Brisbane’s Roar is worse than their bite

Back-to-back victories ahead of this clash have helped lift Brisbane roar from the foot of the table, though this is still a woeful start to the campaign for last season’s fourth placed side.

Brisbane actually beat Melbourne City 3-0 in this clash last year despite the visitors ending up as A-League champions, suggesting they do have something in the locker.

Encouragingly for Brisbane, they are unbeaten in five of their six home league games this season (W4, D1, L1) and that return accounts for 76% of their points haul. However, manager Warren Moon has lost three of his four personal meetings with City, suggesting this will be no walk on the beach.

The champions are looking solid

While Melbourne have played out three stalemates across their last four matches, their league encounters are still providing great entertainment to the neutral, with each of the last seven seeing both teams score, over 2.5 goals, or both simultaneously.

With 30 goals scored across City’s opening eight away league games, they are averaging an unsurprising league high of 3.8 total goals per-game, which is partly why we think that the price around over 2.5 goals in this game looks like great value.

For smaller stakes, we predict that Melbourne can put an end to Brisbane’s positive home form with an exciting, yet narrow 2-1 victory as they seek to continue their imperious unbeaten run.





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布里斯班的咆哮比他们的撕咬更糟糕

在这场比赛之前的连续胜利帮助布里斯班从积分榜的底部上升，尽管这对于上赛季排名第四的球队来说仍然是一个糟糕的开始。

布里斯班实际上在去年的这场比赛中3-0击败了墨尔本城，尽管客队最终获得了a联赛冠军，这表明他们的储物柜里确实有东西。

对于布里斯班来说，令人鼓舞的是，他们本赛季的6场主场联赛(W4, D1, L1)中有5场保持不败，这一成绩占了他们总积分的76%。然而，主教练沃伦·穆恩已经输掉了他与曼城的四次私人会谈中的三次，这意味着这将不是在海滩上散步。

冠军看起来很稳固

虽然墨尔本在过去的四场比赛中出现了三场僵局，但他们的联赛遭遇仍然为中立者提供了巨大的娱乐，在过去的七场比赛中，两队都有进球，超过2.5球，或者两队同时进球。

曼城在开赛的8场客场比赛中打进了30球，他们的场均进球达到了3.8球，这在一定程度上也解释了为什么我们认为这场比赛2.5球左右的价格看起来很有价值。

对于较小的风险，我们预测墨尔本可以结束布里斯班积极的主场状态，以令人兴奋的2-1险胜，因为他们寻求继续他们的不败纪录。