Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar Match Preview, 01/03/2020

Match Facts

1. There have been 16 goals scored in the last three A-League meetings between Melbourne City FC and Brisbane Roar FC, each team picking up one win and a draw in that set.
2. Brisbane Roar FC won their first ever meeting with Melbourne City FC at AAMI Park in the A-League back in November 2010 (2-1) but have been winless in 13 such fixtures since (D3, L10).
3. Melbourne City FC are undefeated in their last four A-League games at AAMI Park (W3, D1), keeping a first-half clean sheet in each of those four games.
4. Brisbane Roar FC have won three of their last four A-League away games (L1), more than they had won in their 24 games away from home prior (W2, D7, L15).
5. Melbourne City FC have landed 42 shots on target from outside the box this A-League campaign – 12 more than any other team in the competition – and have managed to score four goals from such distance.
6. Brisbane Roar FC (528) and Melbourne City FC (513) have made more passes per game this A-League campaign than any other teams; Brisbane Roar FC’s passing accuracy of 83.1% is the second highest of any team this season (Melbourne City FC – 81.7%, 5th).
7. Craig Noone (Melbourne City FC) has made 99 crosses from open play this A-League season, the most of any player; although, only Central Coast Mariners’ Tommy Oar (25) has made more successful crosses from open play this season than Noone (19).
8. Bradden Inman (Brisbane Roar FC) hasn’t scored a goal since bagging a brace of goals against Melbourne City in Round 14 this season; he also made a career-high four shots on target during that game and had an Expected Goals value of just 0.6.