ACL Group Stage: Game 6
Sydney FC vs Shanghai Shenua
Allianz Stadium
Kick off: 8:00pm
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Preview
This is it: the crunch game. The whole qualification comes down to this. Sydney need to beat Shanghai in this game, and Kashima need to beat Suwon in the other game. That would be enough to put Sydney into second to see us qualify for the knock-out phase. Sydney drew 2-2 in the away game against Shanghai, but were arguably the better team for much of the contest, which should give us some hope. The game against Suwon was also comfortably Sydney’s best performance in this campaign and hopefully the players can use that to spur them on to the performance we need here. We have a full squad available for this game and Warland showed in the Suwon game that he is capable of filling in at centre back, removing one of the great problem areas of this team in the competition. Shanghai have been looking good in their domestic league, however, sitting 4th after 6 games. They also managed a draw with group leaders Kashima in the first game, setting this up to be a cracking spectacle from both sides. Here’s hoping we have yet another memorable night on Tuesday.
Make sure you get down to the ground and support the team. If ever there was a time that the squad really needed out support, it is now.
Head-to-Head
Played: 5
Won: 2
Drawn: 3
Lost: 0
State of the Group
Latest #ACL2018 Group H standings! Who will join @atlrs_official in the last 16? pic.twitter.com/driobJPrEm
— AFC Champions League (@TheAFCCL) April 3, 2018
Previous Champions League Meeting
21/2/18 – Shanghai Shenhua 2 – 2 Sydney FC
Sydney FC Squad
1 Andrew Redmayne
2 Aaron Calver
3 Ben Warland
4 Alexander Wilkinson
6 Joshua Brillante
7 Michael Zullo
8 Paulo Retre
9 Bobô
10 Milos Ninkovic
11 Adrian Mierzejewski
13 Brandon O’Neill
14 Alex Brosque
16 Anthony Kalik
17 David Carney
18 Matthew Simon
19 Christopher Zuvela
20 Alexander Cisak
21 Charles Lokolingoy
23 Rhyan Grant
26 Luke Wilkshire
30 Thomas Heward-Belle
31 Marco Tilio
32 William Mutch
33 Patrick Flottmann
35 Jackson Bandiera
37 Jeremy Cox
Former Shanghai Players in Sydney Squad
None
Former Sydney Players in Shanghai Squad
None
ACL Yellow Cards 2018
O’Neill/Simon – 2
Brillante/Zuvela – 1
ACL goalscorers 2018
Brosque – 2
Wilkshire/Simon/Ninkovic/Mierzejewski/Bobo – 1