Match details
Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Kick-off: 4.05pm AEDT
Preview
Melbourne Victory is back at AAMI Park for the first time this season, hosting Brisbane Roar in the Isuzu UTE A-League on Sunday.
Victory will be aiming to maintain a perfect start to the campaign, eyeing a third straight win when Brisbane visits.
It has been a busy start to 2021-22 for Victory, overcoming Western United in Round 1 before edging Perth Glory in an FFA Cup play-off.
The meeting with Brisbane marks a third outing in nine days for Tony Popovic’s side, which has another cup clash against Adelaide City on Wednesday.
Victory has rotated the squad to begin the season, with a youthful outfit needing penalties to get past Perth.
Lleyton Brooks opened the scoring with a stunning long-range strike before Anthony Leban tucked away the winning penalty in the shoot-out after Jerrad Tyson saved two spot-kicks.
Tyson and Leban were two of five Victory debutants, alongside Edmond Lupancu, William Wilson and Ryan Lethlean.
Victory could welcome back captain Josh Brillante, who has been named in the squad after missing Round 1 due to a hamstring injury.
Matthew Spiranovic and Matt Acton remain sidelined.
Victory moved a step closer to history during the win over Western, now two goals away from becoming the first Club to score 700 times in the A-League Men.
Player in focus
Rai Marchan was quietly impressive on his Victory debut against Western. The Spanish midfielder completed 53 of 64 passes and won 12 duels in a strong start to his Victory career.
What they said
“I’m excited. I hope that AAMI Park is buzzing because the support there (at GMHBA Stadium) was unbelievable even if it was an away game and I think everybody is excited with the start of the new season, will be our first game at home and hopefully the public and the fans can come here and put everybody on fire.” – Victory defender Roderick Miranda.
Last time
Isuzu UTE A-League 2020/21 Round 7
Brisbane Roar 5-2 Melbourne Victory
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Moreton Daily Stadium, Brisbane
Brisbane quickly opened up a 3-0 lead through goals from Dylan Wenzel-Halls, Scott McDonald and Riku Danzaki.
After a Tom Aldred own goal, McDonald scored a second prior to Jake Brimmer’s strike, before Danzaki made it 5-2 early in the second half.
Head to head
Round 7, 2020/21: Roar 5-2 Victory at Moreton Daily Stadium
Round 2, 2020/21: Victory 1-3 Roar at AAMI Park
Round 24, 2019/20: Victory 1-2 Roar at CommBank Stadium
Round 3, 2019/20: Roar 0-1 Victory at Suncorp Stadium
Round 22, 2018/19: Victory 2-1 Roar at Marvel Stadium
Round 2 squad
Jason Geria
Jason Davidson
Rai Marchan
Leigh Broxham
Josh Brillante
Francesco Margiotta
Robbie Kruse
Ben Folami
Chris Ikonomidis
Jay Barnett
Aaron Anderson
Stefan Nigro
Brendan Hamill
Nick D’Agostino
Jerrad Tyson
Ivan Kelava
Roderick Miranda
Jake Brimmer
Marco Rojas
Nishan Velupillay
