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Auckland vs Brisbane Roar: Australian Championship Match Prediction
In the first match of the new season of the Australian A-League, Auckland and Brisbane Roar will play. The game will take place on October 19. The hosts are holding their first season in the elite division. Will the newcomer be able to start with a victory? We will try to give an answer in our forecast for this match.
Command Analysis
Auckland FC
New ZealandCurrent form
Auckland is a brand new club, having only existed since March of this year. Seven months after its founding, the team will play its first match in professional football and will try to start with a victory. The first coach in the club history will be Steve Corica, who previously worked at Sydney, and the first captain will be former Marseille and Japan national team player Hiroki Sakai.
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with the squad.
Interesting trends for betting
- In the only friendly match, the New Zealand club lost to Western Sydney Wanderers with a score of 2:4
Probable lineup : Wood - Sakai, Galloway, Pinacker, Smith - Verstraete, Howieson, Gallegos, Brimmer - Mata, May.
Brisbane Roar FC
AustraliaCurrent form
Brisbane Roar failed to make the playoffs last season, finishing in ninth place in the league table. The team was nine points behind the top 6. In the preliminary round of the Australian Cup, the visitors lost to Perth Glory with a score of 2:4. In friendly matches, the club from Brisbane often played with Indian clubs - they managed to beat Dempo (5:1) and Sporting Goa (2:0), while the visitors lost to Goa (0:1) and Odisha (1:2).
Disqualifications and injuries
Scott Neville will be out with a knee injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not won a single victory in the last four official matches.
- There have been red cards in three of the club last six matches
Tentative lineup : Freke - Warland, Burke-Gilroy, van der Saag, O'Shea - Berenguer, Acosta, Kato Joe, Jelacic, Schur - Struik.
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:1
The visitors suffered their last defeat with this score
9.50Bet Number 1 in the final score
This pattern has worked in four of the visitors' last five matches
1.65Bet Both Teams to Score
The stake has played in five of Brisbane last seven matches
1.65Tip and bets
There is little to say about the teams' form at the start of the season, but the players will certainly try to put on a show for the fans in the first match of the season. Expect an exciting match with many goals scored.
Our prediction is total over 2.5 goals for 1.78
Bet on total
Brisbane Roar were not particularly impressive last season, while Auckland are looking to make some noise in their first season in the A-League. We believe that the hosts will be able to win their first official match.
Our prediction is a win for Oakland with odds of 2.45
Bet on corners
If the game is open, as we think, then in this match the opponents will make quite a few passes from the corner flag. We will make another bet on the over total for this indicator.
Our prediction is total over 10.5 corners with odds of 1.52
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