With Christmas all wrapped up for another year, the focus turns back to this weekends game with the Wellington Phoenix coming up against the Central Coast Mariners in Gosford.
It’s the second clash for these two teams for the 2017/18 season with the hosts, getting one up against the Phoenix after the Round 8, 4-1 win at Westpac Stadium. After starting the last encounter off strong, Coach Kalezić will be looking for his team to take control and move through the lines at pace in order to create and capitalise on opportunities.
For the Mariners, with the return of both Wout Brama and Jake McGing coming back following suspension, they will have a full squad available for selection for the New Year’s Eve showdown.
For our Wellington side, forward Roy Krishna returns to the squad after suffering a knee injury back in Round 9 against Melbourne Victory.
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 2.Daniel MULLEN, 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Goran PARACKI, 9.Andrija KALUDJEROVIC, 10.Michael MCGLINCHEY, 12.Adam PARKHOUSE, 13.Marco ROSSI, 14.Alex RUFER, 17.Ali ABBAS, 18.Sarpreet SINGH, 19.Tom DOYLE, 21. Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE 23.Matthew RIDENTON, 24.Logan ROGERSON, 30.Keegan SMITH (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 21.Roy KRISHNA (returns from knee injury)
Outs: 5.Ryan LOWRY (omitted), 11.Hamish WATSON
Unavailable: 6.Dylan FOX (hamstring)
Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jake McGING, 5.Antony GOLEC, 6.Tom HIARIEJ, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 8.Blake POWELL, 9.ASDRUBAL, 10.Daniel De SILVA, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Kwabena APPIAH, 15.Alan BARO (c), 16. Liam ROSE, 18.Tom GLOVER (gk), 21.Kye ROWLES, 23.Wout BRAMA
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 23.Wout BRAMA (return from suspension), 4.Jake McGING (return from suspension)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: nil
Match details:
Round 13 Hyundai A-League, Central Coast Mariners vs. Wellington Phoenix, Central Coast Stadium, Gosford. Sunday 31st December, kick-off 7:00pm (AEDT), 9:00pm (NZT)
Coverage on Sky Sport 3 from 9.00pm (NZT)
