The A-League Women's Final series begins tonight with four teams fighting for a spot in the Grand Final. Sydney FC host Melbourne City; while Adelaide United play in their first-ever finals against Melbourne Victory.
The winner of the Sydney FC and Melbourne City battle tonight will go straight to the Grand Final on Sunday the 27th of March and host the final game of the season.
Sydney FC host Melbourne City tonight at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, less than a week after the Sky Blues' narrowly claimed the Premiership Plate over Melbourne City with just two points difference.
Both teams are no strangers to finals football with Sydney having appeared in all 14 final series since the league launched in 2008/09 while Melbourne City has played in five final series since their introduction to the league.
The Sky Blue already made history last Sunday when they claimed the premiers plate for a record-breaking fourth time and will be aiming to make their fifth consecutive grand final appearance when they take on City tonight.
After finishing seventh on the table last season, Melbourne City has turned their performance around to finish second in the 2021/22 season with Kiwi Hannah Wilkson leading the charge for City with 12 goals to her name.
City's opposition Sydney FC have shared the goal-scoring around this season, with Cortnee Vine having six goals to her name and Remy Siemsen and Princess Ibini having five goals. Mackenzie Hawkesby leading the charge in the assists category, with eight so far.
The winner of this game will go directly to the Grand Final, while the loser will take on the winner of Sunday's game between Adelaide and Victory.
Moving from Sydney to Adelaide, the Reds are playing in their first-ever finals series and take on Melbourne Victory. The two sides met twice throughout the regular season, Victory earning bragging rights in the opening round with a 5-1 win over United. However, the Reds defeated Victory 3-0 in Round 13 to qualify for their first finals appearance.
Victory has some key players sidelined with injury, most notably captain Kayla Morrison who tore her ACL in Victory's opening round win over Adelaide.
Fiona Worts is leading the goal-scoring for the Reds, claiming the golden boot with 13 goals. Her attacking partner Chelsie Dawber sits just three goals behind her on 10, with Adelaide having plenty of firepower upfront.
Kyra Cooney-Cross will be key to controlling the game for Victory on Sunday. Melbourne have had a rather turbulent season, defeated 5-1 in Round 4 by rivals City. In recent weeks, however, the Victory's last win game a month ago against Western Sydney Wanderers, a 5-0 win where Courtney Nevin scored her first goal in the league.
Victory will be hoping a win against Adelaide is on the cards as they look to defend their championship from last season.