Adelaide United v Melbourne
Victory
Adelaide Oval
Friday, October 17
6.40 PM (AEST)
This promises to be a tough 'top
of the table' clash between two fierce rivals. The match has been moved to the
Adelaide Oval and may favour the visitors. Confidence is high in the Victory
camp after the 4-1 domination of a heavily burdened Wanderers, but Adelaide is a different
proposition after a successful winning road trip against Brisbane Roar. Bruce
Djite was unlucky not to get a brace for the Reds and returned to sparkling
form up front. Sergio Cirio is a handy choice in the ‘To Score a Goal’ market on
TattsBet after some impressive pre-season form that netted two goals. Victory’s
Kosta Barbarouses was hard to handle on the wing in the opening round and will
be itching to get on the scoresheet.
Pick: Adelaide
(Draw No Bet)
Central Coast
Mariners v Wellington Phoenix
Central Coast
Stadium, Gosford
Saturday, October 18
4.00 PM (AEST)
The Mariners have had a busy week
after Mitch Duke slotted home the added time winner to snatch three important
points in the #F3Derby at Gosford. They return home still high from a mid-week
FFA Cup five-goal rout of NPLQ Champions Palm Beach Sharks. It will be
intriguing to monitor if Mariners boss Phil Moss will start with Matt Sim after
his outstanding four goal heroics off the bench. The big question is what Phoenix away team will
turn up given their appalling 61% away loss stat? Expect a close contest, but I
think the home team with prevail.
Pick: Central Coast Mariners (H2H), or Half/Full Double:
Draw/CCM good value!
Sydney FC v Western
Sydney Wanderers
Allianz Stadium,
Sydney
Saturday, October 18
6.30 PM (AEST)
This is the big one! The
#SydneyDerby looks a certain sell-out at Allianz Stadium and Graham Arnold’s
‘Sky Blue’ outfit is looking to take advantage of a Wanderers squad preparing
for a very busy few weeks juggling A-League and Champions Leagues commitments. Sydney’s attack was patchy last week against Melbourne City and could consider themselves lucky
to get away with a point from that game. They will need to be on song against
the very experienced and match hardened Wanderers defensive unit. With a tight market
the Draw looks attractive but I’m leaning towards the Sky Blues to build on
last weeks opening stalemate.
Pick: Sydney
FC (Draw No Bet)
Melbourne City
v Newcastle Jets
AAMI
Park, Melbourne
Sunday, October 19
2.00 PM (AEST)
David Villa’s arrival last week
has all the City fans in a tailspin and should ensure plenty turn up to watch
the Spanish star play his first home game at AAMI. He’s already lived up to his
reputation with a classy strike to share the points with Sydney. I see no reason why he can’t
replicate it or go better this weekend against a team equal favourite in the
‘Wooden Spoon’ market. Clearly I think City will deliver his club’s first
A-League win as a new entity but by how much is the big query?
Pick: Melbourne
City (H2H)
Perth Glory v Brisbane
Roar
nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday, October 19
4.00 PM (AEST)
This is a tough road trip for the
Roar coming off their loss to Adelaide
at Suncorp. A fascinating contest awaits with the combinations between Youssouf
Hersi, Adam Keogh and Mitch Nichols already displaying great promise for the
Glory. After a long flight home from across the ditch, Glory play a Roar team
with whom they’ve enjoyed a healthy rivalry since the 2012 Grand Final. The
Roar’s timing was slightly off against the Reds, but if they find the net
early, I’m confident they can get the three points.
Pick: Roar (H2H) & 'Will there be a penalty' YES is also
worth a go in rivalry games!
I’ll be on the @tattsbetbrekky Friday and Monday morning around 7:45am AEST over the course of the entire @Aleague
season with my previews and reviews of every game for @tatts_sport
James ‘Hamez’ Clark
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