Friday’s A-League 2016 Round 3 match is between Melbourne City and Perth Glory. The opening kick off is set to commence at 19:50 local time with the game to be played at AAMI Park. The home team Melbourne City are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Melbourne City and Perth Glory.
All the talk has been about Tim Cahill’s sensational goal and rightfully so. It was an outstanding strike to mark his arrival in his A-League debut.
There was little doubt he would be a success in the A-League as he has made his mark at every club he’s played at.
Apart from his goal, I was impressed by his overall work rate and just how quickly he has integrated into the side.
Melbourne City believe they boast the league’s most potent attack although Perth and Sydney might have something to say about that.
Bruno Fornoroli was the league’s top marksman last season and Cahill is Australia’s all-time leading scorer.
Throw in Argentines Fernando Brandan and Nicolas Colazo plus the speedy Bruce Kamau and there’s plenty of firepower in this line-up.
Perth bounced back well against the Phoenix and face their first road test of the new campaign in Melbourne.
Glory need to defend extremely well to contain City’s attack and make sure they provide good service to their front men. With an equally impressive frontline containing the likes of Adam Taggart, Diego Castroand Andy Keogh (pictured above), we should see a few goals in this one.
The match-up between Fornoroli and Perth’s central defensive pairing of Dino Djulbic and Rhys Williamswill be one to watch.
City are flying high and will continue their good form in this one.
Unibet Odds: Melbourne City 1.72 Draw 4.05 Perth 4.55
Tip: Melbourne City
Correct score: Melbourne City 2-1
Tip: Melbourne City
Teams:
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Thomas SORENSEN (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Connor CHAPMAN, 6.Osama MALIK, 8.Neil KILKENNY, 9.Nicolas COLAZO, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Nick FITZGERALD, 17.Tim CAHILL, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI, 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Fernando BRANDAN.
Perth Glory squad: 2.Alex GRANT, 3.Marc WARREN, 5.Rhys WILLIAMS, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 7.Joel CHIANESE, 8.Rostyn GRIFFITHS (c), 9.Andy KEOGH, 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC, 13.Nicholas FEELY (gk), 14.Chris HAROLD, 15.Brandon WILSON, 16.Joe MILLS, 17.Diego CASTRO, 18.Mitch OXBORROW, 19.Josh RISDON, 21.Jamal REINERS, 24.Milan SMILJANIC, 33.Liam REDDY (gk).
