- The draw is available at 3.85 with Brisbane Roar at 4.2 and Melbourne Victory at 1.69.
- Brisbane Roar have won four of the last six meetings including both games last season, the most recent by 1-0.
- Victory's 4-3-3 looks much more balanced and controlled than Brisbane's and will have the width and quick combinations to test Brisbane's reorganized block.
Victory to take all the action
Brisbane are looking a little better structured than they were in the early stages of the season but Melbourne Victory will provide the Girls in Blue's best test to date. Johnathan Clemente has rethought the Roar's approach and is looking for his players to keep things tight and be more selective in their pressing.
In A-League Women 2026-2027 after three games, the ladder positions look almost identical with Victory third on seven points with a goal difference of +2 and Brisbane tenth with zero points and -5. The Roar's form book is L-L-L-L-W while Victory are unbeaten in three games, picking up two wins and a draw, conceding just one goal.
Victory's last five competitive matches read W-D-W-L-L and the early-season run they have made has been built on control and clean sheets.
Saveska is an early pick for Victory
They will need to keep Brisbane's most dangerous player, Daisy Brown, under wraps to earn three points in Brisbane on Saturday. The Brisbane Roar forward has been a star in the making for a couple of seasons, but is still at a place where her fitness is managed. The 27-year-old scored the winner for Brisbane in their latest meeting with Victory and has added a spark to the top end of the field.
Her teammates will be the first to tell you they are nowhere near their potential yet, but they have players like Sienna Saveska who can come in and score in her 11th appearance, and they look a very good side on paper.
Courtney Newbon has kept two clean sheets in A-League Women this season and will bring a calm confidence to Victory between the sticks.
Brisbane’s best bet is to stay compact
Kayla Morrison is the anchor of the defense that has conceded just one league goal. Jeff Hopkins' sides are always well organised and composed - and usually have the nous to win the big games. If Brisbane are to take anything from this game, they will have to stay in a compact shape and try not to get sucked out wide, which is what usually happens when they try to push for a win.
Brisbane's Murphy Agnew is their best creative player and had their best deliveries against Sydney last time out. Chloe Lincoln made six saves, as she kept the game within reach of the hosts.
The most sensible play here is for Victory to win to nil at 2.1 because that has been the way they have been set up for the last three months. This isn't a game where the Girls in Blue can expect to rack up five or six goals and it should be a tight and tense affair on Saturday.
