Wounded but resilient, Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic says he isn’t nervous about the club’s finals prospects.

The club is still winless after eight matches in their A-League season despite being crowned Asian champions recently.

They took on an equally flat-lining club, Brisbane Roar, on Wednesday and failed to nab three points.

The Roar made use of a small mistake in tough conditions to clinch the 1-0 win, something Popovic admits has been the Wanderers’ undoing in the new season.

“At the moment we’re getting punished for every mistake. One mistake tonight and they got a goal for it,” he said.

“We’re going through a patch with that. That’s not to say we’re not playing well enough to win but we’re not winning games.”

It’s not much consolation for fans, who rightfully expected some results considering the team’s performance in the last two years.

It’s been a frustrating time, but keeping morale up high is one of Popovic’s main goals.

“Are we happy with the results? No, certainly not, but I can’t lie to them and say ‘you’re playing crap and losing games’,” he says.

“We’re playing well and we have to keep that belief and go to Adelaide. If we can perform again we have to believe we can get that win.”

Playing again today, the Wanderers will enter their match against Adelaide United buoyed by the knowledge their opponents tasted defeat for the first time last week.

Fierce rivals Melbourne Victory fought hard to earn their 3-2 win, but showed that the two are still about as equally matched as you can get this season.

Currently unbeaten in 13 matches at home, United have the advantage as it will welcome the Wanderers.

In a round five rematch, Brisbane Roar will be taking on Melbourne City, but not much has changed from a month ago.

Roar is still struggling with consistency, but has a new coach to motivate the team, and Melbourne City is neither here nor there after a strong start to the season.

New Roar interim coach Frans Thijssen is growing in confidence after his first win with the team this week, but admits there’s “a lot to improve on”.

Melbourne City were thrashed by Wellington Phoenix on the weekend, letting a whopping five goals through.

A penalty shot by David Williams was the only time City entered the scoreboard, but shows that the club has some major work to do to really make a run for finals.

They are currently sitting on one win in eight and the worst defensive record in the A-League.

Phoenix have Nathan Burns to thank for their amazing win last week after he scored the club’s first hat-trick.

The Jets will be approaching the match with the main aim of disarming him of any chances if they are to get the one up.