Football Bet of the Day: Melbourne to make a game of it in Sydney

Sydney v Melbourne City
Friday 08:50

Celtic 3 Hamilton 1 in Glasgow last night. We're probably in the minority, but it's the '1' we're really celebrating. It gave us an odds-against winner that's made getting out of bed for the long trip to Australia a lot easier than it might have been.

Down Under, Sydney have made a fine start to their title defence. After 10 rounds of the season, Graham Arnold's men are five points clear at the top. There is, however, one interesting difference between this term and last: in 2016/17, they allowed just four goals in 13 home matches; at the Allianz Stadium this season, they've already conceded six in five, and managed just one clean sheet.

Melbourne City have scored on six of their last seven trips to Sydney, but they'll need to be wary of a home attack that has struck twice on each of its five previous outings. Warren Joyce's visitors have scored seven times in four away games themselves and we like the near-evens price on both teams finding the net on Friday morning.

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