Sydney v Brisbane Roar prediction

A-League · Sat, 02 Jan 2027 08:40 GMT

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:25 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for Sydney v Brisbane Roar, A-League on Sat, 02 Jan 2027 08:40 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Sydney host Brisbane Roar in the A-League on Saturday 2 January (kick-off 08:40 UK).

The key numbers

Both teams scored in 13 of Brisbane Roar’s last 15 results in all competitions (87%).

Brisbane Roar have scored in six consecutive matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

Six of Sydney’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (40%). Both teams scored in eight of Sydney’s last 15 results in all competitions (53%). At home, Sydney have two wins, five draws and two defeats in their last 9 home matches in all competitions — 1.22 points per game, scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.11.

10 of Brisbane Roar’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Away from home, Brisbane Roar have one win, two draws and three defeats in their last 6 away matches in all competitions — 0.83 points per game, scoring 1.17 and conceding 1.83.

Brisbane Roar are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions. Sydney (second) and Brisbane Roar (third) are level on points, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Sydney the stronger side, 90 rating points above Brisbane Roar (Sydney 1563, Brisbane Roar 1472, after at least 243 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 2 April 2026, finished Brisbane Roar 0–0 Sydney.

Team news

Predicted Sydney XI (4-2-3-1): H. Devenish-Meares, R. Grant, B. Garuccio, J. Courtney-Perkins, A. Popovic, R. Youlley, T. Sekine, A. Toure, W. Kamijo, A. Akon, O. Sunday — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, A. Toure (6.2 per match over four appearances, four goals and one assist) and O. Sunday (4.5 per match over four appearances, one goal and two assists) have been Sydney’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Sydney (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), O. Sunday averages 1.6 shots per 90 over 343 minutes.

Predicted Brisbane Roar XI (3-5-2): G. Plusnin, J. King, T. Aldred, D. Valkanis, N. Maieroni, T. Nam, T. Russell, T. Francois, S. Ngor, J. Vidic, V. Postolachi — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Noah Maieroni (5.4 per match over three appearances) and T. Aldred (4.8 per match over three appearances, one goal) have been Brisbane Roar’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 02 Jan 2027 08:40 GMT · A-League
Head-to-head (last 6): Sydney 3 · draws 2 · Brisbane Roar 1 · 3 goals/game
Recent form: Sydney 2W 1D 2L · Brisbane Roar 2W 1D 2L

Sydney v Brisbane Roar (A-League): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.25 / 1.38

Goals

against 0.88 / 1.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4 / 6.25

Corners

against 4.71 / 3.75 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

3.43 / 4.38

Shots on target

against 4 / 3.5 · 1 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.29 / 2.38

Cards

against 1.86 / 2 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 8 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 8 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Sydney for / against	Line	Brisbane Roar for / against
Goals scored	1.25 for · 0.88 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.38 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4 for · 4.71 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	6.25 for · 3.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	10.14 for · 12.86 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	13.88 for · 8.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	3.43 for · 4 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.38 for · 3.5 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.29 for · 11.57 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	12.63 for · 10.75 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.29 for · 1.86 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	2.38 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5

Sydney

Sydney Goalkeeper

Sydney — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Harrison Devenish-Meares	4	90360 min	112.8 /90	41 /90	00 /90

Sydney — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Harrison Devenish-Meares n 8	90	2.5 6/3

Sydney Defensive

Sydney — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Popovic	4	90360 min	00 /90	30.8 /90	30.8 /90	184.5 /90	61.5 /90	20.5 /90
B. Garuccio	4	90360 min	71.8 /90	112.8 /90	00 /90	153.8 /90	41 /90	20.5 /90
J. Courtney-Perkins	4	90360 min	41 /90	71.8 /90	41 /90	266.5 /90	20.5 /90	10.3 /90
R. Grant	4	90360 min	51.3 /90	102.5 /90	10.3 /90	153.8 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
J. Overy	1	1717 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	15.3 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Sydney — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
R. Youlley n 8	63	1.4 7/1	0.7 4/0	—
A. Popovic n 8	90	1 6/2	0.4 2/1	—
B. Garuccio n 8	90	0.6 4/1	1 5/2	—
R. Grant n 8	90	0.5 2/2	0.6 4/1	—
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.9 3/3	—
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Sydney — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
R. Youlley n 8	63	2 5/4
B. Garuccio n 8	90	1.6 5/4
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	1.5 6/4
R. Grant n 8	90	1.3 3/2
A. Popovic n 8	90	0.9 3/2
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Sydney Attacking

Sydney — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
O. Sunday	4	86343 min	10.3 /90	20.5 /90	61.6 /90	20.5 /90	30.8 /90	71.8 /90
T. Quintal	4	53211 min	00 /90	20.9 /90	10.4 /90	00 /90	83.4 /90	62.6 /90
R. Youlley	4	90360 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	61.5 /90	20.5 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90
Takahiro Sekine	4	85340 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	71.9 /90	10.3 /90
A. Toure	4	67266 min	41.4 /90	10.3 /90	82.7 /90	51.7 /90	10.3 /90	51.7 /90
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Sydney — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
R. Youlley n 8	63	1.3 4/3	0.5 3/0
B. Garuccio n 8	90	0.6 3/1	0.3 2/0
R. Grant n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
A. Popovic n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0.3 2/0
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
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Sydney — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sydney before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
R. Youlley n 8	63	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
B. Garuccio n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
A. Popovic n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
R. Grant n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Courtney-Perkins n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Brisbane Roar

Brisbane Roar Goalkeeper

Brisbane Roar — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
George Plusnin	3	88265 min	41.4 /90	31 /90	00 /90

Brisbane Roar — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brisbane Roar before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
George Plusnin n 3	88.3	1.4 1/1

Brisbane Roar Defensive

Brisbane Roar — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
J. King	3	88265 min	41.4 /90	20.7 /90	10.3 /90	134.4 /90	20.7 /90	10.3 /90
T. Aldred	3	88265 min	31 /90	51.7 /90	31 /90	196.5 /90	41.4 /90	00 /90
M. Stajic	3	60180 min	73.5 /90	00 /90	21 /90	136.5 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90
H. Bility	2	3570 min	11.3 /90	00 /90	00 /90	11.3 /90	11.3 /90	00 /90
Noah Maieroni	3	88265 min	134.4 /90	51.7 /90	00 /90	268.8 /90	93.1 /90	10.3 /90
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Brisbane Roar — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brisbane Roar before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Noah Maieroni n 8	80.5	2.4 6/6	0.8 4/2	—
Justin Vidic n 8	72.6	1.5 7/2	1.9 7/4	—
T. Aldred n 5	89	1.4 4/3	0.8 3/1	—
J. King n 3	88.3	0.7 1/1	0.3 1/0	—
George Plusnin n 3	88.3	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
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Brisbane Roar — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brisbane Roar before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Noah Maieroni n 8	80.5	3.2 8/5
J. King n 3	88.3	1.4 2/1
T. Aldred n 5	89	1 3/2
Justin Vidic n 8	72.6	0.5 3/0
Tae Hee Nam n 3	87.7	1.4 3/1
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Brisbane Roar Attacking

Brisbane Roar — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Justin Vidic	3	88265 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	62 /90	31 /90	41.4 /90	51.7 /90
V. Postolachi	3	65194 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	20.9 /90	10.5 /90
M. Ilic	2	2957 min	00 /90	00 /90	23.2 /90	11.6 /90	23.2 /90	11.6 /90
N. Amanatidis	1	1515 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	16 /90	00 /90
Noah Maieroni	3	88265 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	31 /90	62 /90
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Brisbane Roar — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brisbane Roar before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Justin Vidic n 8	72.6	2.8 7/5	1.1 5/2
T. Aldred n 5	89	0.8 2/2	0.4 2/0
Noah Maieroni n 8	80.5	0.7 2/1	0.1 1/0
J. King n 3	88.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
George Plusnin n 3	88.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Brisbane Roar — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brisbane Roar before kick-off, to 8 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
T. Aldred n 5	89	0.4 2/0	0 0/0
George Plusnin n 3	88.3	0 0/0	0.3 1/0
Justin Vidic n 8	72.6	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
J. King n 3	88.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
Noah Maieroni n 8	80.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Sydney v Brisbane Roar — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

SydneyLDWLW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.4 scored / 1 conceded per game

Brisbane RoarLLWDW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.6 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Sydney 3 · 2 draws · Brisbane Roar 1 · 3 goals/game

2026-04-02 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Sydney
2026-02-21 Sydney 1–0 Brisbane Roar
2025-01-18 Sydney 3–4 Brisbane Roar
2024-11-01 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Sydney
2024-03-10 Sydney 1–1 Brisbane Roar
2024-01-06 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Sydney

League standing · 2026/27

Sydney#2 pos7 pts4 pl+3 GD

Brisbane Roar#3 pos7 pts3 pl+2 GD

Goals per game

Sydney scored1.75

Brisbane Roar scored1.67

Sydney conceded1

Brisbane Roar conceded1

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What is the head-to-head record between Sydney and Brisbane Roar?: In their last 6 meetings, Sydney won 3, Brisbane Roar won 1 and there were 2 draws, averaging 3 goals per game.
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