February 26th features a match where Melbourne City and Sydney will play a match in Sydney in a clash of the A-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. Sydney sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Wellington Phoenix. David Ball struck first for Wellington Phoenix in the 43rd minute on a feed from Gael Sandoval, then in the 67th minute, Grant sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Bobô squeezing out at least the one point for Sydney. Sydney is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Melbourne City, recorded a 3-2 win against Central Coast Mariners. Béni NKololo struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 45th minute on a feed from Kye Rowles, then MacLaren tied it up for Melbourne City in the 7th minute of the first half’s stoppage time But luckily in the 74th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Marco Tilio. Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Melbourne City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Melbourne City is fortunate enough to have Jamie MacLaren in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Sydney is fortunate enough to have Bobô in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.