{"id":20757,"date":"2025-07-25T09:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/20757\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:17:39","slug":"hahn-australia-cup-round-of-32-md3-preview-intriguing-distance-derby-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/20757\/","title":{"rendered":"Hahn Australia Cup Round of 32 MD3 Preview: Intriguing Distance Derby awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perth Glory and the Wellington Phoenix will hope to put their disappointing 2024\/25 league campaigns behind them as they look to write a new chapter in the Hahn Australia Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Read our preview of Sundays&#8217;s Round of 32 action below.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ql.e-c.al\/44HwRBa \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753435051_682_FA110_eCal Thin Banners Australian Cup 2.jpg\" alt=\"FA110_eCal Thin Banners Australian Cup 2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 27 July 2025<br \/>Kick-off: 3pm AWST (local) \/ 5pm AEST<br \/>Venue: Olympic Stadium<br \/>Broadcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/10.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10Play<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xqMH8kLVcUc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football Australia YouTube Channel<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/membership.perthglory.com.au\/products\/ticketing\/australia-cup-1596?fbclid=IwY2xjawLli2lleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmU1gwMnQyOWNGeFBDMnh2AR5CDQn02-4foFLjK_KCtTAoKwyfFWGtfR-qkZcfQznKA1X2A8T6qfAJFtdIog_aem_09-AjdhqatHRLowIMYYfcQ&amp;_ga=2.166290430.1723492172.1753407738-1810911683.1753056118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two winners of the Hahn Australia Cup play-offs &#8211; Perth Glory and Wellington Phoenix &#8211; will face off in the Round of 32 in a Cup Distance Derby on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Glory defeated the Mariners 3-2 in a dramatic extra-time thriller in Darwin in May, while the Phoenix took down the Roar 1-0.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory | Highlights | Hahn Australia Cup 2025 Playoffs<\/p>\n<p>There will be a multitude of changes for both teams as they adjust from the end of one season to the start of the next.<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix will come into the game with slightly more match fitness after their 1-0 victory over Wrexham in a preseason friendly last week. The young Phoenix side showed what they are made of, with 19-year-old academy product Luke Flowerdew scoring the only goal of that game.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that Head Coach Giancarlo Italiano will call on a similar-looking side to take on the Glory, as they hope to give themselves the best chance to advance to the next stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Perth Glory Head Coach David Zdrilic said that he was looking forward to giving the team\u2019s supporters something to cheer about in the Cup after a disappointing A-League Men\u2019s season last time out.<\/p>\n<p>The Glory are two-time finalists in the Hahn Australia Cup, but have never lifted the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Perth may just about have the psychological advantage over their opponents, defeating the Phoenix 2-0 at Sky Stadium in the league the last time that they met.<\/p>\n<p>It is an intriguing look at what 2025\/26 may bring for supporters of both teams on the opposite sides of the competition.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/account.footballnetwork.com.au\/register?_ga=2.193417133.1420005076.1751324112-353894256.1736910892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AusCup_Create_2000x280-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hahn Australia Cup\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth Glory and the Wellington Phoenix will hope to put their disappointing 2024\/25 league campaigns behind them as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21390,64,63,15111,15109,952,15112,15110,44,21389,15114],"class_list":["post-20757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-27th-jul-2025","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-cup","tag-australia-cup-news","tag-featured","tag-hahn-australia-cup","tag-hahn-australia-cup-2025","tag-news","tag-perth-glory-vs-wellington-phoenix","tag-round-of-32"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}