AUST. A-LEAGUE BETTING PREVIEW - BRISBANE ROAR VS MELBOURNE CITY

Aust. A-League

2021-05-25 - Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne City

A Sports Betting Preview by ArmchairPunter

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City
Football : Australia : A-League
Venue : Suncorp Stadium
Tuesday 25th May 2021, 1905hrs

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After having had to play three away matches in their last four matches, Brisbane Roar will be relieved to be returning back to the home surroundings of Suncorp Stadium where they’ll entertain the A-League leaders, Melbourne City.

Nevertheless, although they suffered defeats away at Tuesday’s opponents, Melbourne City and Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar bounced back with a 2-1 victory away at Newcastle Jets which will give the hosts a timely boost ahead of this important clash.

The bigger picture shows that Brisbane Roar have lost just two out of their last 11 matches overall, which were both away from home, and it’s been this solid sequence of results which has helped Brisbane to a top six spot in the A-League.

Brisbane Roar are also unbeaten in their last six matches at Suncorp Stadium, drawing five of these six while also recording a 2-1 home win over Western United and the hosts possess a couple of key attacking personnel in the shape of midfielder Danzaki (8 goals) and forward Wenzel-Halls (7 goals) which gives Brisbane a chance of getting something here.

As mentioned earlier, Melbourne City sit top of the A-League and hold an eight-point cushion over 2nd placed Sydney FC prior to this Tuesday night clash, and the visitors bring a 10-match unbeaten run into this encounter.

Within this 10-match sequence, Melbourne City have registered seven wins which has helped the visitors to the summit of the A-League which will give them plenty of confidence in extending this unbeaten run at Suncorp Stadium.

However, although Melbourne City are also unbeaten in their last four matches on their travels, the league leaders haven’t had it all their own way on the road as they’ve already suffered four defeats within the 11 away matches played to date.

Melbourne City have also kept only three clean sheets in these 11 away games while each of their last five matches on the road have also resulted in both teams scoring, and with the likes of prolific striker, MacLaren (25 goals), supported by forward Noone (6 goals) and midfielder Metcalfe (5 goals) in their attacking ranks, Melbourne City also look set to score here.

The Betting Verdict

With both Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City in reasonably good shape, both teams look likely to hit the back of the net in this clash, while Brisbane Roar are also capable of holding their own here.

The Pick :

Brisbane Roar 1-1 Melbourne City

HANDICAP BETTING :

Take Brisbane Roar AH+0.5 at best odds of 1.72 with BetVictor