Sunday’s A-League Round 3 match is between Western United and Melbourne City. The opening kick is set to commence at 6:00PM AEDT with the game to be played at GMHBA Stadium. The away team Melbourne City are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Western United and Melbourne City.
When: Sunday 27th October, 6:00PM AEDT
Where: GMHBA Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
Western United have enjoyed a terrific start to their competitive existence and will enter their first ever Derby as betting favourites.
An exciting win over Wellington first-up looked (understandably) somewhat patchy, but that performance and result was franked with another good effort to draw with the Perth Glory last week, on top of Wellington’s credible performance against Sydney FC. It appears as though Mark Rudan’s men are in for an excellent debut season and this match, with the added pressure will be a great test.
City have returned in competitive form of their own; drawing the Melbourne Derby before beating a fair Adelaide side at home last week. They are full of running and loom as a tough opposition for their newly founded opponents.
Tipping City to deliver their new crosstown rivals the first defeat of the season.
Odds:
Tip: Melbourne City at $3.00
Correct Score: Melbourne City 1 – 0 at $9.50
Teams:
Western United FC Squad: 1.Filip KURTO (GK), 2.Aaron CALVER, 3.Brendan HAMILL, 4.Andrew DURANTE, 5.Dylan PIERIAS, 6.Connor CHAPMAN, 8.Panagiotis KONE, 10.Scott MCDONALD, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Dario JERTEC, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Max BURGESS, 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 17.Joshua CAVALLO, 18.Besart BERISHA, 19.Josh RISDON, 20.James DELIANOV (GK), 22.Ersan GULUM, 23.Alessandro DIAMANTI, 26.Kwabena APPIAH-KUBI
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 3.Brendan HAMILL (promoted), 13.Ivan VUJICA (promoted), 17.Joshua CAVALLO (promoted)
Outs: 27.Jerry SKOTADIS (not selected)
Unavailable: 7.Valentino YUEL (ankle – 5 weeks), 25.Luke DUZEL (International Duty), 9.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS (calf – 1 week)
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Tom GLOVER (gk), 2.Scott GALLOWAY, 3.Scott JAMIESON (c), 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 6.Josh BRILLANTE, 7.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 8.Javier CABRERA, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 11.Craig NOONE, 13.Nathniel ATKINSON, 17.Denis GENREAU, 19.Lachlan WALES, 20.Adrian LUNA, 21.Ramy NAJJARINE, 22.Curtis GOOD, 23.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 30.Moudi NAJJAR, 34.Connor METCALFE, 40.Richard WINDBICHLER, 49.Stefan COLAKOVSKI
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 17.Denis GENREAU (promoted), 49.Stefan COLAKOVSKI (promoted)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 10.Florin BERENGUER (hamstring)
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change
