The team news is in for Tuesday night’s Hyundai A-League clash between with Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne City.
There’s a key returnee in goals for the Wanderers, while City welcome back a central defensive body into the fold.
Here’s how both squads are shaping up.
Tuesday, 1 January 2019
Western Sydney Wanderers FC v Melbourne City FC
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park
Kick-Off: 7:50PM (Local) (7:50PM (AEDT))
Referee: Adam Kersey
Assistant Referee 1: Owen Goldrick
Assistant Referee 2: Greg Taylor
Fourth Official: Adrian Arndt
VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT), Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: ABC News on Radio, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Listen App – A-League Live.
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To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 5.Brendan HAMILL, 7.Nick FITZGERALD, 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 9.Oriol RIERA, 10.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS, 14.Mathieu CORDIER, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Rashid MAHAZI, 24.Raul LLORENTE, 28.Roly BONEVACIA, 33.Tate RUSSELL, 34.Patrick ZIEGLER, 40.Nicholas SUMAN (gk), 49.Abraham MAJOK,
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 14.Mathieu CORDIER (promoted), 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk) (return from suspension), 33.Tate RUSSELL (promoted), 49.Abraham MAJOK (promoted)
Outs: 4.Josh RISDON (international duty), 50.Jack GREENWOOD (gk) (not selected)
Unavailable: 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO (injury – two weeks), 19.Mark BRIDGE (injury – five weeks)
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 2.Ritchie De LAET, 3.Scott JAMIESON (c) , 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 5.Bart SCHENKEVELD, 6.Osama MALIK, 7.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 8.Riley MCGREE, 10.Dario VIDOSIC, 11.Michael O’HALLORAN, 13.Nathaniel ATKINSON, 15.Kearyn BACCUS, 18.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 19.Lachlan WALES, 21.Ramy NAJJARINE, 25.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 26.Luke BRATTAN, 34.Connor METCALFE
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 22.Curtis GOOD (promoted), 34.Connor METCALFE (promoted)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 27.Florin BERENGUER-BOHRER (calf)
