Match Report
7 points and 3 places separated them: Brisbane Roar 11th with 26, Wellington Phoenix 8th with 33. Wellington Phoenix had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.04/1.38 for Brisbane Roar and 1.38/1.85 for Wellington Phoenix (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.43.
Brisbane Roar had gone 7 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 3 Brisbane Roar wins, 8 for Wellington Phoenix, 4 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting.
A. Faghani took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 1.7 yellow cards per game. The venue was Suncorp Stadium, with room for 52,500 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Brisbane Roar: James McGarry (14') · Wellington Phoenix: Corban Piper (36'), Eze Kelvin (86')
Key stats
Possession: Brisbane Roar 58% · Wellington Phoenix 42% · Total shots: 20-13 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 7-10