On Saturday Oct 22nd, in week 3, Western Sydney Wanderers hosts Brisbane Roar at Commbank Stadium in a meeting of these two A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 2nd placed Western Sydney Wanderers is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Melbourne Victory. Tomislav Mrčela scored the first goal for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 41st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Melbourne Victory was frustrated by Western Sydney Wanderers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Western Sydney Wanderers ended the match with the shutout victory. Western Sydney Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while brisbane Roar is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Melbourne City. Jamie MacLaren struck first for Melbourne City in the 22nd minute on a feed from Andrew Nabbout, then Jamie MacLaren added another in the 38th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Brisbane Roar couldn’t muster any offence and Melbourne City ran away with the shutout win. Brisbane Roar looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Brisbane Roar won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Luke Ivanovic and Juan Lescano are the top scorers for Brisbane Roar in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Western Sydney Wanderers is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Keijiro Ogawa and Tomer Hemed each only have 1 goal in their last five.