Adelaide United v Perth
Glory
Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Tuesday December 16
6:30pm (AEST) 2014
631 clubs
from across the A-League and 22 qualified Federation members began the journey
in April into the inaugural FFA Cup competition but only two remain. Fans have embraced the romantic nature of the
mid-week Cup concept ensuring the competition has a very bright future.
Adelaide
United’s path to the final has been challenging since the A-League clubs
entered the competition in the Round of 32. Victories over Wellington Phoenix, Brisbane
Roar, Sydney FC and Central Mariners has them as clear favourites as they host
the final at Coopers Stadium. Perth Glory are flying high atop the A-League
ladder and put aside the huge travel burden to qualify for the final after
disposing of the Newcastle Jets, St Albans Saints SC, Melbourne Victory and the
very popular Bentleigh Greens in suburban Melbourne in November.
Despite
the advantage of a home ground sell-out, I give Perth Glory a realistic chance
of taking the Cup back across the Nullarbor at good odds. Match winners Andy
Keogh and set piece specialist Nebojsa Marinkovic will be hoping they can help
find the net first over the “Red” hot Adelaide striker Sergio Cirio. Cup
football often throws up classic finishes so the ‘Method Of Victory’ (Extra
time and Penalty Shoot-out) is always good value as the game moves beyond the
90min mark.
My Tip: Perth Glory H2H
I’ll be on The TattsBet Brekky show @tattsbetbrekky every Friday and
Monday morning around 7:45am AEST over the course of the entire @Aleague season with my previews and
reviews of every game.
James ‘Hamez’ Clark
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