Brisbane Roar are back at home this Sunday afternoon for a showdown against Western Sydney Wanderers in Round 3 of Ninja A-League action.
The Roar Women are in exciting goal-scoring form with two wins from two, therefore a return to Spencer Park will see a determined side hungry to continue their winning streak.
WHAT WAS SAID
Roar Captain and Matilda, Tameka Yallop is confident that the best is to come for Brisbane Roar after a great start to the season sits them top of the table.
“I think we’ve had a good start to the season, obviously two wins. I think we haven’t played our best football yet so that’s kind of the exciting part about it,” Tameka Yallop said.
“Also, exciting that we’ve got a new home ground that we’ve had a good result at already even with the storm disruptions. I think we’ve started well but we’re still building into the season.”
Matildas goalkeeper, Chloe Lincoln is loving life at Brisbane Roar, and has her eyes set on a clean sheet this Sunday on home soil.
“I’m loving it. It’s so good, I’m so happy to be a part of this group,” Lincoln said.
“We’ve got our momentum rolling now, hopefully we can continue with that.
“There was a lot of takeaways from the Perth game, we were super happy to get the three points but a lot of learnings we can take away there defensively.
“We’ve been working hard this week, hopefully that shows on the weekend.”
TEAM NEWS
After a stellar start to their season with two thrilling 3-2 victories over Melbourne Victory and Perth Glory, the side will look to continue their winning form back at home this Sunday.
Ruby Cuthbert (hamstring) and Isabela Hoyos (ankle) will continue to be sidelined for Friday night’s clash whilst Momo Hayashi continues serving her suspension until Round 3.
Brisbane Roar A-League Women Squad: 1.Chloe LINCOLN (GK), 2.Leia VARLEY, 3.Daisy BROWN, 4.Kijah STEPHENSON, 5.Aimee MEDWIN, 8.Josie STUDER, 10.Grace KUILAMU, 11.Marianna SEIDL, 12.Tahlia FRANCO (GK), 13.Tameka YALLOP (C), 14.Zara KRUGER, 15.Keira MEYERS, 17.Bente JANSEN, 18.Amali KINSELLA, 22.Ava PIAZZA, 24.Sharn FREIER, 27.Ashlyn MILLER, 32.Alicia WOODS, 47.Kyla HANSON
Ins: NIL
Outs: NIL
Unavailable: 6.Ruby CUTHBERT (hamstring), 7.Momo HAYASHI (suspended), 23.Isabela HOYOS YANEZ (ankle)
LAST TIME WE MET
In their last meeting, Brisbane Roar shared the points with Western Sydney Wanderers after a 4-4 thriller at Perry Park in Round 22 of the 24/25 campaign.
Captain Tameka Yallop opened the scoring in the 16th minute after Emily Pringle put through a crisp pass into the box for her to find the back of the net.
Roar extended their lead in the 29th minute after Alicia Woods found a touch for Tameka Yallop to put her second of the day away.
Western Sydney fought back in the 38th minute, with Bronte Trew charging towards Keeley Richards to find the opening on an angle and make it 2-1 before the break.
Momo Hayashi scored yet another spectacular strike after lobbing the ball up for a volley to extend Roar’s lead in the 68th minute.
Moments later, the visitors scored their second of the afternoon after a corner ball found Holly Caspers in front of goal, before Madison McComasky equalised in the 85th minute to make it 3-3.
Less than a minute later, Yallop secured an exciting hat trick with a header on a wonderful ball put through by Zara Kruger.
Sophie Harding caused an upset with an equaliser in added time to share the points at Perry Park.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Games: 21
Brisbane wins: 14
Western Sydney wins: 6
Draws: 2
MATCH DETAILSÂ
Ninja A-League Women 25/26 – Round 3: Brisbane Roar FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Spencer Park, Newmarket
Sunday, 16 November (3:00pm AEST KO) LIVE on Paramount+
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