Sydney FC vs Brisbane Roar Prediction

Fourth placed Sydney have the potential to demolish bottom of the table Brisbane Roar when they face them in Saturday’s A-League action.

While the home side are just three points off the leaders Melbourne City, and boast the second best home record, Brisbane Roar have been drowning in woeful results, and they are yet to win a league match this season.

Playing against a top four side in Sydney, that run looks set to continue indefinitely, and it is becoming hard to see where that elusive first win is going to come from.

As the game approaches, here is everything you need to know about both sides ahead of kick-off.

Key Statistics

• Sydney have scored 12 goals in their last five games, and winger Joe Lolley leads the golden boot race with 8 goals.
• Sydney have failed to score in just two league games this season.
• Amazingly, Brisbane Roar have lost four of their last five matches 1-0, with the anomaly being a 3-1 defeat to Central Coast.
• They have conceded the second most goals in the league with 27, trailing only to second-from-bottom Perth Glory (35).

Sydney FC Preview

Sydney FC Predicted Lineup (4-4-2): Harrison Devenish-Meares (GK); Joel King, Hayden Matthews, Rhyan Grant, Zachary de Jesus; Adrian Segecic, Corey Hollmann, Leo Sena, Anthony Caceres; Patryk Klimala, Joe Lolley.

Sydney have been surging up the table thanks to their recent form, which has seen them unbeaten in their last six games, winning four of them. Joe Lolley has fueled this sudden climb up the league, scoring six goals in their last five.

While they are without former Bayern Munich and Juventus winger Douglas Costa, who is injured, they don’t seem to have been affected, and it is a positive sign for every team when they can pick up results while lacking their best players.

Faced with Brisbane Roar, Sydney will be confident of boosting their goal difference, with the added bonus that they will temporarily be joint top of the table with Melbourne City.

Brisbane Roar Preview

Brisbane Roar Predicted Lineup (4-3-2-1): Macklin Freke (GK); Antonee Burke-Gilroy, Hoisin Bility, Lucas Herrington, Jack Hingert; Samuel Klein, Jay O’Shea, Jacob Brazete; Ben Halloran, Keegan Jelacic; Florin Berenguer.

Brisbane coach Ruben Zadkovich has started to take his experimenting to extremes in a bid to turn his sides rotten form around, putting out four different formations in their last four games to see if anything sticks.

However, nothing seemed to make any immediate impact, and their run of games since their last point now stands at five. Worse still, their last win came in April.

It seems they are already nailed on to finish bottom of the table this season, and now it is simply a matter of damage limitation. If they can’t turn this form around, they could be in for one of the worst A-League seasons of all time.

Sydney FC vs Brisbane Roar Head to Head

Recent Meetings:

• 01/11/2024: Brisbane 2-3 Sydney.
• 10/03/2024: Sydney 1-1 Brisbane.
• 06/01/2024: Brisbane 1-2 Sydney.
• 27/10/2023: Brisbane 3-0 Sydney.
• 07/10/2023: Sydney 3-1 Brisbane.

Sydney FC vs Brisbane Roar Betting Tip

This is as straightforward a game as Sydney will play all season. Brisbane Roar are no threat to anybody, and Sydney will look to take advantage of a side that are more busy feeling sorry for themselves than playing football.

Sydney will pick up the easiest of victories here.

Sydney FC vs Brisbane Roar Final Prediction

Sydney FC 4-1 Brisbane Roar

Sydney will bag all of the first four goals, before Brisbane convert a late consolation in the last 15 minutes or so.