Round 14 kicked off on Wednesday night with Sydney FC and Newcastle Jets playing out an entertaining 2-2 draw in the top-of-the-table clash at Allianz Stadium.
Check out all the squad news for the remaining four fixtures this weekend, with two games scheduled for both Friday and Saturday night.
Friday, 5 January 2018
Brisbane Roar FC v Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-Off: 6:50 PM (Local) (7:50 PM AEDT)
Referee: Shaun Evans
BRISBANE ROAR
Ins: 2.Dane INGHAM (promoted), 4.Daniel BOWLES (promoted), 27.Adam SAWYER (promoted)
Outs: 17.Matt MCKAY (suspended – 2 matches)
Unavailable: 1.Michael THEO (Gk) (finger – 2 weeks), 6.Avram PAPADOPOULOS (suspended – two matches), 10.Brett HOLMAN (calf – 1 week), 13.Jade NORTH (groin – TBC), 18.Joe CALETTI (foot – 10 weeks), 22.Eric BAUTHEAC (hamstring – 1 week), 26.Nick D’AGOSTINO (ankle – 2 weeks), 77.Ivan FRANJIC (quad – 1-2 weeks)
WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS
Ins: 3.Jack CLISBY, 5.Brendan HAMILL, 7.Steven LUSTICA, 23.Lachlan SCOTT, 32.John ROBERTS, 34.Kosta GROZOS, 49.Abraham MAJOK (all promoted)
Outs: 8.Roly BONEVACIA (suspension – 1 week), 10.Álvaro CEJUDO (calf – 1 week), 14.Jumpei KUSUKAMI (released), 22.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS (international duty), 42.Keanu BACCUS (international duty)
Unavailable: 1.Jerrad TYSON (Gk) (shoulder), 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO (international duty)
Brisbane Roar FC Squad: 2.Dane INGHAM, 3.Luke DEVERE, 4.Daniel BOWLES, 5.Corey BROWN, 7.Thomas KRISTENSEN, 8.Jacob PEPPER, 9.Massimo MACCARONE, 11.Corey GAMEIRO, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Mitchell OXBORROW, 19.Jack HINGERT, 21.Jamie YOUNG (Gk), 24.Connor O’TOOLE, 25.Rahmat AKBARI, 27.Adam SAWYER, 31.Brendan WHITE (Gk), 33.Petros SKAPETIS, 36.Daniel LECK
**two to be omitted**
Western Sydney Wanderers FC Squad: 3.Jack CLISBY, 4.Josh RISDON, 5.Brendan HAMILL, 7. Steve LUSTICA, 9.Oriol RIERA, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 15.Kearyn BACCUS, 18.Robbie CORNTHWAITE, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (Gk), 23.Lachlan SCOTT, 24.Raúl LLORENTE, 25.Chris HERD, 30.John HALL (Gk), 32.John ROBERTS, 33.Michael THWAITE, 34.Kosta GROZOS, 49.Abraham MAJOK
**two to be omitted**
Friday, 5 January 2018
Perth Glory v Adelaide United
nib Stadium, Perth
PERTH GLORY
Ins: 20.Jake BRIMMER (returns from injury), 22.Adam TAGGART (returns from injury), 34.Yagoub MUSTAFA (promoted)
Outs: 15.Brandon WILSON (international duty)
Unavailable: 3.Marc WARREN (ankle – 3-4 weeks), 4.Shane LOWRY (groin – 1-2 weeks), 7.Joel CHIANESE (groin – 1-2 weeks), 8.Xavi TORRES (groin 1-2 weeks), 23.Scott NEVILLE (toe – 2-3 weeks), 25.Daniel STYNES (hamstring – 1-2 weeks)
ADELAIDE UNITED
Ins: 4.Ben WARLAND (promoted), 9.Baba DIAWARA (returns from injury), 12.Mark OCHIENG (promoted), 25.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS (promoted), 30.Isaac RICHARDS (Gk) (promoted)
Outs: 14.George BLACKWOOD (international duty), 19.Ben GARUCCIO (international duty), 20.Paul IZZO (Gk) (international duty)
Unavailable: 6.Vince LIA (knee – 6 weeks), 21.Tarek ELRICH (knee – long term)
Perth Glory Squad: 2.Alex GRANT, 5.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 6.Mitch NICHOLS, 9.Andy KEOGH (c), 13 Nick FEELY (Gk), 14.Chris HAROLD, 16.Joseph MILLS, 17.Diego CASTRO, 18. Andreu GUERAO, 19.Joe KNOWLES, 20.Jake BRIMMER, 22.Adam TAGGART, 24.Callum TIMMINS, 26.Jacob ITALIANO, 27.Riley WARLAND, 29.Jeremy WALKER, 33.Liam REDDY (Gk), 34.Yagoub MUSTAFA
**two to be omitted**
Adelaide United Squad: 1.Daniel MARGUSH (Gk), 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Ben WARLAND, 5.Taylor REGAN, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS (c), 9.Baba DIAWARA, 11.Johan ABSALONSEN, 12.Mark OCHIENG, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 22.Ersan GÜLÜM, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 24.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 25.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS, 29.Ryan STRAIN, 30.Isaac RICHARDS (Gk), 37.Daniel ADLUNG
**two to be omitted**
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
MELBOURNE VICTORY
Ins: 3.Dino DJULBIC (new signing), 6.Leigh BROXHAM (returns from injury)
Outs: 4.Rhys WILLIAMS (suspended – 1 week), 14.Thomas DENG (international duty)
Unavailable: 11.Mitch AUSTIN (knee), 17.James DONACHIE (quad)
CENTRAL COAST MARINERS
Ins: 3.Josh ROSE (promoted), 20.Adam PEARCE (Gk) (promoted), 22.Jacob MELLING (new signing), 24.Lachlan WALES (promoted)
Outs: 10.Daniel De SILVA (international duty), 18.Tom GLOVER (Gk) (international duty)
Unavailable: 12.Trent BUHAGIAR (international duty)
Melbourne Victory Squad: 1.Matt ACTON (Gk), 2.Jason GERIA, 3.Dino DJULBIC, 5.Mark MILLIGAN, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.James TROISI, 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
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,, 11.Connor PAIN, 13.Kwabena APPIAH, 15.Alan BARO (c), 16.Liam ROSE, 20.Adam PEARCE (Gk), 21.Kye ROWLES, 22.Jacob MELLING, 23.Wout BRAMA, 24.Lachlan WALES
**two to be omitted**
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Melbourne City FC v Wellington Phoenix
AAMI Park, Melbourne
MELBOURNE CITY
Ins: 2.Manny MUSCAT (returns from suspension), 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE (new signing), 8.Neil KILKENNY (promoted), 9.Marcelo CARRUSCA (promoted), 10.Dario VIDOSIC (new signing)
Outs: 11.Bruce KAMAU (international duty), 13. Stefan MAUK (international duty), 21.Ruon TONGYIK (international duty)
Unavailable: 23.Bruno FORNAROLI (ankle)
WELLINGTON PHOENIX
Ins: 7. Nathan BURNS (new signing), 24.Logan ROGERSON (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil
Melbourne City FC Squad: 1.Dean BOUZANIS (Gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3. Scott JAMIESON, 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 5. Bart SCHENKEVELD, 6.Osama MALIK, 7. Nick FITZGERALD, 8. Neil KILKENNY, 9.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 10.Dario VIDOSIC, 14.Daniel ARZANI, 18. Eugene GALEKOVIC (Gk), 22. Michael JAKOBSEN, 25. Iacopo LA ROCCA, 26. Luke BRATTAN, 27. Marcin BUDZINSKI, 37.Nathaniel ATKINSON, 44. Ross MCCORMARK
**two to be omitted**
Wellington Phoenix Squad: 1.Lewis ITALIANO (Gk), 2.Daniel MULLEN, 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Goran PARACKI, 6. Dylan FOX, 7. Nathan BURNS, 9.Andrija KALUDJEROVIC, 10.Michael MCGLINCHEY, 12.Adam PARKHOUSE, 13.Marco ROSSI, 14.Alex RUFER, 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**
