Thursday night football heads to Newcastle this week as the injury-hit Jets tackle Melbourne Victory at McDonald Jones Stadium.
Here’s the all-important squad news for both sides.
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Kick-Off: 7:50 PM (Local) (7:50 PM AEDT)
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Assistant Referee 1: James Cleal
Assistant Referee 2: Matthew McOrist
Fourth Official: Ben Abraham
Video Assistant Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 501 from 7:00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: ABC News on Radio, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Listen App – A-League Live.
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #NEWvMVC
To purchase tickets please visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
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, 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 24.Joe CHAMPNESS, 30.Ivan NECEVSKI, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 10.Wayne BROWN (promoted), 12.Mario SHABOW (promoted), 19.Kosta PETRATOS (promoted), 20.Glen MOSS (promoted)
Outs: 1.Jack DUNCAN (foot – TBC), 23.Devante CLUT (omitted)
Unavailable: 8.Ronald VARGAS (ankle – indefinite), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (groin – 3 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**
Ins: 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES (returns from international duty), 16.Josh HOPE (promoted)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 11.Mitch AUSTIN (knee), 17.James DONACHIE (quad)
