FC Basel winger Scott Chipperfield is looking forward to next week's World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in Sydney.

The Socceroos star is enjoying a recent run of brilliant form culminating in a hat-trick for his club in the 5-0 demolition of FC Vaduz last week.

Leading into Wednesday's match, Chipperfield has had a much better preparation than that of his last international match against Japan and is excited about the prospects.

"For the Japan match, I didn't really do much for the eight weeks prior to game," he said.

"I've now played six games, not full games but I played a full game on the weekend, which was my first 90 minutes since the Japan game, so fitness-wise I feel good.

"I could still improve my fitness with more matches and I need to be playing 90 minutes regularly. A lot of the games, I've been coming off the bench, playing 25 to 30 minutes, so I'm probably around 80 per cent at the moment.

"I'm enjoying football again. I was out injured for a long time and I was a little frustrated. Now I'm playing more attacking for my club in a left-wing role, so I'm getting more opportunities to get in the box and score goals.

"I've been in the right positions in the box and the ball keeps finding me."