Sydney FC vs Lion City Tips & Live Stream - Sky Blues to progress from AFC Champions League Two semi-final

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Last updated: 15 Apr 2025

Andrew Hendrie 15 Apr 2025

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Sydney FC vs Lion City predictions for Wednesday's AFC Champions League 2 semi-final second leg
Lion City secured a 2-0 win in the first leg with goals from Ramselaar and Thy.
Sydney backed to overturn the deficit and progress to the final

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Sydney FC host Lion City on Wednesday (Photo by Getty Images)

Sydney FC vs Lion City Preview

Sydney FC need to overturn a two-goal deficit in the second leg of their AFC Champions League 2 semi-final. They might need extra time, but I'm backing the Sky Blues to progress to the final.

Sydney FC vs Lion City Preview
Head To Head
Sydney FC Form
Sydney FC Team News
Lion City Form
Lion City Team News

Sydney are unbeaten in 11 of their last 13 games
Lion City have failed to win five of their last seven Champions League away games
Lion City were defeated 6-1 on the road by Hiroshima in their quarter-final

Head To Head

Lion City prevailed 2-0 in the first leg in Singapore, with Bart Ramselaar scoring a spectacular goal in the 18th minute before Lennart Thy added a second eight minutes into the second half.

Sydney FC Form

After finishing second behind Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the group stage, Sydney have registered some impressive victories in the knockout phase of the AFC Champions League 2.

Sydney accounted for Bangkok United by a 5-4 scoreline on aggregate before easing past Korean heavyweights Jeonbuk Motors 5-2 over two legs.

Ufuk Talay's side are fighting for a finals spot in the A-League, with last week's 2-2 draw with Auckland seeing them clinging onto sixth spot heading into Easter.

Sydney FC Team News

Adrian Segecic has been on fire all season and scored a first half double in the win over Auckland. Segecic looked threatening off the bench in the first leg against Lion City and could be in line for a start here.

Lion City Form

It's been a dream Champions League run for Lion City, who have lofty ambitions and are owned by Singaporean billionaire Forrest Li.

However, it's safe to say Lion City have been fairly fortunate to make it this far - they only advanced into the knockout phase by a single point and then benefitted from the aforementioned 3-0 forfeit by Hiroshima in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

Lion City remain top of the Singapore Premier League, but they were held to a 0-0 draw by DPMM over the weekend.

Lion City Team News

Lion City are expected to name the same starting side that conquered Sydney in the first leg, with former Socceroos defender Bailey Wright returning down under in a bid to thwart the Sky Blues.

Verdict

Sydney FC v Lion City

Lion City were always going to be dangerous at home, but I'm not sure they can reproduce that effort at Allianz.

Sydney have various attackers that can unlock the Lion City defence, including Douglas Costa, Patryk Klimala, Joe Lolley and Adrian Segecic. I'm backing the Sky Blues to overturn their two-goal deficit and advance into the final.

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