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January 26, 2013 7:45 PM EST
Parramatta Stadium — Parramatta
Referee: S. Delovski
Attendance: 14624
January 26, 2013 7:45 PM EST
Parramatta Stadium — Parramatta
Referee: S. Delovski
Attendance: 14624
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| Western Sydney | 1.50 | 1.05 | 1.61 | 1.01 | 1.53 | 1.60 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.50 |
| Draw | 3.60 | 7.00 | 3.75 | 26.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 10.00 | 5.82 | 3.88 |
| Melbourne Heart | 5.50 | 29.00 | 5.50 | 501.00 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 50.00 | 65.00 | 6.24 |
A-League preview: Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Heart
One place but eight points divide the two clubs on the A-League table, with the Heart facing the daunting task of taking on the Wanderers in front of their fanatic home crowd
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WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS
 Covic Polenz, T-Stanley, Beauchamp, D'Apuzzo
Hersi, Ono, Poljak, Mooy
Haliti, Bridge
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MELBOURNE HEART  Redmayne Walker, Gerhardt, Colosimo, Mitchinson
Kalmar, Garcia, Thompson
Williams, Tadic, Germano |
Last Sunday's come-from-behind 2-1 win over Brisbane - their third over the champions this season - all but confirms the Wanderers will play finals football in their debut campaign.
Tony Popovic's side sit comfortably in fourth spot and just three points behind Adelaide in that crucial second position.
Heart have also been in fairly strong form of late and sit just one place - although eight points - behind this Saturday's opponents.
While they are without captain Fred for up to a month with a quad injury, it did not stop them from registering a well-deserved 2-0 win over the high-flying Reds in their last match.
In good news for the Heart's finals hopes, striker Eli Babalj has returned to the club following a stint with Red Star Belgrade in Serbia.
The 20-year-old could feature in the squad for this match should his international clearance come through.
Left full-back Aziz Behich is out through suspension and could be replaced by Sam Mitchinson. Former Australia international Vince Grella is rumoured to be nearing his first appearance for the club, but has not been named in the squad.
The hosts, meanwhile, have almost a full squad to choose from, with only Tahj Minniecon - out for the season - missing for Popovic. Rocky Visconte is one of six players promoted into the squad and will be hoping to make his Wanderers bow.
The Wanderers won the only previous meeting between these two sides, with a Mark Bridge strike and a Patrick Gerhardt own-goal giving them a 2-1 triumph at Parramatta Stadium in November.
The Heart have been one of the form sides in the A-League in the past six weeks, but much of that success has come in the comfortable surrounds of AAMI Park.
Aloisi's side have struggled on the road and their last visit to Sydney saw them give up a 1-0 lead in the dying minutes to lose to the Sky Blues.
A heaving Parramatta Stadium is the last place any side with troubles in front of the away fans will want to come, with the Wanderers fans providing great support for their boys and an intimidating atmosphere for visiting teams.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Western Sydney Wanderers 0-8 Melbourne Heart
- 33.33 %
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Western Sydney Wanderers 2-1 Melbourne Heart
- 22.22 %
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Western Sydney Wanderers 8-0 Melbourne Heart
- 11.11 %
| Australia - A-League (AUS1) | 16/03/2013 | Melbourne Heart 1 - Western Sydney Wanderers 3 |
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| Australia - A-League (AUS1) | 26/01/2013 | Western Sydney Wanderers 1 - Melbourne Heart 0 |
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| Australia - A-League (AUS1) | 02/11/2012 | Western Sydney Wanderers 2 - Melbourne Heart 1 |
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Western Sydney Wanderers
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| 21/04/2013 | Western Sydney Wanderers 0 - Central Coast Mariners 2 | AUS1 |
| 12/04/2013 | Western Sydney Wanderers 2 - Brisbane Roar 0 | AUS1 |
| 29/03/2013 | Newcastle Jets 0 - Western Sydney Wanderers 3 | AUS1 |
| 23/03/2013 | Western Sydney Wanderers 1 - Sydney FC 1 | AUS1 |
| 16/03/2013 | Melbourne Heart 1 - Western Sydney Wanderers 3 | AUS1 |
Melbourne Heart
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| 30/03/2013 | Central Coast Mariners 2 - Melbourne Heart 1 | AUS1 |
| 24/03/2013 | Brisbane Roar 2 - Melbourne Heart 0 | AUS1 |
| 16/03/2013 | Melbourne Heart 1 - Western Sydney Wanderers 3 | AUS1 |
| 11/03/2013 | Melbourne Heart 0 - Adelaide United 2 | AUS1 |
| 03/03/2013 | Wellington Phoenix 1 - Melbourne Heart 0 | AUS1 |
| - | Ante Covic | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Adam Griffiths | Defender |
| 6 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Defender |
| - | Michael Beauchamp | Defender |
| 20 | Jerome Polenz | Defender |
| - | Mateo Poljak | Midfielder |
| 8 | Aaron Mooy | Midfielder |
| 17 | Youssouf Hersi | Midfielder |
| - | Shinji Ono | Midfielder |
| - | Dino Kresinger | Striker |
| 19 | Mark Bridge | Striker |
| - | Jerrad Tyson | Goalkeeper |
| - | Jacopo La Rocca | Defender |
| 25 | Labinot Haliti | Striker |
| - | Kwabena Appiah-Kubi | Striker |
| 20 | Andrew Redmayne | Goalkeeper |
| 6 | Patrick Nyema Gerhardt | Defender |
| 18 | David Vrankovic | Defender |
| 8 | Matt Thompson | Defender |
| 11 | Richard Garcia | Midfielder |
| 13 | Jonathan Germano | Midfielder |
| 9 | Jason Hoffman | Striker |
| 22 | Nicholas Kalmar | Midfielder |
| - | Jeremy Walker | Midfielder |
| 10 | Josip Tadic | Striker |
| 15 | David Williams | Striker |
| 1 | Bolton | Goalkeeper |
| - | Sam Mitchinson | Defender |
| 11 | Vincenzo Grella | Midfielder |
| 19 | Eli Babalj | Striker |
Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Daniel McBreen Striker Central Coast Mariners |
19 | 4 |
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Jeremy Brockie Striker Toronto FC |
16 | 2 |
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Marco Rojas Midfielder Melbourne Victory |
15 | 0 |
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Alessandro Del Piero Striker Sydney FC |
14 | 4 |
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Besart Berisha Striker Brisbane |
14 | 4 |