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Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne Victory Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · February 25 2025, 19:12
Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne Victory Preview: Team News & Prediction
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The Brisbane Roar begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting rock-bottom in the Australian A League with just one win as they now take on an upwardly mobile Melbourne Victory side.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday 1st March, 2025: UK – 6:00am / US ET – 1:00am / Friday 28th February, 2025: US PT – 10:00pm

How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+

Brisbane Roar Team News: Defensive injuries

Brisbane Roar have a couple of defensive injuries ahead of the visit of the Melbourne Victory as experienced centre-back Ben Warland remains a long-term absentee now joined on the sidelines by full-back Corey Brown.

Predicted XI (4-2-2-2): Freke; Gilroy, Shour, Bility, Zabala; Klein, O’Shea; Halloran, Jelacic; Florian Berenguer, Hore

Unavailable: Warland (Injured), Brown (Injured)

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Melbourne Victory Team News: Fully fit

As has been the case for pretty much the entirety of this season, the Melbourne Victory are blessed with a fully fit and available squad for the weekend’s trip to Queensland so they will be able to name an unchanged eleven.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Langerak; Rawlins, Roderick, Jackson, Bos; Teague, Valadon; Rodrigues, Machach, Piscopo; Vergos

Unavailable: 

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Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne Victory Prediction

It has been a miserable campaign for Brisbane Roar as they begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting five points adrift of second-from-bottom Perth Glory. The Queenslanders most recently suffered a 3-1 loss to fellow strugglers the Newcastle Jets in New South Wales last weekend. They now face a Melbourne Victory side that are pushing back towards the top end of the table, most recently sharing an entertaining 2-2 draw with Melbourne City in the derby last week to mean they have suffered just one defeat in their last five matches in the A League. Siding with the visitors is the way to go for this one.

Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne Victory Tip: Melbourne Victory to win

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