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Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory: A-League live scores, blog

9th March, 2013
Teams

Brisbane Roar

1. Michael Theo
3. Shane Stefanutto
4. Matt Jurman
5. Ivan Franjic
7. Besart Berisha
8. Massimo Murdocca
9. Stef Nijland
10. Henrique
11. Ben Halloran
13. Jade North
14. Steven Lustica
15. James Donachie
17. Mitch Nichols
18. Luke Brattan
19. Jack Hingert
20. Matt Acton ]
22. Thomas Broich (c)
25. George Lambadaridis

Three to be omitted

Melbourne Victory

1. Tando Velaphi
3. Adama Traore
5. Mark Milligan
6. Leigh Broxham
8. Jonathan Bru
9. Marcos Flores
10. Archie Thompson
11. Marco Rojas
13. Diogo Ferreira
14. Billy Celeski
17. Jimmy Jeggo
18. Francesco Stella
21. Spase Dilevski
22. Jesse Makarounas
23. Adrian Leijer (c)
26. Andrew Nabbout
31. Scott Galloway
32. Connor Pain
33. Daniel Mullen
39. Nathan Coe

Five to be omitted

Kick-Off: 7.45pm AEDT
Venue: Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Peter Green
Last Time: Melbourne Victory 1-1 Brisbane Roar
History: Brisbane Roar 8, Melbourne Victory 10, Drawn 3
Betting: $2 Brisbane, $3.60 Draw, $3.50 Melbourne Victory
TV: Fox Sports 3 (LIVE)
Mark Milligan celebrates (AAP Image/Joe Castro)
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Ange Postecoglou makes appearance number two as the enemy at Suncorp Stadium as his Melbourne Victory side tackles Brisbane Roar in another game that will shape the A-League finals. We’ll have live updates through the match from 7.45pm AEDT.

The last time the former Roar mentor paid a visit to his old stomping ground, things were very different – back when Brisbane were invincible and Victory a shambles.

That was round two. It ended 5-0 in the Roar’s favour and it was thought they were surefire title candidates. The tables have turned.

It ended up being Melbourne, who eventually grasped the key tenets of ‘Angeball’, setting up camp in the top half of the table while Brisbane were brought back down to earth with a shocking thud.

Mike Mulvey is in charge now and while there have been flashes of that trademark swagger from the reigning champions, the side is still wildly inconsistent and is far from a finals certainty.

Meanwhile, Victory straightened up with a 5-0 pasting of Newcastle last week but one more failure and they’ll be all but out of the title race.

The side that revolutionised the A-League against the team trying to write the sequel to that success. With so much on the line this could be a classic.

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