Brisbane Roar vs Perth Glory 2-1

Brisbane Roar beat Perth Glory 2-1 at Suncorp Stadium after building a two-goal lead by half-time and then surviving Perth’s reply soon after the restart.

J. Vidic opened the scoring in the 28th minute, turning in T. Russell’s assist for 1-0, and Nam Tae-Hee made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute. Brisbane took that lead into half-time.

Perth cut the gap in the 60th minute through M. Ellis, who had come on in the 59th minute, and that was as close as they got. Perth made two changes on 59 minutes before Ellis struck, while Brisbane made two changes on 65 minutes and then another two on 75 minutes to steady the game. Brisbane also booked T. Russell’s replacement J. Nasso on 80 minutes, and Perth sent on J. O'Shea at the same point as they chased an equaliser.

The numbers pointed to Brisbane’s control of the ball and territory. They had 58% possession, 477 passes to Perth’s 357, and an 83% pass accuracy compared with 73%. Brisbane also had more shots, 13 to 6, more on target, 5 to 1, more corners, 5 to 2, and more saves from the opposition goalkeeper, 4 to 0.

Brisbane received four yellow cards, for N. Maieroni in the 24th minute, J. King on 45 minutes, J. Vidic on 63 minutes and N. Amanatidis in the 77th minute. Perth finished without a booking until J. Kucharski was cautioned three minutes into stoppage time.