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Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney Wanderers: A-League live scores, blog

8th March, 2019
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Brisbane Roar FC

1

Match Complete

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

4

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Western Sydney Wanderers goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic. (Photo by Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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8th March, 2019
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Brisbane Roar FC

1

Match Complete

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

4

92'R. Bonevacia
80'M. Bridge
C. L. Ngoy76'
71'T. Mourdoukoutas
55'R. Mahazi
46'B. Kamau
38'O. Riera
35'O. Riera
15'M. Duke
D. Wenzel-Halls7'

9
Shots
26
2
On Target
7
6
Fouls
13
4
Corners
9
1
Offsides
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Yellow Cards
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It’s Vedran Janjetovic redemption day as Round 21 of the A-League continues with Brisbane Roar taking on Western Sydney Wanderers at Suncorp Stadium at 7:50pm (AEST). Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match.

All who viewed the closing minutes of Brisbane vs Wanderers last clash will have the memory of Janjetovic’s brain fade tattooed on their memory.

After having a good game, he gifted the Roar a chance to equalise deep into injury time, by mishandling a ball destined to go out for a goal kick.

It was a schoolyard error from the veteran keeper, and one that added another ‘con’ to manager Markus Babbel’s “is the A-League the right league for me?” list.

Since that 2-2 draw both teams have been in good form, despite being anchored at the bottom of the table and out of the playoff race.

Both sides have won two of their last three, with the only dropped points for the Wanderers coming in a 1-1 draw against top of the ladder Perth.

Tarek Elrich’s last-minute flyer prevented a battling loss against the Glory after back to back wins for the Wanderers against Adelaide and the Mariners.

Babbel’s slow rejuvenation of the Wanderers squad is bearing fruit of late after the return from injury of countryman Alex Baumjohann, and the continuing form of Roly Bonevacia who, on his night, is one of the more dynamic forwards in the league.

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The Roar played out an epic in their last fixture – 5-3 win over 9-man Central Coast.

When star striker Adam Taggart split for Korean club Suwon in the January window, fans and pundits wondered where goals would come from for Brisbane.

But come they have from the emergence of 21-year-old Dylan Wenzel-Halls, and the vast recent improvement from imports Eric Bautheac and Tobias Mikkelsen.

Wenzel-Halls’ pace in-behind, coupled with the trickery of the players in front of him has created a new forward dynamic for Brisbane – one that better suits their counter attacking style.

And so far this new approach is working not only on the scoresheet, but also in their premiership points column.

But the rest of 2019 won’t be about wins and losses for either manager, with both clubs eager to see improvements from their young talent.

Ultimately it’s about exciting the fans with something that will stick in the memory when membership renewals come around.

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Prediction
Expect goals. These are two of the worst three defences in the league, but they’re also fourth and fifth in terms of goals scored.

Picking a winner from this high-scoring game is somewhat harder, however the Wanderers are slightly more advanced in their development than the Roar, and will be desperate to get the points after dropping them so calamitously earlier in the year (after being the better team).

Brisbane Roar 1 – Western Sydney Wanderers 2

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