A-League pre-season wrap: Who's hot, who's not!

FINALLY! A-League season 2018/19 kicks off tonight so which club is firing on all cylinders ahead of Round 1? FTBL breaks down the pre-season results. But is it any indication of how the opening rounds will unfold? We'll know soon enough.

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WHO’S ON FIRE

Wellington’s Roy Krishna could just runaway with the club’s all-time scoring record if he can keep banging them away like this. The striker notched up 10 goals, considerably helped by a couple of hat-tricks. Meanwhile Sydney FC’s new recruit Trent Buhagiar fired in eight and looked on-track for a breakout season before doing his ACL. At the Jets, Jason Hoffman continues his resurgence with 6, the same as the Mariners Matt Simon - who bundled in a hat-trick against Central Coast United in September – and Sydney’s new signing Adam Le Fondre.

💥 Boom, boom, Vidosic! 💥 This goal from @dvidosic10 was the winner this afternoon as we defeated Perth Glory 1-0 at CFA Melbourne. pic.twitter.com/7WUBdtW9Cf

— Melbourne City FC 🏙️ (@MelbourneCity) October 7, 2018

Perth Glory have inflicted a number of crushing losses on lower league opposition allowing the likes of youngster Yacoub Mustafa and veterans Brendon Santalab and Diego Castro to rack up five each.

Sky Blues captain Alex Brosque also tucked away five while Craig Goodwin, Eric Bautheac, Adam Taggart, Dario Vidosic, Bruno Fornaroli, Kenny Athui and Roly Bonevacia each scored four for their respective clubs.

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Pre-season results

Adelaide United: 12 (GAMES) 9 (W), 2 (D), 1 (L)
Brisbane Roar: 9 (GAMES), 5 (W), 3 (D), 1 (L)
Central Coast Mariners: 9 (GAMES), 6 (W), 1 (D), 2 (L)
Melbourne City: 10 (GAMES) 6 (W), 2 (D), 2 (L)
Melbourne Victory: 8 (GAMES) 3 (W), 2 (D), 3 (L)
Newcastle Jets: 13 (GAMES), 7 (W), 2 (D), 4 (L)
Perth Glory: 12 (GAMES), 8 (W), 1 (D), 3 (L)
Sydney FC: 12 (GAMES) 10 (W), 2 (D), 0 (L)
Wellington Phoenix: 10 (GAMES) 6 (W), 0 (D), 4 (L)
Western Sydney Wanderers: 9 (GAMES) 5 (W), 1 (D), 3 (L)