The two sides collide in a first versus third Friday night blockbuster at Allianz Stadium with the Roar looking to end Sydney’s record-breaking start to the season.

“We’re looking forward to the challenge, it’s a big game for us. We’re ready, confident and we’re going down there to win,” coach John Aloisi said.

“We stopped their winning streak and now we believe we can stop their unbeaten run.”

The sides last met in Round 7 at Suncorp Stadium with a Josh Brillante long-range effort cancelled out by a Thomas Kristensen goal of similar calibre.

Recent history favours the visitors with no defeats in the last four clashes with the Sky Blues, including a win and a draw from two trips to the Harbour City last season.

“We feel that we’ve been getting better every game. We didn’t have a great first half when we played them a few weeks ago but when we tweaked things we ran all over them in the second half, and they’ll remember that,” he said.

“We know that if they press us we’ll be able to outplay them, as we will if they sit off us.

“We’ve got winners in our group who know how to play in big games, and Sydney FC is always a big game. If we play at our best, we know that we’ll get the result we want.”