Who’ll Your Sky Blues Face In The Semis?

The Hyundai A-League Finals Series is here, and with the Elimination Finals taking place this weekend, we’re looking at who your Sky Blues can face come Semi-Final time.

With your Premiers due to face the lowest ranked Elimination Final winner, there’s three clubs that the Sky Blues could possibly face on Wednesday 26^th August at Bankwest Stadium (kick off 8:10pm AEST).

Elimination Final 1

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory

With Wellington Phoenix finishing in third place, should the Kiwis progress to the Semi-Finals they’ll be Melbourne City’s opponents, while if Perth Glory progress, we’ll be facing the West Australians who finished in sixth place in the regular season.

We’ve faced the Glory in the Semi-Finals before, triumphing 3-0 in 2017 on the road to our record-breaking double win, and who could forget last years Hyundai A-League Grand Final at Optus Stadium. Could another chapter in this cross-country clash be written in Parramatta next week?

Elimination Final 2

Brisbane Roar v Western United

Should Wellington Phoenix win their clash, we’ll face the winner of this Elimination Final.

Both with be a bit of the unknown for the Sky Blues, with Western United having never featured in a Finals Series, while the Brisbane Roar haven’t faced the Sky Blues in a Finals Series clash since 2008.

Then named the Queensland Roar, the Sky Blues faced the Queenslanders in a two-legged Minor Semi-Final tie. Pushed all the way across both legs, it was the Queenslanders who triumphed on that day 2-0 on aggregate. It’s been 12 years since that date, is it time for revenge for the Sky Blues?