Western United will be out for revenge when they face Melbourne City at AAMI Park on Friday night.
Mark Rudan’s side will still be stinging after their 2-1 loss to City at GMHBA Stadium in Round 3 where United failed to capitalise on their one-man advantage, conceding a late winner to Jamie Maclaren after Harrison Delbridge was sent off with half an hour to play.
City and United sit in second and third position on the table respectively heading into Round 13 with United trailing their Melbourne rivals by two points, but both sides come into the clash in patchy form.
United were humbled by a red-hot Wellington Phoenix outfit last weekend, while City held a player advantage over Sydney FC for more than an hour, after a Rhyan Grant red card, but the ten-man Sky Blues still came out on top over Erick Mombaerts’ side.
United continue to spark rivalries across the Hyundai A-League as each round passes by and, after their fiery clash with City in Round 3, this fixture is sure to hold a bit of feeling as both sides battle it out for second place on the table.
Friday, January 3 2020
AAMI Park
Kick-off: 7:30PM AEDT
Broadcast: FOX Sports 505
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Team news
Melbourne City FC squad: 2.Scott GALLOWAY, 3.Scott JAMIESON, 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 6.Josh BRILLANTE, 7.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 8.Javier CABRERA, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 10.Florin BERENGUER 11.Craig NOONE, 13.Nathaniel ATKINSON, 19.Lachlan WALES, 20.Adrian LUNA, 22.Curtis GOOD, 23.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 30.Moudi NAJJAR, 35.Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES, 39.Idrus ABDULAHI, 40.Richard WINDBICHLER, 46.Joe GAUCI (gk), 49.Stefan COLAKOVSKI
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 30.Moudi Najjar (promoted), 35.Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES (promoted), 39.Idrus ABDULAHI (promoted), 49.Stefan COLAKOVSKI (promoted), 46.Joe GAUCI (gk) (promoted), 3.Scott JAMIESON (returns from illness).
Outs: 1.Tom GLOVER (gk) (international duty), 21.Ramy NAJJARINE (international duty), 34.Connor METCALFE (international duty),
Unavailable: 17.Denis GENREAU (international duty)
Western United FC squad: 1.Filip KURTO (gk), 4.Andrew DURANTE, 5.Dylan PIERIAS, 7.Valentino YUEL 8.Panagiotis KONE, 9.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS, 10.Scott McDONALD, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Dario JERTEC, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Max BURGESS, 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 17.Joshua CAVALLO, 18.Besart BERISHA, 21. Sebastian PASQUALI, 22.Ersan GULUM, 23.Alessandro DIAMANTI (c), 26.Kwabena APPIAH-KUBI 27.Jerry SKOTADIS, 30.Ryan SCOTT (gk)
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 8.Panagiotis KONE (return from injury), 13.Ivan VUJICA (promoted), 21.Sebastian PASQUALI (promoted), 22.Ersan GULUM (return from injury)
Outs: 2. Aaron Calver (injury), 3.Brendan HAMILL (injury)
Unavailable: 20.James DELIANOV (gk) (knee – season) 19.Josh RISDON (injury)
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Did you know?
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Melbourne City have lost each of their last two A-League matches, the last time they endured more consecutive defeats was a span of three in February-March 2018.
- Melbourne City (62%) and Western United (60.7%) boast the best and second best tackle success rates respectively of all teams this A-League season.
- Melbourne City have had 27 shots on target from outside the box in the 2019/20 A-League season, the most of any team and eight more than the next best (Perth Glory – 19).
