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Western Sydney Wanderers vs Melbourne Heart: A-League live scores

26th January, 2013
Teams

Western Sydney Wanderers

1.Ante Covic
2. Shannon Cole
3. Adam D’Apuzzo
4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5. Michael Beauchamp
6. Jerome Polenz
7. Labinot Haliti
8. Mateo Poljak
9. Dino Kresinger
10. Aaron Mooy
11. Tarek Elrich
13. Joey Gibbs
14. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi
15. Reece Caira
16. Rocky Visconte
17. Youssouf Hersi
18. Iacopo La Rocca
19. Mark Bridge
20. Jerrad Tyson
21. Shinji Ono
23. Jason Trifiro

Six to be omitted

Melbourne Heart

1.Clint Bolton
4.Simon Colosimo
6. Patrick Gerhardt
8. Matthew Thompson
10. Josip Tadic
11. Richard Garcia
13. Jonatan Germano
14. Golgol Mebrahtu
15. David Williams
17. Jason Hoffman
18. David Vrankovic
19. Ben Garuccio
20. Andrew Redmayne
21. Steven Gray
22. Nick Kalmar
24. Sam Mitchinson
25. Jeremy Walker
31. Vince Grella
36. Eli Babalj

Kick-Off: 7.45pm AEDT
Venue: Parramatta Stadium
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Last Time: Western Sydney 2-1 Melbourne Heart
History: Western Sydney 1, Melbourne Heart 0
Betting: $1.65 Western Sydney, $3.70 Draw, $4.80 Melbourne Heart
TV: Fox Sports 1 (LIVE)
26th January, 2013
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Fourth-placed Western Sydney Wanderers will be looking for another home win tonight when they host Melbourne Heart in the second of the A-League’s Sydney-Melbourne rivalry matchups tonight. We’ll have live scores from 7.45pm AEDT.

It’s been an up-and-down season for Melbourne Heart, but three wins from their past four matches has seen John Alosi’s side climb into the top six.

With ten matches still to play there is still plenty of work for the Heart to do, particularly with the likes of Sydney FC and Perth Glory looming outside the six.

But the return of young striker Eli Babalj, who returns to Melbourne after unexpectedly leaving Serbian giant Red Star Belgrade, and the return of Vince Grella to match fitness should see the Heart continue to build.

Unfortunately, the loss of Brazilian playmaker Fred will hurt the Heart, but Babalj and Grella are both expected to start off the bench tonight.

Western Sydney have cemented themselves as an A-League contender after a strong two-month period of form, and they also come into this one having won three of their past four.

With an eight-point gap between the Wanderers (fourth) and the Heart (fifth), Tony Popovic’s side could make a top-four finish a near-certainty with three points here.

The red-and-black half of Sydney have been the success story of the A-League this season and they are a side brimming with confidence, and they should be too strong for the Heart in this one.

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