Talking points: After a hugely disappointing first season as Western Sydney coach, the pressure is on Carl Robinson to turn things around. Western Sydney Wanderers Squad: Daniel Margush, Ziggy Gordon, Adama Traore, Rhys Williams, Jack Rodwell, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Ramy Najjarine, Steven Ugarkovic, Bernie Ibini, Tomer Hemed, Keijiro Ogawa, Tate Russell, James Troisi, Keanu Baccus, Daniel Wilmering, Tomas Meijas, Jordan Swibel, John Koutroumbis, Dimitri Petratos, Phillip Cancar, Terry Antonis, Mark Natta, Alex Badolato, Thomas Aquilina, Vedran Janjetovic. Western Sydney Wanderers vs Sydney FC, CommBank Stadium, Parramatta, Saturday 7:45pm AEDT
The visitors will fly in and fly out on the same day given Melbourne’s coronavirus restrictions, and it’s hard to see anything but a home win for a City side stacked with talent. They’ll be out to stamp their championship credentials once again and to do that, they’ll need to beat sides like Brisbane Roar at home. Prediction: Melbourne City may have topped the table and won the grand final last season, but Sydney FC gave them a run for their money. They’re also missing inspirational skipper Tom Aldred and new Argentine striker Juan Lescano through injury. Two of the NPL select’s goal scorers were Brisbane Roar players, but there’s no doubt the Roar look a little light on quality compared to last season. The big question mark is around how much game time Socceroos squad members Jamie Maclaren and Mat Leckie will get here.īrisbane Roar have cruised into the final eight of the FFA Cup without conceding a goal, however much was made of their recent 3-2 friendly defeat to an NPL Queensland All Stars side. They haven’t exactly played a mountain of football leading into this Round 1 encounter, but they were barely troubled in knocking South Melbourne out of the FFA Cup a week ago. Talking points: Melbourne City go into the new A-League campaign as defending champions and with plenty predicting them to repeat the feat. Brisbane Roar Squad: Macklin Freke, Scott Neville, Corey Brown, Tom Aldred, Rahmat Akbari, Matti Steinmann, Luke Ivanovic, Nikola Mileusnic, Jesse Daley, Josh Brindell-South, Jack Hingert, Alex Parsons, Juan Lescano, Kai Trewin, Cyrus Dehmie, Nicholas Olsen, Jay O’Shea, Jackson Hart-Phillips.
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