This weekend is set to have a large say in this season’s finals make-up with Saturday’s 1v2 and 3v4 fixtures headlining a huge Round 20.
The Jets entertain the Sky Blues in Harvey Norman Friday Night Football, while City will look to consolidate their place in the six against the Mariners and our Asian Cup representatives go head-to-head on Sunday. See the squads for all the teams here!
Friday, 6 March 2015
Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC
Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Kick-Off: 7:40 PM (Local) (7:40 PM AEDT)
Referee: Matthew Conger
Assistant Referee 1: Ryan Gallagher
Assistant Referee 2: Andrew Lindsay
Fourth Official: Chris Young
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT), Live Coverage on SBS HD & SBS One from 7.30pm AEDT and Sky Sport 4 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: Online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #NEWvSYD
Newcastle Jets squad: 2.Scott NEVILLE, 3.Taylor REGAN, 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 7.Enver ALIVODIĆ, 8.Zenon CARAVELLA, 10.Travis COOPER, 11.Andrew HOOLE, 12.Sam GALLAGHER, 13.Edson MONTANO, 16.Jacob PEPPER, 18.Allan WELSH, 19.Mitch COOPER, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk) (c), 21.Daniel MULLEN, 22.Ki-je LEE, 25.Brandon LUNDY, 27.Radovan PAVICEVIC, 30.John SOLARI (gk)
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI (returns from suspension), 11.Andrew HOOLE (returns from suspension), 25.Brandon LUNDY (promoted), 30.John SOLARI (gk) (promoted)
Outs: 1.Jess VANSTRATTAN (gk) (knee – indefinite), 26.Nick COWBURN (knee – 2 weeks)
Unavailable: 15.Joshua BARRESI (knee – season), 17.James VIRGILI (ankle – 6 weeks)
Sydney FC squad: 1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Seb RYALL, 5.Matt JURMAN, 6.Nikola PETKOVIC, 8.Milos DIMITRIJEVIC, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 11.Bernie IBINI, 12.Hagi GLIGOR, 13.Christopher NAUMOFF, 14.Alex BROSQUE (c), 17.Terry ANTONIS, 18.Peter TRIANTIS, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Mark JANKO, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 25.Aaron CALVER, 29.George BLACKWOOD, 34.Robert STAMBOLZIEV
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 25.Aaron CALVER (promoted), 29.George BLACKWOOD (promoted), 12.Hagi GLIGOR (promoted), 18.Peter TRIANTIS (promoted)
Outs: 16.Alex GERSBACH (suspended – 1 week), 27.Mickael TAVARES (suspended – 1 week)
Unavailable: 7.Corey GAMEIRO (knee – indefinite), 22.Ali ABBAS (knee – indefinite), 19.Nick CARLE (knee – indefinite), 3.Sasa OGNENOVSKI (hip – indefinite), 26.Jacques FATY (1 week – hamstring)
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United
Hutt Recreational Ground, Lower Hutt
Kick-Off: 5:00 PM (Local) (3:00 PM AEDT)
Referee: Ben Williams
Assistant Referee 1: Glen Lochrie
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Rule
Fourth Official: Nick Waldron
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 3.00pm (AEDT)
Radio Broadcast: Online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #WELvADL
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Glen MOSS (GK), 3.Joel GRIFFITHS, 4.Roly BONEVACIA, 5.Michael BOXALL, 7.Kenny CUNNINGHAM, 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ, 9.Nathan BURNS, 10.Michael McGLINCHEY, 13.Albert RIERA, 15.Jason HICKS, 16.Louis FENTON, 17.Vince LIA, 18.Ben SIGMUND, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (GK), 21.Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c)
***one to be omitted***
Ins: 16.Louis FENTON (returns from injury), 19.Tom DOYLE (promoted)
Outs: 2.Manny MUSCAT (suspended)
Unavailable: 23.Matthew Ridenton (knee injury – 4 weeks)
Adelaide United squad: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (GK) (c), 2.Michael MARRONE, 3.Nigel BOOGAARD, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 7.PABLO SÁNCHEZ, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Sergio CIRIO, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Bruce DJITE, 14.Cameron WATSON, 16.Craig GOODWIN, 17.Awer MABIL, 18.Jimmy JEGGO, 19.Miguel PALANCA, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 24.Bruce KAMAU, 30.John HALL (GK), 32.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 3.Nigel BOOGAARD (returns from injury), 8.ISAÍAS (returns from suspension), 30.John HALL (GK) (promoted), 32.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS (promoted)
Outs: 15.Ben WARLAND (not selected), 20.Paul IZZO (GK) (not selected)
Unavailable: 5.Osama MALIK (ankle – 1-2 weeks), 23.Jordan ELSEY (knee – indefinite)
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 7:30 PM (Local) (7:30 PM AEDT)
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones (updated)
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Barriero
Fourth Official: Patrick Chaplin
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT)
Radio Broadcast: Full call – online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app. Second Half – 774 ABC Melbourne, 720 ABC Perth, ABC Local Radio VIC & WA, Grandstand Digital Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #MVCvPER
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Nathan COE (GK), 2.Jason GERIA, 4.Nick ANSELL, 5.Mark MILLIGAN (c), 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.Connor PAIN, 13.Andrew NABBOUT, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 15.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 17.Matthieu DELPIERRE, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (GK), 21.Carl VALERI, 24.Scott GALLOWAY
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 11.Connor PAIN (promoted), 13.Andrew NABBOUT (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil
Perth Glory FC squad: 1.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 5.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 9.Andy KEOGH, 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC, 11.Richard GARCIA, 14.Chris Harold, 15.Jamie MACLAREN, 17.Mitch NICHOLS, 16.Sidnei SCIOLA, 18.Jack DUNCAN (gk), 19.Josh RISDON, 20.Daniel DE SILVA, 21.Scott JAMIESON, 23.Michael THWAITE (c), 27.Dragan PALJIC, 28.Denis KRAMAR
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH (promoted), 16.Sidnei SCIOLA (promoted), 18.Jack DUNCAN (gk)
Outs: 30.Jordan THURTELL (gk) (not selected)
Unavailable: 7.Youssouf HERSI (hamstring – season), 13.Diogo FEREIRA (hip – 2 weeks)
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City FC
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-Off: 3:00 PM (Local) (3:00 PM AEDT)
Referee: Jarred Gillett (updated)
Assistant Referee 1: Leigh Pigram
Assistant Referee 2: Owen Goldrick
Fourth Official: Matthew Cropper
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 3.00pm (AEDT)
Radio Broadcast: Online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app. Coast FM 963 (Central Coast)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #CCMvMCY
Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Matthew NASH (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Zac ANDERSON, 7.John HUTCHINSON (c), 8.Nick MONTGOMERY, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 12.Liam REDDY (gk), 14.Travis MAJOR, 16.Liam ROSE, 18.Glen TRIFIRO, 19.Matt SIMON, 20.Anthony KALIK, 23.Isaka CERNAK, 25.Eddy BOSNAR, 26.Fabio FERREIRA
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 14.Travis MAJOR (promoted), 19.Matt SIMON (promoted), 20.Anthony KALIK (promoted), 25.Eddy BOSNAR (promoted)
Outs: 15.Matt SIM (not selected), 28.Josh BINGHAM (not selected)
Unavailable: 17.Richard VERNES (shoulder – indefinite), 21.Michael NEILL (foot – indefinite)
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (GK), 4.Connor CHAPMAN, 5.Erik PAARTALU, 6.Aaron MOOY, 7.Iain RAMSAY, 8.Massimo MURDOCCA, 9.Harry NOVILLO, 10.Robert KOREN, 13.Jonatan GERMANO, 15.David WILLIAMS, 16.Josh KENNEDY, 17.Jason HOFFMAN, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Tando VELAPHI (GK), 22.Jack CLISBY, 24.Patrick KISNORBO (c), 27.Kew JALIENS, 29.Safuwan BAHARUDIN
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 9.Harry NOVILLO (new signing), 13.Jonatan GERMANO (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 3.Robbie WIELAERT (ankle – 4-5 weeks), 11.Damien DUFF (ankle/calf – indefinite), 19.Ben GARUCCIO (ankle – 9-10 weeks), 25.Jacob MELLING (knee – 2-3 weeks)
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Brisbane Roar FC v Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-Off: 4:00 PM (Local) (5:00 PM AEDT)
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (JFA)
Assistant Referee 1: David Walsh
Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Beecham
Fourth Official: Peter Green
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT)
Radio Broadcast: Online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app.
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #BRIvWSW
Brisbane Roar FC squad: 1.Michael THEO (gk), 2.Jerome POLENZ, 3.Shane STEFANUTTO, 4.Adam SAROTA, 8.Steven LUSTICA, 9.ANDRIJA Kaluderovic, 10.HENRIQUE, 12.Jean Carlos SOLORZANO, 13.Jade NORTH, 15.James DONACHIE, 17.Matt McKAY (c), 18.Luke BRATTAN, 19.Jack HINGERT, 21.Jamie YOUNG (gk), 22.Thomas BROICH, 23.Dimitri PETRATOS, 28.Brandon BORRELLO, 33.Luke DeVERE
***two to be omitted***
Ins: Shane STEFANUTTO (promoted), Steven LUSTICA (promoted), Jack HINGERT (promoted)
Outs: Corey BROWN (suspended – 1 week)
Unavailable: Nil
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 1.Ante COVIC (gk), 3.Yusuke TANAKA, 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (c), 6.Antony GOLEC, 7.Labinot HALITI, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 9.Tomi JURIC, 10.Yojiro TAKAHAGI, 12.Nikita RUKAVYTSYA, 13.Matthew SPIRANOVIC, 14.Kerem BULUT, 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 17.Romeo CASTELEN, 18.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 23.Jason TRIFIRO, 25.Sam GALLAWAY
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO (promoted), 13.Matthew SPIRANOVIC (returns from suspension), 8.Mateo POLJAK (returns from suspension)
Outs: 5.Brendan HAMILL (injured – 1 week)
Unavailable: 34.Golgol MEBRAHTU (knee – indefinite), 2.Shannon COLE (collar bone – 7 weeks), 11.Brendon SANTALAB (shoulder – indefinite)
