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Brisbane Roar will be determined to end a two-game winless run and rediscover their early season form against Sydney FC at Nestrata Jubilee Stadium on Saturday night.
After losing their first fixture of the new campaign Warren Moon s Roar outfit went on a four-game winning streak before faltering of late, losing to Macarthur FC in Matchweek 7 and playing out a 0-0 stalemate with Newcastle Jets in their last outing.
Brisbane sit in third on the A-League table despite the stagnation, ahead of the Sky Blues in fifth by three points leading into the Matchweek 9 clash.
Sydney FC have two games in hand over the Roar and the significant ascendancy throughout recent fixtures between the two sides, having won four and drawn one of their last six games against the Queenslanders.
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Football fans will be up in the clouds during a bumper Matchweek 9 and the A-League ladder is sure for a shake-up with seven matches played out in the space of six days.
Adelaide United get the action underway when they host league-leaders Central Coast Mariners at Coopers Stadium on Friday, February 19.
A Saturday double-header is to follow, with Western United playing Macarthur FC before Brisbane Roar travel to face Sydney FC at Nestrata Jubilee Stadium.
Melbourne Victory take on Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon and Wellington Phoenix host Western Sydney Wanderers later that evening, before the action rolls into mid-week.