Brisbane Roar are marching toward the top six after shattering Sydney FC’s imposing home record on Saturday night.
Matt McKay and Jacob Pepper were the unexpected scorers in a 2-1 win for John Aloisi’s men, their fifth in seven Hyundai A-League fixtures.
Catch up with the major facts and stats from a shock upset at Allianz Stadium.
- Sydney FC have suffered back-to-back Hyundai A-League defeats for the first time since April 2016.
- The second of that run was also their last league loss at Allianz Stadium (2-0 to Adelaide United).
- The first was Brisbane’s last win over the Sky Blues, having gone winless in the past five meetings between the teams.
- This is the second time this season that Aloisi’s side have won back-to-back games.
- Roar have now won three consecutive games – the last time they managed more was a four-game streak from December 2013 to January 2014.
- Matt McKay has two goals for the campaign, his best regular season return since 2014-15.
- Jacob Pepper netted just the third Hyundai A-League goal of his career and first in over six years (his last goals came as a double against Melbourne Victory in March 2012).
