Brisbane Roar vs Auckland 1-1

Auckland held on for a 1-1 draw after H. Sakai’s first-half opener and T. Aldred’s stoppage-time equaliser. The visitors were seconds from taking all three points before Aldred struck in the 90+5th minute.

Sakai opened the scoring in the 12th minute, finishing to put Auckland 1-0 up, and that stayed the score at half-time.

Brisbane Roar pushed for the reply after the break, making a change on 58 minutes when V. Postolachi made way for M. Ilic. Auckland then made two changes together on 72 minutes, with L. Brook replaced by C. Elliot and J. Bidois by I. Prins, before Brisbane Roar sent on E. Durakovic for M. Stajic on 75 minutes and N. Amanatidis for S. James Ngor on 76 minutes. F. De Vries was booked on 78 minutes, J. Lauton came on for T. Francois on 82 minutes, and Auckland used two more late changes before Aldred, who levelled the game with Brisbane Roar’s goal in the 90+5th minute, rescued a point.

Brisbane Roar had 69% of the possession and 586 passes to Auckland’s 264, with 87% pass accuracy compared with 77%. They also led the shots 15-10, shots on target 2-1, corners 10-2 and fouls 10-7, while Auckland had 3 offsides to Brisbane Roar’s 2 and 2 saves to 0.

J. Vidic and S. James Ngor were booked for Brisbane Roar in the 21st and 53rd minutes, while F. De Vries was cautioned for Auckland in the 78th minute.