Three of the Hyundai A-League’s big-name attackers are back for what should be a thrilling Round 6, including Melbourne Victory star Robbie Kruse for Sunday’s Big Blue against Sydney FC.
Kruse has missed the first five games of the campaign with a hamstring injury but returns at the perfect time for Marco Kurz’s side as they head to Sydney for the clash against the champions.
Caltex Socceroos star Jamie Maclaren, who scored four goals in just two appearances before picking up an injury, is back after missing the last two matches for Melbourne City for their clash with his former club Brisbane Roar in Redcliffe.
And Western United welcome back the competition’s greatest-ever scorer, with Besart Berisha included in their squad for Saturday night’s home fixture against Newcastle Jets.
Read on for all the important team news for every match this weekend.
HOW TO WATCH: Every Hyundai A-League game in Round 6
TALKING POINTS: Are Western United FC genuine title contenders?
Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United
Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 2.Ian Zygmunt GORDON, 3.Jack CLISBY, 4.Eunsun KIM, 6.Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO, 7.Milan DURIC, 9.Jordan MURRAY, 10.Thomas OAR, 12.Adam PEARCE (gk), 14.Abraham MAJOK, 16.Dylan FOX, 17.Samuel SILVERA, 18.Gianni STENSNESS, 19.Matthew SIMON, 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 23.Mario SHABOW, 25.John ROBERTS, 26.Joshua NISBET, 27.Lewis MILLER, 30.Dylan RUIZ-DIAZ **2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 14.Abraham MAJOK (Promoted), 23.Mario SHABOW (Promoted), 25.John ROBERTS (Return from International Duty), 27.Lewis MILLER (Promoted), 30.Dylan RUIZ-DIAZ (Return from International Duty)
Outs: 8.Michael MCGLINCHEY (International Duty), 15.Kye ROWLES (International Duty), 11.Daniel De Silva (International Duty – Injured)
Unavailable: 22.Jacob MELLING (Injured – Leg)
Adelaide United squad: 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Ryan STRAIN, 5.Michaël MARIA, 6.Vince LIA, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.Riley McGREE, 10.James TROISI, 11.Kristian OPSETH, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIĆ, 18.Lachlan BROOK, 20.Paul IZZO, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN (c), 23.Jordan ELSEY, 26.Ben HALLORAN, 27.Louis D’ARRIGO, 30.Isaac RICHARDS (gk), 36.Noah SMITH, 37.Jai KING **2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 14.George BLACKWOOD (returns from injury), 18.Lachlan BROOK (returns from international duty), 23.Jordan ELSEY (returns from injury), 27.Louis D’ARRIGO (returns from international duty), 37.Jai KING (promoted)
Outs: 35.Al Hassan TOURE (international duty)
Unavailable: 1.Daniel MARGUŠ (international duty), 31.Mirko BOLAND (knee)
Saturday, 16 November 2019
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-Off: 5:00pm (Local) (5:00pm (AEDT))
Referee: Kurt Ams
Assistant Referee 1: Lance Greenshields
Assistant Referee 2: Kearney Robinson
Fourth Official: Stephen Lucas
VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 4:30pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (www.kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (Coast FM).
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #CCMvADL
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
MATCH PREVIEW: Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6102266028001
Western United FC v Newcastle Jets
Western United FC Squad: 1.Filip KURTO (GK), 2.Aaron CALVER, 3.Brendan HAMILL, 4.Andrew DURANTE, 5.Dylan PIERIAS, 6.Connor CHAPMAN, 8.Panagiotis KONE, 9.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS, 10.Scott MCDONALD, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Dario JERTEC, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Max BURGESS, 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 17.Joshua CAVALLO, 18.Besart BERISHA, 22.Ersan GULUM, 23.Alessandro DIAMANTI, 26.Kwabena APPIAH-KUBI, 30.Ryan SCOTT (GK) **2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS (promoted), 17.Joshua CAVALLO (promoted), 18.Besart BERISHA (promoted)
Outs: 19. Josh RISDON (International Duty)
Unavailable: 7. Valentino YUEL (ankle – 2 weeks), 20. James DELIANOV (GK) (knee – season)
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Glen MOSS (gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 10.Dimi PETRATOS, 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 16.Matt MILLAR, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 19.Kosta PETRATOS, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 25.Jack SIMMONS, 28.Pat LANGLOIS, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
Ins: 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (return from injury), 25.Jack SIMMONS (promoted)
Outs: 2.Bobby BURNS (international duty), 9.Abdiel ARROYO (international duty), 23.Matt RIDENTON (international duty)
Unavailable: 8.Wes HOOLAHAN (ankle – indefinite), 14.Kaine SHEPPARD (foot – indefinite)
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Saturday, 16 November 2019
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Kick-Off: 7:30pm (Local) (7:30pm (AEDT))
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Assistant Referee 1: Wilson Brown
Assistant Referee 2: Tony Peart
Fourth Official: Adam Bavcar
VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7:00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (www.kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #WUNvNEW
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
MATCH PREVIEW: Western United FC v Newcastle Jets
Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City
Brisbane Roar squad: 1.Max CROCOMBE (gk), 2.Scott NEVILLE, 4.Daniel BOWLES, 5.Tom ALDRED (c), 6.Macaulay GILLESPHEY, 7.Jai INGHAM, 8.Jacob PEPPER, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 10.Bradden INMAN, 12.Aiden O’NEILL, 13.Stefan MAUK, 14.George MELLS, 15.Aaron REARDON, 20.Aaron AMADI-HOLLOWAY, 21.Jamie YOUNG (gk), 22.Jake MCGING, 23.Dylan WENZEL-HALLS, 25.Rahmat AKBARI, 26.Jay O’SHEA, 29.Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS **2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 14.George MELLS (promoted), 15.Aaron REARDON (promoted), 29.Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS (returns from international duty)
Outs: 24.Connor O’TOOLE (international duty)
Unavailable: 19.Jack HINGERT (knee)
Melbourne City FC squad: 2.Scott GALLOWAY, 3.Scott JAMIESON, 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 6.Josh BRILLANTE, 7.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 8.Javier CABRERA, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 11.Craig NOONE, 13.Nathniel ATKINSON, 17.Denis GENREAU, 19.Lachlan WALES, 20.Adrian LUNA, 22.Curtis GOOD, 23.Dean BOUZANIS, 30.Moudi NAJJAR, 35.Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES, 36.Kerrin STOKES, 39.Idrus ABDULAHI, 46.Joe GAUCI, 49.Stefan COLAKOVSKI **2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 9.Jamie Maclaren (returns from injury), 35.Raphael BORGES RODRIGUES (promoted), 36.Kerrin STOKES (promoted), 39.Idrus ABDULAHI (promoted), 46.Joe Gauci (promoted)
Outs: 1.Tom GLOVER (international duty), 21.Ramy NAJJARINE (International duty), 34.Connor METCALFE (international duty)
Unavailable: 10.Florin BERENGUER (hamstring), 40.Richard WINDBICHLER (hamstring)
Sunday, 17 November 2019
Dolphin Stadium, Redcliffe
Kick-Off: 3:00pm (Local) (4:00pm (AEDT))
Referee: Alex King
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald
Assistant Referee 2: Andrew Lindsay
Fourth Official: Adam Kersey
VAR: Craig Zetter
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 3:45pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (www.kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (1116SEN, SEN+, SEN2, SEN3, SEN SA, 4BC, SRN). ABC Brisbane and Grandstand Digital in Brisbane.
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #BRIvMCY
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
MATCH PREVIEW: Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6101839644001
Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory
Sydney FC squad: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 2.Patrick FLOTTMANN, 4.Alex WILKINSON (c), 5.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 6.Ryan McGOWAN, 7.Michael ZULLO, 8.Paulo RETRE, 9.Adam LE FONDRE, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 11.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 16.Joel KING, 17.Anthony CACERES, 18.Luke IVANOVIC, 20.Tom HEWARD-BELLE (gk), 23.Rhyan GRANT, 24.Marco TILIO, 25.Ryan TEAGUE, 26.Luke BRATTAN **2-4 to be omitted**
In: 7.Michael ZULLO (return from injury), 24.Marco TILIO (return from international duty), 25.Ryan TEAGUE (return from international duty)
Out: 21.Harry VAN DER SAAG (international duty)
Unavailable: 3.Ben WARLAND (ACL – indefinite), 19. Chris ZUVELA (knee)
Melbourne Victory squad: 3.Corey BROWN, 4.James DONACHIE, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 8.Jakob POULSEN, 10.Robbie KRUSE, 11.Ola TOIVONEN (c), 13.Birkan KIRDAR, 16.Josh HOPE, 18.Migjen BASHA, 19.Ben CARRIGAN, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Adama TRAORE, 22.Kristijan DOBRAS, 24.Anthony LESIOTIS, 25.Brandon LAUTON, 26.Jay BARNETT, 30.Matthew SUTTON (gk), 50.Brendan WHITE (gk) ***2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 10.Robbie KRUSE (returning from injury), 13.Birkan KIRDAR (returning from international duty), 26.Jay BARNETT (returning from international duty), 30.Matthew SUTTON (gk) (promoted)
Outs: 2.Storm ROUX (international duty), 7.Kenny ATHIU (international duty), 14.Thomas DENG (international duty), 17.Elvis KAMSOBA (international duty)
Unavailable: 1.Matt ACTON (shoulder), 5.Tim HOOGLAND (quad), 9.Andrew NABBOUT (hamstring)
Sunday, 17 November 2019
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah
Kick-Off: 6:30pm (Local) (6:30pm (AEDT))
Referee: Shaun Evans
Assistant Referee 1: Paul Cetrangolo
Assistant Referee 2: Scott Edeling
Fourth Official: Ben Abraham
VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 6:00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (www.kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (SWR999).
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #BigBlue
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
MATCH PREVIEW: Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6035656683001
Bye: Perth Glory, Wellington Phoenix, Western Sydney Wanderers FC
