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CAN CITY REBOUND AT HOME?
Melbourne City will be looking to bounce back from defeat last time out when it faces Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park today.
City returns home after an unsuccessful trip over to Adelaide where it went down 4-2 in a high-scoring affair at Coopers Stadium. There’s no better way to bounce back from defeat than to return to the fortress where success seems to be second nature.
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City returns to AAMI Park boasting an almighty record against the Roar, undefeated in its past 16 meetings (W13, D3) with the Brisbanebased outfit on home soil.
City has only ever lost to the Roar at home just once, with that defeat dating all the way back to 2010, the two sides first-ever meeting at the venue.
Before last week’s loss City had been travelling pretty well, Rado Vidosic’s men securing three wins from four and netting 17 goals in the process.
Comfortably leading the league for goals scored this season with 44, even in City’s three losses it has always managed to find the back of the net.
In recent weeks though, despite scoring enough at the other end of the pitch to come away with victory, City hasn’t kept a clean sheet in six matches, its last coming in a 0-0 draw against the side it will face this Sunday.
It will have no better chance to secure the shutout than against a side that has lacked creativity and punch in the final third of the pitch.
Roar have only managed 17 goals for the season and as a result, also have recorded the most draws (8) of any team.
Marco Tilio has picked up the slack left by the absence of Mathew Leckie, scoring another goal last week against Adelaide to now make it two goals and one assist in his past two games.
Despite being the smallest man not just in the box but on the pitch, Tilio managed to wriggle himself free of the Adelaide defence and guide a header into the bottom corner to give City hope of a late comeback.
He showed what he can do with his dazzling run and goal against Sydney FC last time he pulled on the boots at home, so expect to see him back in the thick of the action once again this afternoon as your City boys look to pick up another three points.
