Melbourne City 2-0 Brisbane Roar
By Emma Burke 11/1/25
Above: Melbourne City after taking on Brisbane Roar. Photo: Melbourne City
An early double to Leticia McKenna secured Melbourne City all three points in their top of the table clash against Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park.
A run down the line from Mariana Speckmaier set up McKenna’s first goal, the delivery into the box resulted in a goal-mouth scramble that the midfielder charged in on and scored at the far post.
Only minutes later, the Western Australian scored her second goal of the evening, an incredible top-bin finish on a free kick that curled into the top left corner out of the reach of a diving Olivia Sekany.
Later in the first half, Brisbane were awarded a means back into the game after Lourdes Bosch barrelled into Alicia Woods from behind in the box, leading referee Georgia Ghirardello to point at the spot for a penalty kick.
The spot kick was taken by Roar Captain and Matildas great Tameka Yallop, but her delivery showed too much to City keeper Malena Mieres diving correctly to her left to palm away the ball.
Brisbane came out in the second half much more defensively minded, looking to stem the bleeding and try and find a way back into the game.
While they managed to successfully keep City from furthering their lead, and quiet down Holly McNamara, who had been substituted on at half-time, they couldn’t get themselves on the scoreboard.
This result puts City four points clear at the top of the table ahead of the Roar, who sit in second place, equal on points with Melbourne Victory.
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Teams: MELBOURNE CITY (4-2-2-2): Mieres, Apostolakis, Otto, Stott, Vlajnic, Davidson, Hughes, Speckmaier, McKenna, Bosch, Harvey. Substitutes: McNamara, McMahon, Roestbakken, Pollicina
Scorers: McKenna 5’, 9’.
BRISBANE ROAR (3-5-1-1): Sekany, Blissett, Varley, McQueen, S. Freier, Woods, Yallop, Kruger, de la Harpe, L. Freier, Popadinova. Substitutes: Kuilamu, Pringle, Hayashi, Hecher.
Referee: Georgie Ghirardello
Attendance: 2,340.
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