The story of the 2016 Westfield FFA Cup Final

Sydney FC will be out to make amends for last year's heartbreak when they take on Adelaide United in the Westfield FFA Cup Final at Allianz Stadium on Tuesday night.

Here, we look back on how the 2016 decider inflicted a wound on Graham Arnold's men.

Chasing their first piece of men's silverware, a star-studded Melbourne City side welcomed the Sky Blues to AAMI Park.

An early foul from Luke Brattan in front of the Sydney bench set the tone for an intense affair, with both sides needing to be separated.

City started the stronger as Tim Cahill guided a trademark header wide, before teammate Fernando Brandan fired over the bar from close range.

Sydney looked set to make their reprieves count when Rhyan Grant burst into the box, but the right-back chose the wrong option and the chance was lost.

Instead, it was none other than Cahill who opened the scoring seven minutes after the restart, the Caltex Socceroo this time making no mistake with an expert header from Ivan Franjic's curling cross.

City's star man had to substituted soon after and left the ground to a standing ovation.

Matt Simon was thrown on by a shaken Sydney and his cross 20 minutes from time picked out Bobo, whose header was crucially cleared off the line by Michael Jakobsen.

Sydney's frustrations almost reached breaking point in a fiery end to the contest as their shouts for a stoppage time penalty went unheard.

City clung on and, despite Brandan fluffing a big chance to seal it, held on for a memorable 1-0 victory.

An all-important piece of silverware to get the monkey off the back, fittingly delivered by Cahill's head.

Sydney went to a dominant double in the Hyundai A-League, but you can bet they'll be itching to set the record straight against the Reds come Tuesday night.