Week 20 brings us a match on Mar 12th where Melbourne City hosts Brisbane Roar at Aami Park in a clash of the A-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 1st placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Adelaide United. Andrew Nabbout struck first for Melbourne City in the 9th minute on a feed from Richard van der Venne, then Lachlan Barr tied it up for Adelaide United in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from D’Arrigo But luckily in the 50th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Craig Goodwin. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while brisbane Roar sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Macarthur. Arabuli struck first for Macarthur in the 14th minute on a feed from Al Hassan Toure, then Matthew Millar added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Jonathan Aspropotamitis. Brisbane Roar looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Jan 21st, Brisbane Roar hosted Melbourne City in their last match together. Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City battled to a 0-0 draw. Brisbane Roar had 13 on net, and Melbourne City had 13, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Brisbane Roar’s most prolific scorer has been Jay O’Shea. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Melbourne City is fortunate enough to have Jamie MacLaren in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.