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A-League In Focus – Melbourne City vs Sydney FC Preview
When? Saturday 10th February, 08:50 (UK)
Where? AAMI Park
What channel is it on? BT Sport 1
Are tickets still available?
Melbourne City & Sydney FC - http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=MCITY2018
Where can I stream the match? BT Sport subscribers can stream the match online via the BT Sport website
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Last five meetings: Sydney FC W4, D1
A-League meetings: Melbourne City W6, Sydney FC W8, D9
MELBOURNE CITY
Predicted line-up: Bouzanis; Delbridge, Jakobsen, Schenkeveld, Jamieson; Malik, Brattan; Arzani, Mauk, Vidosic; Budzinski
Unavailable: Fornaroli (Injured), Atkinson (Injured), La Rocca (Out of favour), Tongyik (Out of favour), Cavallo (Injured
Doubtful:
SYDNEY FC
Predicted line-up: Redmayne; Wilkshire, Buijs, Wilkinson, Zullo; Brillante, O'Neill; Mierzejewski, Brosque, Ninkovic; Bobo
Unavailable: Grant (Injured)
Doubtful:
PREDICTION
Graham Arnold’s Sydney FC continue to set the A-League regular season pace with the table toppers now nine points clear of Newcastle Jets in second, and the reason for such a sizeable advantage at the top can be explained by the fact that they have not lost any of their last 13 league matches. This weekend they travel to Melbourne to face a City side who currently lie third in the league ladder. Although it will prove something of stern test, there is no reason to suggest why this unbeaten run cannot extend to 14 games for the leaders
MEMORABLE MEETING
The last time that Melbourne City got the better of Sydney FC was back in March 2016, but since then they have failed to win any of their last five meetings with the current league leaders. It may be something of a barren spell as of late but there was plenty to celebrate almost two years ago. That is because City, playing in front of their own fans, cruised to a 3-0 win with Bruno Fornaroli scoring a hat-trick.
