Saturday’s A-League Round 3 match is between Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC. The opening kick is set to commence at 7:30PM AEDT with the game to be played at Bankwest Stadium. The away team Sydney FC are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC.
When: Saturday 26th October, 7:30PM AEDT
Where: Bankwest Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
The match of the round looks like materialising on Saturday night when the Wanderers and Sydney FC meet for the twenty-third edition of the Sydney Derby. Both clubs have enjoyed competitive starts to the new season and will be eager to take bragging rights.
The Sky Blues are so-far 2-0, having beaten Adelaide in a Week 1 thriller, before taking all the points away from Wellington last weekend. They have recorded 12 wins over the Wanderers in competitive fixtures so far and deserve their warm favouritism here.
The Wanderers pulled off the upset of the season so far by beating the heavily fancied Victory in Melbourne last week and will enjoy good improvement into this match.
Regardless of form this is always a quality contest and I’m happy to sit on the fence in this one as well.
Odds:
Tip: Sydney FC at $2.37
Correct Score: Sydney FC 1 – 0 at $9.00
Teams:
Western Sydney Wanderers FC: 1.Daniel LOPAR (gk), 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 6.Matthew JURMAN, 7.Mitchell DUKE (c), 9.Nicolai MULLER, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS, 14.Alex MEIER, 16.Mathieu CORDIER, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 19.Pirmin SCHWEGLER, 22.Nicholas SULLIVAN, 23.Kosta GROZOS, 27.Kwame YEBOAH, 29.Daniel WILMERING, 34.Patrick ZIEGLER, 35.Mohamed ADAM, 37.Jake TREW, 40.Nicholas SUMAN (gk)
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 9.Nicolai MULLER (new signing), 11.Bruce KAMAU (returns from injury), 34.Patrick ZIEGLER (returns from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY (knee), 10.Radoslaw MAJEWSKI (knee), 21.Tarek ELRICH (hamstring)
Sydney FC squad: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 2.Patrick FLOTTMANN, 4.Alex WILKINSON (c), 5.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 6.Ryan McGOWAN, 8.Paulo RETRE, 9.Adam LE FONDRE, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 11.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 16.Joel KING, 17.Anthony CACERES, 18.Luke IVANOVIC, 19.Chris ZUVELA, 20.Tom HEWARD-BELLE (gk), 21.Harry VAN DER SAAG, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 24.Marco TILIO, 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Jordi SWIBEL.
**2-4 to be omitted**
In: 19. Chris ZUVELA (promoted), 24. Marco TILIO (promoted)
Out: Nil
Unavailable: 3.Ben WARLAND (ACL – indefinite), 7.Michael ZULLO (leg – 1 week), 12.Trent BUHAGIAR (ACL – indefinite), 25.Ryan TEAGUE (International duty).
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change
