The Brisbane Roar have taken an important win on the road against the Western Sydney Wanderers at ANZ Stadium, recording a 2-0 victory on Saturday.
Final score
Western Sydney Wanderers 0
Brisbane Roar 2
The Western Sydney Wanderers migrate to ANZ Stadium tonight as they welcome Brisbane Roar for their first encounter of the season. Join The Roar for a live blog of the match starting from 5:35pm AEDT.
Both teams are looking to bounce back from losses last week, with both sides lingering outside the top six.
Western Sydney Wanderers’ worst enemy was the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as captain Robert Cornthwaite was sent off after a soft second yellow card for a hand ball in the box.
The Wanderers fell 2-0 away to Adelaide United and will now draft in Brendan Hamill or Jonathan Aspropotamitis to replace him.
Sydney FC taught Brisbane Roar a lesson last week, delivering a destructive 3-1 defeat. Avraam Papadopoulos was given his marching orders after spitting at Matt Simon.
He is unavailable for the match meanwhile Daniel Bowles has returned to training for Brisbane.
Frenchmen Éric Bautheac has proven to be a real danger going forward, while marquee man Massimo Maccarone has shown he still knows where the goal is after bagging three so far this campaign.
However the Roar, like the Wanderers, have only notched up the one win so far and will be desperate not to fall too far behind the leading pack as the first third of the season draws to a close.
Saturday’s match promises to a tightly contested affair, as historically speaking the two sides can’t be split.
In the pair’s 19 league meetings, each side has won six games with the points being shared on seven occasions.
It’ll also be the first time the two have clashed since last season’s nail-biting semi-final where the Roar prevailed in a penalty shoot-out.
Join The Roar for a live blog of the match between the Western Sydney Wanderers and the Brisbane Roar on Saturday, starting from 5:35pm AEDT.
Grobbelaar
Roar Guru
Attendance: 8,215 (that's in very poor weather) Ratings: STV #ALeague #FoxSports #WSWvBRI 52k
Josh
Guest
Brisbane are a terrible side so to lose to them is simply unacceptable
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FULL-TIME WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 0-2 BRISBANE ROAR 45' Massimo Maccarone - GOAL 66' Ivan Franjic - GOAL
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Join me as this game is just going to peter out into the inevitable nothingness.
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There will be 5 minutes of stoppage time to close out this one!
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Jumpei trying to make the breakthrough but the Wanderers have absolutely nothing in the tank to peg a goal back. Aloisi absolutely delighted. Centre-back makeshift partners Daniel Bowles and Jacob Pepper probably going to keep a clean sheet.
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Why does no-one shoot for the Wanderers? Royal Commission...
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BRISBANE ROAR SUBSTITUTION OFF: Massimo Maccarone ON: Corey Gameiro
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76' Wanderers starting to open up now searching for a goal which is dangerous. Maccarone sitting deep.
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BRISBANE ROAR SUBSTITUTION OFF: Joe Caletti ON: Mitch Oxborrow
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IVAN FRANJIC'S FIRST TOUCH IS AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER HE'S SCORED A PEARLER, A BLINDER A BLOODY CRACKER! Nick D'Agostino slides it across to Franjic just inside the box but it's behind him, he has gathered it and lobs it over Vedran Janjetovic who was a bit far off his line. 2-0 to the Roar!
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BRISBANE ROAR SUBSTITUTION OFF: Petros Skapetis ON: Ivan Franjic
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65' Nick D'Agostino gets his head on the end of Eric Bautheac's free-kick.
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John Aloisi has received a booking as Nick D'Agostino is having a breather and is currently bleeding in the mouth.
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61' Adam Fielding eventually stops play after Nick D'agostino goes down after running into Michael Thwaite. The poor decision making in this game is making it unbearable.
Paul
Guest
Referee is a cheat
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Roar Guru
58' Players going down left and right as Wanderers go out on the break but Llorente mistimes his touch and the ball rolls out for a throw in. Cejudo and Risdon are struggling at the moment.
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CEJUDO HAS ANOTHER GO Straight at Jamie Young again.................... ...
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52' Connor O'Toole having a lovely evening dealing with Kusukami. Wanderers like usual commanding midfield and passing but no penetration.
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47' Clisby botches a cross across the box and two seconds later sends a shot 10 metres over the crossbar. Welcome to the second half folks. 0-1