Leigh Broxham is named in the Melbourne Victory squad ahead of his 300th Hyundai A-League match against Perth Glory on Friday, 29 November.
The Victory stalwart is set to become the first player in Hyundai A-League history to play 300 games for the same club, while Kristijan Dobras returns for Marco Kurz’s men.
Brisbane Roar have named George Mells and Rahmat Akbari in their squad to face the Central Coast Mariners, who in turn have Dylan Fox and Abraham Majok back in contention.
A trio of Newcastle Jets fly back in from international duty – Bobby Burns, Matt Ridenton and Abdiel Arroyo – while opponents Western Sydney Wanderers welcome back Matthew Jurman.
Ersan Gulum returns for Western United as Mark Rudan’s side square off with Sydney FC for the first time, and Adelaide United can call on Ben Halloran once again for their clash with Wellington Phoenix.
Read on for all of the important team news for every match this weekend.
HOW TO WATCH: Every Hyundai A-League game in Round 8
Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory
Friday, 29 November 2019
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 7:30pm (Local) (7:30pm (AEDT))
Referee: Alex King
Assistant Referee 1: Wilson Brown
Assistant Referee 2: Andrew Meimarakis
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 (kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (SEN+ & SEN2 and Super Radio Network).
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #MVCvPER
To purchase tickets visit a-league.com.au/tickets
Melbourne Victory squad: 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Corey BROWN, 4.James DONACHIE, 5.Tim HOOGLAND, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Kenny ATHIU, 8.Jakob POULSEN, 9.Andrew NABBOUT, 10.Robbie KRUSE, 11.Ola TOIVONEN (c), 16.Josh HOPE, 17.Elvis KAMSOBA, 18.Migjen BASHA, 19.Ben CARRIGAN, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Adama TRAORE, 22.Kristijan DOBRAS, 24.Anthony LESIOTIS, 25.Brandon LAUTON, 50.Brendan WHITE (gk)
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 16.Josh HOPE (promoted), 19.Ben CARRIGAN (promoted), 22.Kristijan DOBRAS (promoted)
Outs: 14.Thomas DENG (groin)
Unavailable: 1.Matt ACTON (shoulder)
Perth Glory squad: 1.Tando VELAPHI (gk), 2.Alex GRANT, 3.Jacob TRATT, 4.Gregory WUTHRICH, 5.Ivan FRANJIC, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 7.Joel CHIANESE, 8.James MEREDITH, 9.Bruno FORNAROLI, 12.Kim SOO-BEOM, 14.Chris HAROLD, 16.Tomislav MRCELA, 17.Diego CASTRO (c), 19.Chris IKONOMIDIS, 20.Jake BRIMMER, 27.JUANDE, 28.Gabriel POPOVIC, 29.Kristian POPOVIC, 33.Liam REDDY (gk), 88.Neil KILKENNY
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 2.Alex GRANT (returns from suspension), 3.Jacob TRATT (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 13.Osama MALIK (hamstring – 1 week)
MATCH PREVIEW: Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory
Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners
Saturday, 30 November 2019
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-Off: 4:15pm (Local) (5:00pm (AEDT))
Referee: Ben Abraham
Assistant Referee 1: David Walsh
Assistant Referee 2: Andrew Lindsay
Fourth Official: Adam Kersey
VAR: Craig Zetter
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 4:30pm (AEDT), Kayo Sports (kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (SEN+, SEN2 and Coast FM Gosford).
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #BRIvCCM
To purchase tickets visit a-league.com.au/tickets
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, 28.Izaack POWELL, 29.Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 14.George MELLS (promoted), 25.Rahmat AKBARI (promoted), 28.Izaack POWELL (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 19.Jack HINGERT (knee)
Central Coast Mariners Squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 2.Ian Zygmunt GORDON, 3.Jack CLISBY, 4.Eunsun KIM, 6.Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO, 7.Milan ÐURIĆ, 8.Mikey MCGLINCHEY, 9.Jordan MURRAY, 10.Thomas OAR, 11.Daniel DESILVA, 12.Adam PEARCE (gk), 14.Abraham MAJOK, 15.Kye ROWLES, 16.Dylan FOX, 17.Samuel SILVERA, 18.Gianni STENSNESS, 19.Matthew SIMON, 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 26.Joshua NISBET, 27.Lewis MILLER
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 14.Abraham MAJOK (Promoted), 16.Dylan FOX (Promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 29.Jair BRITTO (Injury – Quad)
MATCH PREVIEW: Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6108242117001
Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers
Saturday, 30 November 2019
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Kick-Off: 7:30pm (Local) (7:30pm (AEDT))
Referee: Kurt Ams
Assistant Referee 1: James Cleal
Assistant Referee 2: Brad Wright
Fourth Official: Katie Patterson
VAR: Alex King
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7:00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (SWR999). ABC online
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #NEWvWSW
To purchase tickets visit a-league.com.au/tickets
Newcastle Jets FC Squad: 1.Glen MOSS (gk), 2.Bobby BURNS, 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 9.Abdiel ARROYO, 10.Dimi PETRATOS, 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 16.Matt MILLAR, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 19.Kosta PETRATOS, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.Matt RIDENTON, 28.Pat LANGLOIS, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 2.Bobby BURNS (return from international duty), 9.Abdiel ARROYO (return from international duty), 23.Matt RIDENTON (return from international duty)
Outs: 25.Jack SIMMONS (omitted)
Unavailable: 8.Wes HOOLAHAN (ankle – indefinite), 14.Kaine SHEPPARD (foot – indefinite)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC: 1.Daniel LOPAR (GK), 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 6.Matthew JURMAN, 7.Mitchell DUKE, 9.Nicolai MULLER, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS, 14.Alex MEIER, 16.Mathieu CORDER, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 19.Pirmin SCHWEGLER, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Nicholas SULLIVAN, 27.Kwame YEBOAH, 29.Daniel WILMERING, 33.Tate RUSSELL, 34.Patrick ZIEGLER, 35.Mohamed ADAM, 40.Nicholas SUMAN (GK).
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 6.Matthew JURMAN (returns from injury), 16.Mathieu CORDIER (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY (knee), 10.Radoslaw MAJEWSKI (knee), 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (shoulder)
MATCH PREVIEW: Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6107492861001
Western United FC v Sydney FC
Sunday, 1 December 2019
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Kick-Off: 4:00pm (Local) (4:00pm (AEDT))
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Assistant Referee 1: Daniel Ilievski
Assistant Referee 2: Tony Peart
Fourth Official: Jack Morgan
VAR: Craig Zetter
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 3:30pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast:
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #WUNvSYD
To purchase tickets visit a-league.com.au/tickets
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, 18.Besart BERISHA, 19.Josh RISDON, 22.Ersan GULUM, 23.Alessandro DIAMANTI, 26.Kwabena APPIAH-KUBI, 30.Ryan SCOTT (GK)
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 15.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS (promoted), 22.Ersan GULUM (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 20.James DELIANOV (GK) (knee – season)
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), 21.Harry VAN DER SAAG, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 24.Marco TILIO, 26.Luke BRATTAN
**2-4 to be omitted**
In: 16.Joel KING (promoted), 21.Harry VAN DER SAAG (promoted), 24.Marco TILIO (promoted)
Out: Nil
Unavailable: 3.Ben WARLAND (ACL), 19. Chris ZUVELA (knee)
MATCH PREVIEW: Western United FC v Sydney FC
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6107999622001
Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix
Sunday, 1 December 2019
Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Kick-Off: 5:30pm (Local) (6:00pm (AEDT))
Referee: Adam Fielding
Assistant Referee 1: Paul Cetrangolo
Assistant Referee 2: Josh Mannella
Fourth Official: Daniel Elder
VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 6:00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand), Kayo Sports (kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (SEN+, SEN2 and 5AA)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #ADLvWEL
To purchase tickets visit a-league.com.au/tickets
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 (gk), 22.Michael JAKOBSEN (c), 23.Jordan ELSEY, 26.Ben HALLORAN, 27.Louis D’ARRIGO, 30.Isaac RICHARDS (gk), 35.Al Hassan TOURE
**2-3 to be omitted**
Ins: 18.Lachlan BROOK (promoted), 26.Ben HALLORAN (returns from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 31.Mirko BOLAND (knee), 36.Noah SMITH (foot)
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Stefan MARINOVIC (gk), 2.Liam McGING, 3.Luke DEVERE, 4.Te Atawhai HUDSON-WIHONGI, 5.Matti STEINMANN, 6.Tim PAYNE, 7.Reno PISCOPO, 8.Cameron DEVLIN, 9.David BALL, 10.Ulises DAVILA, 11.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 13.Liberato CACACE, 14.Alex RUFER, 20.Oliver SAIL (gk), 21.Callum MCCOWATT, 23.Walter SCOTT, 27.Steven TAYLOR (c), 31.Ben WAINE, 32. Sam SUTTON, 88. Gary HOOPER
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 4.Te Atawhai HUDSON-WIHONGI (promoted), 23.Walter SCOTT (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 16.Louis FENTON (shoulder)
MATCH PREVIEW: Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix
https://players.brightcove.net/5519514571001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6107959747001
Bye: Melbourne City
