Tony Popovic has named his side for tomorrow night’s blockbuster against English giants Arsenal FC at ANZ Stadium.
21 players have been named to the squad that’ll face the FA Cup winners.
The team will be led out by Robbie Cornthwaite, who today was officially named captain of the side ahead of the new season.
Marquee striker Oriol Riera is among those included in the squad while a number of players from the Wanderers youth side will get the chance to feature against the English Premier League giants.
Fans will also get the opportunity to see some of the club’s off-season signings don the Red & Black for the first time, including Roly Bonevacia, Chris Herd and Josh Risdon.
The Wanderers are without Jonathan Aspro, Keanu Baccus, Jaushua Sotirio and Lachlan Scott who are all away on national duty with the Under 23s team.
Arsenal are coming off a 2-0 win against Sydney FC on Thursday night, with Per Mertesacker and new star signing Alexandre Lacazette grabbing the goals.
Arsenal FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers
Saturday 15 July, 8:00pm
ANZ Stadium
TV: Live coverage on SBS VICELAND
Radio: ABC Grandstand, Hawkesbury Radio
Online: Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #ArsenalinSydney
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 3.Jack CLISBY, 4.Josh RISDON, 5.Brendan HAMILL, 7.Steven LUSTICA, 8.Roly BONEVACIA, 9.Oriol RIERA, 14.Jumpei KUSUKAMI, 15.Kearyn BACCUS, 18.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 19.Jacob MELLING, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Marc TOKICH, 25.Chris HERD, 30.John HALL (gk), 33.Michael THWAITE, 40.Nick SUMAN (gk), 41.Kyle CIMENTI, 45.Tate RUSSELL, 47.Matthew LEECE, 49.Abraham MAJOK, 50.Tariq MAIA
