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The defending A-League champions will take on the competition’s new boys when the Western Sydney Wanderers meet the Brisbane Roar in their Saturday night showdown. We’ll have live scores and blog from 7.45pm AEDT.
With both sides situated in rugby league heartlands the two teams will give the A-League an Origin-type feel when the players walk on to Suncorp.
A perceived mismatch with Brisbane and Western Sydney sitting on opposite ends of the table but ladder positions will be irrelevant come kick-off
The round four fixture will be a contrast in styles.
Brisbane Roar has been ruthless on goal this season, netting six goals in three games, second only to the high-flying Jets.
The Western Sydney Wanderers are still in search of their first A-League goal but Beauchamp and the boys look very compact and organised in defence.
Both clubs’ marquee men Thomas Broich and Shinji Ono are warming to the task after three rounds.
The Dutchmen was instrumental in his side’s 5-0 drubbing of Melbourne Victory and former coach Ange Postecoglou.
The Japanese international has looked good since starting after coming from the bench in his A-League debut.
The Wanderers have been competitive in all three matches but have switched off at crucial moments, which have cost them the three points.
The lapses have costed Western Sydney against Adelaide in round two and last week in the Sydney derby, which see the Wanderers bottom heading into round four.
The Roar and wanderers will field very different teams to the ones that took the field last round.
For the home side Luke Brattan and Rocky Visconte return at the expense of Ivan Franjic who succumbed to an abdominal strain against the Wellington.
The Wanderers will be without forwards Kresinger and La Rocca through injury, but Shannon Cole and Tahj Minnecon will replace them at the top half of the pitch.
Youngster Joey Gibbs and Kwabena Appiah-Kubi will get a start after Reece Caira was forced to miss the fixture on national youth duty.
The first instalment of Brisbane and West Sydney will leave the red and black bloc buzzing as they make their first trip up north.
The Queensland faithful will be cheering on their side as they aim at teaching the A-League new boys a footballing lesson.
Will week four be the time the wanderers score that elusive first goal?
Or could Western Sydney get their historic first win in what would be the season’s biggest upset?
Log on at 7.45pm to receive up to the minute updates on our live blog.
Prediction: 1-0 Brisbane Roar
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