Preston has a big Australia Cup fixture 3 days later after our match.
I very much doubt that they will play an unchanged starting XI for both matches and will need to fully utilise all substitutions. They will probably be happy with a draw given that would keep us below them plus they have a match in hand against Melbourne City Youth and a much easier run home.
We need to literally throw the kitchen sink at Preston and get an early goal. Put them on the back foot chasing the match. As mentioned by others, they will not have Bonada on Saturday afternoon so they'll have reduced attacking options upfront. But make no mistake, they are a very good team.
This is where we need to see Ramazani and Yoo starting again like last week. Depending on fitness, you'd have to start Juach and hopefully he can give you 60-75 minutes. These are the matches where you want to see Juach score goals, or at the very least creating opportunities that lead to goals from other Hellas players. Retre will be handy if we are leading and can come on to provide defensive midfield coverage to control and see out the match.
It doesn't have to be pretty football at this stage - just get the 3 points.
