Wanderers expect a tough encounter in Guangzhou

Western Sydney Wanderers manager Tony Popovic has warned his players to expect another highly-charged Asian Champions League encounter with holder Guangzhou Evergrande in their quarterfinal, second leg next week.

Wanderers will travel to China with a slim 1-0 advantage from Wednesday's first leg, which ended in mayhem when Guangzhou coach Marcello Lippi went on the pitch to remonstrate after two of his players were shown red cards in the final few minutes.

Lippi is now likely to face disciplinary action but regardless of whether the Italian is on the touchline next Wednesday, Popovic expects the Chinese champion to be fired up in front of a big crowd at Tianhe Stadium.