Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney Wanderers Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Brisbane Roar have managed just one win and sit rock-bottom in the Australian A League table as they now take on the ‘entertainers’ of the A League, the Western Sydney Wanderers.

Kick-off date/time: Friday 31st January, 2025: UK – 8:35am / US ET – 3:35am / US PT – 12:35am

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

Brisbane Roar Team News: Waddingham sold

Brisbane Roar have already struggled throughout this season and will now have to deal without striker Thomas Waddingham, who has recently joined Portsmouth for a fee believed to be in the region of £200,000. Ben Warland remain unavailable due to an ACL injury.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Freke; Gilroy, Herrington, Bility, Zabala; Klein, O’Shea; Halloran, Hore, Jelacic; Zimarino

Unavailable: Warland (Injured)

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Western Sydney Wanderers Team News: A few injuries

The Western Sydney Wanderers have no fresh injury concerns but they do still have a few issues as they trip to Queensland as defensive duo Jeong Tae-wook and Gabriel Cleur remains sidelined alongside attacking midfielder Dylan Scicluna.

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Thomas; Pantazopoulos, Brillante, Bonetig, Clisby; Milanovic, Juan Mata, Moncrieff Priestman, Kraev; Antonsson, Sapsford

Unavailable: Jeong (Injured), Cleur (Injured), Scicluna (Injured)

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Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney Wanderers Prediction

As mentioned, Brisbane Roar have endured a miserable campaign. The Queenslanders come into this one on the back of their very first win of the campaign, though, as they defeated Sydney by four goals to three in New South Wales. Despite that first win, they remain rock-bottom in the Australian A League table. They now face a Western Sydney Wanderers side that have suffered back-to-back defeats ahead of this one but WSW have remained entertaining throughout the campaign with their 14 games have consisted of 56 goals at an average of four goals per game. A high-scoring affair seems quite likely for this one, regardless of the end match result.

Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney Wanderers Tip: Over 2.5 goals