Back in the A-League Men finals for the first time in half a decade, Wanderers have a chance to right some wrongs against Sydney FC
his weekend will mark the first time Western Sydney Wanderers play a finals match at their home ground, CommBank Stadium. It is not, however, the first time the post-season has come to the banks of the Parramatta River; Wanderers’ opponents on Saturday night, Sydney FC, have been here three times before.
But this has been a good season for Western Sydney. After numerous ill-fated attempts to replace foundation coach Tony Popovic, Marko Rudan has finally found the formula to return to the club to some level of respectability. It hasn’t always been pretty, it hasn’t been reliably dominant and it remains to be seen if long-term foundations have been laid. But it has been effective.
Despite all this, for all the fanfare and talk of a revival, the Wanderers have only finished three points clear of Sydney, with the same amount of wins. Goal difference – plus-16 for Western Sydney compared to plus-one for Sydney – talks to the performance gap that has been evident, but the Harboursiders will still enter Saturday’s clash unbeaten in their last five, riding a three-game winning run and with clean sheets in their previous two outings.
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