Returning to the pitch as Premiers for the first time
It was a long time coming, but Saturday night marked the crowning of Melbourne City as 2020/21 A-League Premiers for the first time in Club history.
Here it is! 🍽#CmonCity | #MCYvCCM | #ALeague pic.twitter.com/LFU1YkvDl0
— Melbourne City FC (@MelbourneCity) May 22, 2021
With celebrations of the historic achievement now having finally cooled off, the team has quickly turned its attention to tonight’s opposition, the Brisbane Roar.
Whilst the Roar will be hungry for three points as they look to secure Finals qualification, City will similarly need to deliver a top performance in our first A-League fixture as Premiers, with every member of the playing squad committed to ensuring our standards don’t drop ahead of Finals.
Opportunities on the horizon after a short turnaround?
With the boys having been in action only three days ago, there is certainly a possibility of rotation heading into our clash with the Roar tonight.
The last time we fielded a heavily-rotated squad, Naoki Tsubaki scored his first goal in City colours having started the clash in the absence of Jamie Maclaren, whilst Stefan Colakovski and Ben Garuccio were also rewarded for their hard work with starting opportunities.
Similar changes could be on the cards for tonight’s clash, but we’re confident that the team can secure a positive result no matter who ends up getting the deserved starting roles.
Midweek football = Another chance to watch our City boys in action
Whilst we love watching our City boys at any chance we can get, there are certainly some positives to having tonight’s game being played in Brisbane.
With no travel to and from AAMI Park for fans tonight, you can look forward to the usual exhilarating 90 minutes of City football and have the whole night wrapped up at around 9pm – perfect for a weeknight.
Coverage will be available via Foxtel, Kayo and the My Football Live app, with kick-off set to take place at 7:05pm AEST.
Completing the 2020/21 clean sweep against Brisbane
This Brisbane side will be familiar opposition by the time kick-off rolls around later tonight, with City and Roar having already faced off twice this season.
We claimed all 3 points in a five-goal thriller against @brisbaneroar. Relive all the action with the match highlights 👇#CmonCity | 🎟 https://t.co/y4MupkT3zF pic.twitter.com/fVvK6ySE2H
— Melbourne City FC (@MelbourneCity) May 10, 2021
Both clashes finished with final scorelines reading in City’s favour, with our season opener ending 0-1 away from home, whilst our most recent meeting earlier this month finished 3-2 at AAMI Park.
City have now won the past three clashes between the teams and will be looking to extend that run by completing a season clean sweep over Brisbane this evening.
Metcalfe to roll on in breakout season?
If fans thought they’d seen the best of Connor Metcalfe in his breakout 2019 FFA Cup campaign then all expectations will have since been shattered given the youngster’s performances over the course of 2020/21 so far.
Connor Metcalfe and his City teammates will be back on the pitch tomorrow night when they take on Brisbane away from home.
🔢 We take a look at what is set to be a crucial battle in the middle of the park.
CmonCity | 🎟 https://t.co/dF1fV52m0z
— Melbourne City FC (@MelbourneCity) May 24, 2021
The midfielder has started in every single one of his 22 games played this season, recording a superb five goals and three assists in that time.
With two of those goals having come against Brisbane in the meetings between the teams earlier this season, fans will hopefully get the opportunity to witness Metcalfe add to that tally on Tuesday night.
