BRISBANE Roar’s campaign is gathering momentum, but they undoubtedly face their toughest test of the season so far at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night against Melbourne City.

Regardless of how much involvement talisman Tim Cahill has, City have a stack of match-winners in their line-up.

LISTEN UP: Melbourne City are coming to Suncorp Stadium on Friday night, and it’s a challenge the in-form Brisbane Roar are going to relish, assistant coach Ross Aloisi tells Marco Monteverde and Sam Phillips.

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Bruno Fornaroli, Fernando Brandan, Bruce Kamau, Luke Brattan ... the list of City players that can have an impact on proceedings is lengthy.

Former Roar star Brattan’s return to Suncorp Stadium will be a fascinating aspect of the contest.

A fan favourite during his time with Brisbane, Brattan is likely to get a better reception from Roar supporters than the likes of ex-Brisbane players Mitch Nichols and Liam Reddy every time they come back to Queensland.

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But there will be some of the Roar faithful who will jeer Brattan, particularly after he suggested just last year that Brisbane would be the only A-League club he would ever play for.

media_camera Former Roar fan favourite Luke Brattan is now in City colours. Picture: Getty Images

That comment always threatened to come back to haunt Brattan in the often uncertain world of football.

And no doubt he’ll be reminded of that tomorrow night.

It just adds to what should already be a memorable occasion.

Apart from dealing with what City have to offer, the Roar must also overcome a short turnaround, having played just last Sunday

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In contrast, City have had a full week between games.

Still, the Roar have the weapons to hurt City.

Key striker Jamie Maclaren returned to goal-scoring last weekend, and was rewarded with a Socceroos recall, so his confidence will be sky-high.

Brandon Borrello also has his mojo back and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he’s back in the starting XI.

With Dimitri Petratos fit again and Spanish winger Arana also ready for action, Roar coach John Aloisi has plenty of attacking options.

And that will be handy tomorrow night when more than one goal could be very well be needed to win the match.