The squads are in for the first four games on Round 13 of the Hyundai A-League 2017/18 Season.
Check out all the key ins and outs for what promises to be a thrilling weekend of action, starting with a Friday night blockbuster in Melbourne and ending with the traditional NYE game in Gosford.
Friday, 29 December 2017
Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 7:50 PM (Local) (7:50 PM AEDT)
Referee: Chris Beath
MELBOURNE VICTORY
Ins: 6.Leigh BROXHAM (promoted), 7.Kenny ATHIU (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 11.Mitch AUSTIN (knee), 17.James DONACHIE (quad)
NEWCASTLE JETS
Ins: 16.Nick COWBURN (return from injury), 17. Daniel GEORGIEVSKI (return from injury), 19.Kosta PETRATOS (promoted)
Outs: 23.Devante CLUT (omitted)
Unavailable: 1.Jack DUNCAN (foot – 2 weeks), 8.Ronald VARGAS (ankle – indefinite), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (groin – 10 weeks)
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Matt ACTON (gk), 2.Jason GERIA, 4.Rhys WILLIAMS, 5.Mark MILLIGAN, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Kenny ATHIU, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.James TROISI, 14.Thomas DENG, 16.Josh HOPE, 18.Matias SANCHEZ, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22.Stefan NIGRO, 23.Jai INGHAM, 31.Christian THEOHAROUS, 41.Leroy GEORGE
**two to be omitted**
Newcastle Jets squad: 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD, 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimitri PETRATOS, 10.Wayne BROWN, 12.Mario SHABOW, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 15.Andrew NABBOUT, 16.Nick COWBURN, 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 19.Kosta PETRATOS, 20.Glenn MOSS (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 24.Joe CHAMPNESS, 30.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
**two to be omitted**
Saturday, 30 December 2017
Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar FC
Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Kick-Off: 5:05 PM (Local) (5:35 PM AEDT)
Referee: Adam Fielding
ADELAIDE UNITED
Ins: 11.Johan ABSALONSEN (returns from injury), 22.Ersan GÜLÜM (returns from suspension), 24.Jordan O’DOHERTY (promoted)
Outs: 6.Vince LIA (knee – TBA)
Unavailable: 9.Baba DIAWARA (hip – 1 week), 21.Tarek ELRICH (knee – long term)
BRISBANE ROAR
Ins: 2.Dane INGHAM (promoted), 36.Daniel LECK (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 1.Michael THEO (gk) (finger – 2 weeks), 4.Daniel BOWLES (hamstring – 1 week) 6.Avram PAPADOPOULOS (suspended – 3 games), 10.Brett HOLMAN (knock – 1 week), 13.Jade NORTH (groin – TBC), 18.Joe CALETTI (foot – 10 weeks),.Eric BAUTHEAC (hamstring – 3-4 weeks), 77.Ivan FRANJIC (quad – 2 weeks)
Adelaide United squad: 1.Daniel MARGUSH (gk), 2.Michael MARRONE, 5.Taylor REGAN, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS (c), 11.Johan ABSALONSEN, 12.Mark OCHIENG, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 20.Paul IZZO (gk), 22.Ersan GÜLÜM, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 24.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 25.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS, 29.Ryan STRAIN, 37.Daniel ADLUNG
**two to be omitted**
Brisbane Roar FC squad: 2.Dane INGHAM, 3.Luke DEVERE, 5.Corey BROWN, 7.Thomas KRISTENSEN, 8.Jacob PEPPER, 9.Massimo MACCARONE, 11.Corey GAMEIRO, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Mitchell OXBORROW, 17.Matt MCKAY (c), 19.Jack HINGERT, 21.Jamie YOUNG(gk), 24.Connor O’TOOLE, 25.Rahmat AKBARI, 26.Nick D’AGOSTINO, 31.Brendan WHITE(gk), 33.Petros SKAPETIS, 36.Daniel LECK
**two to be omitted**
Saturday, 30 December 2017
Sydney FC v Perth Glory
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-Off: 7:50 PM (Local) (7:50 PM AEDT)
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
SYDNEY FC
Ins: 16.Anthony KALIK (promoted), 18.Matt SIMON (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 23.Rhyan GRANT (knee – indefinite)
PERTH GLORY
Ins: 20.Jake BRIMMER (promoted), 26.Jacob ITALIANO (promoted)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 3.Marc WARREN (ankle – 3-4 weeks), 22.Adam TAGGART (hamstring – 1-2 weeks), 23.Scott NEVILLE (toe – 3-4 weeks), 25.Daniel STYNES (hamstring – 2-3 weeks)
Sydney FC squad: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 4.Alex WILKINSON, 5.Jordy BUIJS, 6.Josh BRILLANTE, 7.Michael ZULLO, 8.Paulo RETRE, 9.BOBÔ, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 11.Adrian MIERZEJEWSKI, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 14.Alex BROSQUE (c), 16.Anthony KALIK, 17.David CARNEY, 18. Matt SIMON, 21. Charles LOKOLINGOY, 22.Seb RYALL, 26.Luke WILKSHIRE, 30. Thomas HEWARD-BELLE.
**two to be omitted**
Perth Glory squad: 2.Alex GRANT, 4.Shane LOWRY, 5.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 6.Mitch NICHOLS, 7.Joel CHIANESE, 8.Xavi TORRES, 9.Andy KEOGH (c), 13 Nick FEELY (gk), 14.Chris HAROLD, 15.Brandon WILSON, 16.Joseph MILLS, 17.Diego CASTRO, 18. Andreu GUERAO, 19.Joe KNOWLES, 20.Jake BRIMMER, 26.Jacob ITALIANO, 29.Jeremy WALKER, 33.Liam REDDY (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-Off: 7:00 PM (Local) (7:00 PM AEDT)
Referee: Daniel Elder
CENTRAL COAST MARINERS
Ins: 23.Wout BRAMA (return from suspension), 4.Jake McGING (return from suspension)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: nil
WELLINGTON PHOENIX
Ins: 17.Ali ABBAS (promoted), 21.Roy KRISHNA (returns from knee injury)
Outs: 11.Hamish WATSON (omitted)
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**
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)
**one to be omitted**
