Melbourne City 1-0 Brisbane Roar — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 6 Jan 2026

📅06/01/2026 · 🕒11:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
53%
1.75
Draw
24%
3.45
Away
23%
4.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
46%
1.82
Over 2.5
54%
1.9
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.82
No
46%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
3.18
2-3 Goals
41%
1.78
4-5 Goals
22%
3.58
6+ Goals
10%
14.45
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
30%
2.29
1/2
5%
35.0
1/X
7%
14.0
X/1
17%
4.34
X/2
10%
9.42
X/X
10%
4.87
2/1 EV+ ✗
6%
24.45
2/2
8%
7.6
2/X
7%
15.6
Value flag · 2/1 at 24.45 — our 6% vs market 2.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
53%
Home Win
53%
-0.1pp
24%
Draw
26%
-2.0pp
23%
Away Win
21%
+2.1pp
46%
Under 2.5
51%
-4.7pp
54%
Over 2.5
49%
+4.7pp
54%
BTTS Yes
51%
+3.3pp
46%
BTTS No
49%
-3.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Melbourne City EU Bookmakers 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Brisbane Roar EU Bookmakers 24%
+1% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +7% / +2%
2.00/0.97 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.22/1.51
+16% / +53% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -26% / +28%
53% Ball Possession 47%
16 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
404 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 339 · 78%
32.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 22.9
17.9 Crosses 16.8
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Melbourne City
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Brisbane Roar
2.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
1.74 xG 1.15
54% Ball Possession 46%
16 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
453 Passes 377
86% Pass Accuracy 82%
26 Box Touches 19
18 Crosses 12
2 Yellow Cards 2
31.10.2025 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar 0-0 HT 0-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
11.04.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 3-2 HT 0-1 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar AVUS
11.01.2025 Melbourne City Melbourne City 1-0 HT 0-0 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar AVUS
06.12.2024 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar 1-4 HT 0-2 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
10.02.2024 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar 5-1 HT 4-0 Melbourne City Melbourne City AVUS
28.12.2023 Melbourne City Melbourne City 8-1 HT 3-0 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Melbourne City
1-0
AWAY Brisbane Roar
1.71 xG 0.37
68% Ball Possession 32%
15 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 5
511 Passes 199
86% Pass Accuracy 70%
27 Box Touches 9
16 Crosses 9
3 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Melbourne City vs Brisbane Roar
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Melbourne City edged past Brisbane Roar 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Melbourne City as the likeliest winner at 53%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 54% and both teams to score was close to even at 54%.

On the day, Melbourne City had 68% of the ball to Brisbane Roar's 32%, shots finished 15-10, expected goals 1.71 to 0.37 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Melbourne City's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Melbourne City had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.83 goals for Melbourne City and 1.50 for Brisbane Roar.

What was the final score of Melbourne City vs Brisbane Roar?

Melbourne City 1-0 Brisbane Roar in the Australia - A-League on 06/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Melbourne City vs Brisbane Roar?

Before kick-off our model rated a Melbourne City win the most likely single outcome at about 53%, with the full match-result split Melbourne City 53%, draw 24%, Brisbane Roar 23%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Melbourne City) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Melbourne City) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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