Soccer-Melbourne City get second crack at ending Sydney dynasty

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - AFC Champions League - Group H - Sydney FC v Shanghai SIPG - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - November 19, 2020 Sydney FC's Milos Ninkovic in action with Shanghai SIPG's Yang Shiyuan REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sydney FC will bid for an unprecedented hat-trick of successive Australian titles, and a record-extending sixth in all, in the A-League Grand Final on Sunday with Melbourne City in their path to glory for a second season in a row.

City have home advantage having topped the regular season standings to win the Premiers' Plate and will welcome a COVID-19-controlled crowd of 15,000 to the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium as they bid for a maiden A-League title.