Football on Saturday: Our trader previews the A-League and more
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Football may be thin onthe ground, but it’s game on in Australia and Belarus.
Our football traders have taken a lookahead at Saturday’s three matches…
Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney (A-League,08:30)
Sydney FC are the clear best team in theAustralian A-League. Not only do they lead the table by seven points, they alsohave the best away record with seven wins from nine and a +14 goal difference.
Western Sydney Wanderers lie in 8th place,two points off a Final Series Play-off place. Interestingly though, Sydney FChave lost only two games all season, both against Western Sydney Wanderers.
Both sides will be looking for their ex-Championship goal machine to lead the line. Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) is 13/5to score the first goal, while Simon Cox (Western Sydney Wanderers) ispriced at 7/1.
Vitebsk v Gorodeya (Vysshaya League, 11:00)
This is the first game of the new season. Vitebsk finished last season in freefalllosing their final four games and only scoring one goal.
This form has continued into pre-season withonly two wins from eleven warm up matches. No Vitebsk player scored more thanfour goals last season, which explains why they were the league’s second lowest scorers with only twentyfour goals in thirty games.
Gorodeya who have looked much better in pre-season having won four oftheir final five warm up matches, will be relying on last season’s top scorer Arkhipov Artyom to lead their attack.
Isloch v Neman Grodno (Vysshaya League, 13:00)
Another opening weekend game inBelarus. Isloch had the league’s best defence at home last season with only nine goals conceded in fifteen games.
With this defence and last season’s top scorer Momo Yansane, Isloch will be looking for a repeat of their fantastic fifth placefinish. Neman Grodno have had a decent pre-season with five wins and onlytwo losses from thirteen matches.
