The second of Saturday A-League Round 27 matches is between Melbourne Heart and Western Sydney Wanderers. The game is set to commence at 5:30pm with the game to be played at AAMI Park. Home team Western Sydney Wanderers go into the match as the favourites in the market. View our live scores and teams for the game between Melbourne Heart and Western Sydney Wanderers.

Round: Round 27, Saturday, 12 April 2014, 5:30pm
Stadium: AAMI Park
Head to head: Played: 5, Wins: Heart 0, Wanderers 4, Draws: 1
Previous encounter: Wanderers 1-1 Heart, December 7 2013

Odds Comparison:

Melbourne Heart	3.10	3.10	3.15	3.10	3.10	3.20
Draw	3.50	3.50	3.45	3.50	3.50	3.40
Western Sydney Wanderers	2.20	2.20	2.12	2.20	2.20	2.10

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

The Heart take on the Wanderers on Saturday, 5.30PM at AAMI Park.  These two teams are in almost opposite situations as the season end draws near, with Western Sydney in second spot and the Heart down the very bottom of the ladder.  Second spot is now the Wanderers to lose, with the Western Sydney side simply having to beat the Heart without relying on any other results.

Tony Popovic’s men will be favourites to win here, with the Melbourne Heart playing to avoid the wooden spoon, an incentive that is rarely enough.  Saying that, however, there is one thing going for the Heart, with Aussie legend Harry Kewell making his comeback from injury to play his farewell game.  While the Heart would love to send him off with a victory, this looks very unlikely against a Wanderers side with so much to fight for.

Teams:

Melbourne Heart FC squad:
1. Andrew REDMAYNE (GK), 3.Robbie WIELAERT, 4.Orlando ENGELAAR, 6.Patrick GERHARDT, 7.Iain RAMSAY, 8.Massimo MURDOCCA, 10.Harry KEWELL (C), 13.Jonatan GERMANO, 15.David WILLIAMS, 16. Aziz BEHICH, 17.Jason HOFFMAN, 19.Benjamin GARUCCIO, 20.Tando VELAPHI (GK), 21.Stefan MAUK, 22.Nicholas KALMAR, 23.Mate DUGANDZIC, 24.Patrick KISNORBO
**One to be omitted**
Ins: 10. Harry KEWELL (returns from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil

Western Sydney Wanderers squad:
1.Ante COVIC (GK), 2.Shannon COLE, 3.Adam D’APUZZO, 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 6.Jerome POLENZ, 7.Labinot HALITI, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 9.Tomi JURIC, 10.Aaron MOOY, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 13.Matthew SPIRANOVIC, 14.Kwabena APPIAH, 17.Youssouf HERSI, 18.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Jerrad TYSON (GK), 21.Shinji ONO, 22. Dean HEFFERNAN
**Two to be omitted**
Ins: 17.Youssouf HERSI, 22. Dean HEFFERNAN (both promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 12.Tahj MINNIECON (hip – indefinite), 34.Golgol MEBRAHTU (knee – indefinite)

News:

Kewell, 35, will play his last professional football match this Saturday when Heart face the Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park.

Kisnorbo is a close friend of Kewell’s and believes his send-off this weekend will be a bitter sweet occasion.

“It’s a difficult one,” Kisnorbo said. “You never think that the day’s gonna come.

“It’s going to be hard that he’s retiring, but it’s going to be a privilege knowing that you’ve played with him in his last game.

“Personally I wish him nothing but the best in the future and hopefully he can make an impact off the pitch like he did on the pitch.

“He’s probably one of the most successful sports people that I’ve played with.

“Especially as a young kid and getting to play with him you learn a lot because he’s played at the highest level. You think, if I can be a third of what he’s done, I’ll be alright.”

Kisnorbo also expressed his delight after yesterday signing a one-year contract extension that will keep him at the Club until the end of the 2014-15 A-League season.

“It’s nice to know that a club like Melbourne Heart wants you,” Kisnorbo said.

“We’ve got a lot of exciting things happening at the club and I want to be a part of that.

“I’m a Melbourne boy through and through and it’s great to be at a Melbourne club and especially a club like Melbourne Heart. I can’t wait for next season.”

This campaign has been a difficult one for Heart on the pitch, but Kisnorbo admits things are looking bright as the Club already begins preparing itself for next season.

“I would have loved if as a team we were higher on the table but such is football,” Kisnorbo said.

“All we can do is learn from this and bring what we learn in to next season and cut out some simple errors. We are working hard already for next year.”

But despite some of the attention already turned to next season, Kisnorbo says there is no less motivation to go out and defeat the Wanderers on Saturday.

“The motivation is that you want to win,” Kisnorbo said. “Even personally for myself, if we have a training game I always want to win.

“It’s another game, whether it’s the last game of the season or not, it doesn’t matter.

“We want to go out there as a team and get the three points and hopefully we can do that.”