Roar received 3 yellow cards (Keegan Jelacic, Antonee Burke-Gilroy and Henry Hore ). On the opposite side, Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (Jason Geria).

Standings

After playing this match, Brisbane Roar has 25 points to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory will stays with 31 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

Brisbane Roar – Formation

Brisbane Roar started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ben Cahn decided to play with the following team: Macklin Freke (6.6), Jack Hingert (6.7), Tom Aldred  (6.6), Kai Trewin (7.5), Antonee Burke-Gilroy (6.8), Keegan Jelacic (7.8), Joe Caletti (6.7), Henry Hore  (7.1), Marco Rojas (8.5), Thomas Waddingham (6.7) and Florin Bérenguer (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Corey Brown , Jonas Markovski, Nikola Mileusnic (6.6), Jay O’Shea (6.7), Matt Acton, Louis Zabala and Ayom Majok (5.8).

Substitutions

Brisbane Roar made 4 changes: Joe Caletti for Nikola Mileusnic (57′), Florin Bérenguer for Jay O’Shea (57′), Marco Rojas for Ayom Majok (67′) and Thomas Waddingham for Jonas Markovski (87′).

Player of the match: Marco Rojas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brisbane Roar was Marco Rojas.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 22 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9.

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Tony Popović played with: Paul Izzo (7.1), Jason Geria (6.6), Damien Da Silva (7.1), Connor Chapman (6.8), Adama Traoré (7.1), Jake Brimmer (6.8), Ryan Teague (6.6), Daniel Arzani (7.0), Zinédine Machach (7.1), Salim Khelifi (7.3) and Matteo Paro (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Christopher Ikonomidis (7.0), Ben Folami (7.3), Stefan Nigro, Nishan Velupillay (6.4), Fabian Monge (6.8), R. Bonevacia, Christian Siciliano and Kauê (7.3).

Melbourne Victory could not rely on the presence of R. Bonevacia (injured).

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Daniel Arzani for Ben Folami (67′), Ryan Teague for R. Bonevacia (66′), Salim Khelifi for Nishan Velupillay (74′), Zinédine Machach for Christopher Ikonomidis (74′) and Jake Brimmer for Fabian Monge (82′).

Player of the match: Ben Folami​

The player that probably impressed the most for Melbourne Victory was Ben Folami.

His rating is 7.3 with 6 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 5.

His performance was sensational also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 67′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League Men.​

• Wellington Phoenix – Adelaide United – 3-2
• Brisbane Roar – Melbourne Victory – 3-2