Brisbane Roar suffered a 1-0 defeat against Western United in Isuzu UTE A-League Round 10 action at Ironbark Fields on Sunday afternoon.
Despite fashioning 14 efforts on goal, Roar were unable to find a breakthrough against a resolute Western United side, who took all three points courtesy of a Hiroshi Ibusuki penalty in Roar’s final game of 2024.
Jacob Brazete started his first match for the club and had a huge opportunity to open the scoring in the 29th minute when Harry Van Der Saag found him unmarked inside the area but the winger was unable to direct his effort either side of Matt Sutton.
Ten minutes later Keegan Jelacic had Roar’s best opportunity of the match when he got in behind the United defence but was denied one-on-one by Sutton.
The home side took the lead in the 44th minute through an Ibusuki penalty after Antonee Burke-Gilroy was adjudged to have fouled Angus Thurgate inside the area.
Roar had a huge opportunity to equalise just moments later when Ben Halloran blazed a first time effort over the bar from the top of the box.
In the second stanza it was Thomas Waddingham who came closest to levelling the scores, twice firing inches wide of the target at the near post as the home
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MATCH DETAILS
Isuzu UTE A-League Men 2024/25 – Round 10: Western United v Brisbane Roar
Ironbark Fields, Tarneit
Sunday, 29 December
Western United – 1 ( Hiroshi IBUSUKI 44’)
Brisbane Roar – 0
