2009/10 Hyundai A-League Thread

[Adelaide Titan]

Hyundai A-League Round 3 Preview

It?s Round 3 of the Hyundai A-League already. Last week saw another milestone reached with Carlos Hernandez scoring the 1000th Hyundai A-League goal. This week crowd numbers will reach 5,000,000 for all-time Hyundai A-League attendance. To celebrate this milestone Football Federation Australia (FFA) is giving the 5,000,000th Hyundai A-league attendee tickets for 2 to catch the Qantas Socceroos take on Oman in their must-win AFC Asian Cup qualifier at Etihad Stadium on 14 October.

This is the Official Preview for the Hyundai A-League Round 3. Please note squads are subject to change.

Stats, Facts & Milestones

As a relatively new competition, building from the ground up, 5 million spectators in less than five years is a cause for celebration.

The 12,161st spectator to make it to match day in Round 3 is all it will take to record the 5,000,000th attendee to the Hyundai A-League. 4,987,839 fans have already attended a Hyundai A-League fixture to date and the 5,000,000 mark will be eclipsed this coming weekend.

With 34 goals in just 2 rounds, including another milestone with Carlos Hernandez scoring the Hyundai A-League?s 1000th goal, the Hyundai A-League will heat up even further in Round 3 with Perth Glory to host their first home match versus Newcastle Jets, Wellington Phoenix crossing the Tasman to face the Brisbane Roar, the Hyundai A-League's best credentialled team, Adelaide United, taking on league leaders Gold Coast United and Sydney heading to Gosford to face the Mariners.

Hyundai A-League: Be part of something bigger



Weekend Matches

Adelaide United v Gold Coast United
Friday 21 August, 2009
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Local kick-off 7.30pm ACDT (8.00pm AEST)
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Live & exclusive broadcast on Fox Sports 1.
Hyundai A-League club broadcast partner is 107.9 LIFE FM (Adelaide).
To purchase tickets visit www.venuetix.com.au

Adelaide United Squad: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 2.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 3.ALEMAO, 4.Iain FYFE, 5.Daniel MULLEN, 6.CASSIO, 7.Lucas PANTELIS, 9.CRISTIANO, 10.Adam HUGHES, 11.Lloyd OWUSU, 13.Travis DODD (c), 14.Scott JAMIESON, 15.Francesco MONTEROSSO, 16.Inseob SHIN, 17.Michael MARRONE, 20.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 23.Joe COSTA *two to be omitted

In: CASSIO (returns from illness), Daniel MULLEN (returns from injury), Lloyd OWUSU (promoted)

Out: 12.Paul REID (abductor ? 3 weeks), 21.Mark RUDAN (omitted)

Others Unavailable: 8.Kristian SARKIES (calf ? 3 weeks), 18.Fabian BARBIERO (groin ? 1 week)

Gold Coast United Squad: 20.Scott HIGGINS (gk), 2. Steve PANTELIDIS, 3.Michael THWAITE, 4.Daniel PIORKOWSKI, 5.ROBSON, 7.Zenon CARAVELLA, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Jason CULINA (c), 13.Bas VAN DEN BRINK, 14.Joel PORTER, 15.Tahj MINNIECON, 16.Kristian REES, 17.Matt OSMAN, 19.Andrew BARISIC, 22.Adama TRAORE, 23.Steve FITZSIMMONS, 24.ANDERSON, 40.Robbie BAJIC (gk) *three to be omitted

In: Robbie BAJIC (short-term contract), Daniel PIORKOWSKI (return from groin injury), ROBSON (return from groin injury), Andrew BARISIC (promoted)

Out: Jerrad TYSON (not selected)

Others Unavailable: JEFFERSON (knee injury ? 9 weeks), James BROWN (shin injury ? 1 week), Jess VANSTRATTAN (ankle injury ? 4 weeks), Steve PANTELIDIS (suspended ? 1 week)

Stats, Facts & Milestones
Adelaide United hosts its 50th Hyundai A-League match, the first club to reach the half-century of home matches.
In its 49 Hyundai A-League home matches to date, Adelaide have a formidable record of W26-D12-L11.

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS in all official competitions
n/a



Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC
Saturday 22 August 2009
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Local Kick-off: 3.00pm
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Live & exclusive broadcast on Fox Sports 3.
Hyundai A-League club broadcast partner is Coast FM 96.3 (Gosford).
To purchase tickets visit www.ticktek.com.au

Central Coast Mariners: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 4. Pedj BOJIC, 5. Brad PORTER, 6. David D'APUZZO, 7. John HUTCHINSON, 8. Dean HEFFERNAN, 9. Nik MRDJA, 11. Dylan MACALLISTER, 14. Michael MCGLINCHEY, 15. Andrew CLARK, 16. Nigel BOOGAARD, 18. Alex WILKINSON (c), 19. Matt SIMON, 20. Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 21. Ahmad ELRICH, 22. Nicky TRAVIS, 23. Adam KWASNIK *two to be omitted

In: Andrew Clark, David D'Apuzzo (promoted)

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Chris Doig (Calf, 1 week), Shane Huke (Knee, 4-5 weeks)

Sydney FC Squad: 1. Clint BOLTON (gk), 3. Stephan KELLER, 4. Simon COLOSIMO, 5. Mitchell PRENTICE, 6. Karol KISEL, 7. Brendan GAN, 8. Stuart MUSIALIK, 9. John ALOISI, 10. Steve CORICA (c), 11. Kofi DANNING, 12. Shannon COLE, 14. Alex BROSQUE, 15. Terry MCFLYNN, 17. Matthew JURMAN, 19. Mark BRIDGE, 20. Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 22. Sung Hwan BYUN, 23. Rhyan GRANT. *three to be omitted

In: 5. Mitchell PRENTICE (promoted), 8. Stuart MUSIALIK (promoted), 23. Rhyan GRANT (promoted)

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: 2. Sebastian RYALL (suspended ? 2 weeks)

Stats, Facts & Milestones
With 48 goals scored in 13 previous Hyundai A-League matches to date, the Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC could be the first fixture pairing to have 50 goals scored between them
Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC played out the highest-scoring Hyundai A-League game to date, Sydney getting up 5-4 at Bluetongue Stadium in Round 15, 2007/08.

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD in all official competitions
All matches (played 13); Central Coast Mariners FC 4 wins, Sydney FC 6 wins (3 draws)
At Bluetongue (played 6); Central Coast Mariners FC 2 wins, Sydney FC 3 wins (1 draw)



North Queensland Fury v Melbourne Victory
Saturday 22 August, 2009
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Local kick-off 5.00pm
Referee: Peter Green

Live & exclusive broadcast on Fox Sports 3.
To purchase tickets visit www.ticktek.com.au

North Queensland Fury Squad: 1. Paul HENDERSON (gk), 2. Robbie MIDDLEBY, 3. Chris TADROSSE, 6. U*** TALAY, 8. Shane STEFANUTTO, 9. Robbie FOWLER (c), 11. David WILLIAMS, 16.Paul KOHLER, 18. James ROBINSON, 19. Daniel MCBREEN, 20. Justin PASFIELD (gk), 21. John TAMBOURAS, 22. Karl DODD, 23. Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 24. Dyron DAAL

In: Chris TADROSSE, U*** TALAY, James ROBINSON, Dyron DAAL

Out: Beau BUSCH, Jack HINGERT, Kojiro KAIMOTO (all omitted), Jason SPAGNUOLO (hamstring ? 2 weeks)

Others Unavailable: Scott WILSON (foot ? 6 weeks), Jacob TIMPANO (hamstring ? 6 weeks), Jeremy BROCKIE (quadriceps ? 4 weeks), Osama MALIK (thigh ? 1 week)

Melbourne Victory: 1.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk), 4.Steven PACE, 5.Surat SUKHA, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Matthew KEMP, 8.Grant BREBNER, 9.Danny ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.NEY FABIANO, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS (c), 14.Billy CELESKI, 15.Tom PONDELJAK, 16.Carlos HERNANDEZ, 17.Matthew FOSCHINI, 19.Evan BERGER, 20.Glen MOSS (gk), 22.Nick WARD *two to be omitted

In: Steven PACE (promoted), Matthew FOSCHINI (promoted)

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Kevin MUSCAT (hamstring ? 3-5 weeks)

Stats, Facts & Milestones
After losing their first two matches, North Queensland Fury will be striving to avoid the record of longest losing start for a new club: never before has a team lost its first three matches in the Hyundai A-League

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS in all official competitions
N/a



Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Local kick-off: 3.00pm AEST (5.00pm NZST)
Referee: Chris Beath

Live & exclusive broadcast on Fox Sports 3 and Sky Sports 1.
Hyundai A-League club broadcast partner is The Radio Network 1035 AM (Wellington).
To purchase tickets visit www.ticktek.com.au

Brisbane Roar Squad: 1. Liam REDDY (gk), 3. Luke DEVERE, 4. Craig MOORE (c), 6. David DODD, 7. Michael ZULLO, 9. Sergio VAN DIJK, 10. Charlie MILLER, 12. Matt MUNDY, 13. HENRIQUE, 15. Matt McKAY, 16. Bob MALCOLM, 17. Mitch NICHOLS, 18. Danny TIATTO, 20. Griffin McMASTER (gk), 21. Tommy OAR, 24. Robbie KRUSE. *one to be omitted

In: Tommy OAR (promoted)

Out: Josh McCLOUGHAN (groin - 2 weeks)

Others Unavailable: Massimo Murdocca (fractured leg ? 3-4 months), Andrew PACKER (adductor ? 2-3 months),

Wellington Phoenix Squad: 1. Mark PASTON (gk), 2. Manny MUSCAT, 3. Tony LOCHHEAD, 4. Jon McKAIN, 5. DIEGO, 7. Leo BERTOS, 8. Paul IFILL. 9. Chris GREENACRE, 10. Michael FERRANTE, 11. DANIEL, 13. Troy HEARFIELD, 16. David MULLIGAN, 17. Vince LIA, 18. Ben SIGMUND, 20. Reece CROWTHER (gk), 21. Marco ROJAS, 22. Andrew DURANTE (c), 23. Costa BARBAROUSES. *three to be omitted

In: David MULLIGAN (promoted), Marco ROJAS (promoted), Costa BARBAROUSES (promoted)

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Tim BROWN (groin ? 1 week), Jiang CHEN (visa)

Stats, Facts & Milestones
Brisbane Roar will be aiming to put a halt to an unwanted all-time Hyundai A-League record, having conceded in their previous 12 matches at home. The last time the Roar kept a team scoreless at Suncorp Stadium was on February 8, 2008 (Brisbane Roar 2-0 Sydney FC)



HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS in all official competitions
All matches (played 6): Brisbane Roar FC 4 wins, Wellington Phoenix FC 0 wins (2 draws)
In Brisbane (played 3): Brisbane Roar FC 3 wins, Wellington Phoenix FC 0 wins



Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets
Sunday 23 August, 2009
Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Local kick-off 3.00pm AWST (5.00pm AEST)
Referee: Craig Zetter

Live & exclusive broadcast on Fox Sports 3.
Hyundai A-League club broadcast partner is 6PR 882 AM (Perth).
To purchase tickets visit www.ticketmaster.com.au

Perth Glory Squad: 1.Tando VELAPHI (gk), 4.Andy TODD, 6.Chris COYNE, 7.Jacob BURNS (c), 8.Victor SIKORA, 10.Wayne SRHOJ, 11.Branko JELIC, 12.Scott NEVILLE, 13.Scott BULLOCH, 14.Eugene DADI, 16.Adriano PELLEGRINO, 17.Todd HOWARTH, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI, 20.Aleks VRTESKI (gk), 21.Mile STERJOVSKI, 23.Andrija JUKIC, 24.Matthew MAYORA *two to be omitted

In: Scott BULLOCH (return from injury), Eugene DADI (promoted)

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Jamie COYNE (knee ? 3 weeks), Jimmy DOWNEY (knee ? 5 weeks), Jamie HARNWELL (hamstring ? 1 week), Anthony SKORICH (hip ? 6 weeks)

Newcastle Jets Squad: 1.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 2. Angelo COSTANZO, 3. Adam D?APUZZO, 4. Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 5. Ljubo MILICEVIC, 6. Ben KANTAROVSKI, 7. Jin-Hyung SONG, 8. Matt THOMPSON (c), 9. Sasho PETROVSKI, 11. Tarek ELRICH, 15. Sean ROONEY, 16. Jason HOFFMAN, 17. Fabio VIGNAROLI, 19. Jason NAIDOVSKI, 20. Neil YOUNG (gk), 24. Chris TRIANTIS *one to be omitted

In: Ben KANTAROVSKI

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Donny DE GROOT (knee ? indefinite), Jobe WHEELHOUSE (ankle ? 4 weeks), Shaun ONTONG (groin ? 1 week), Marko JESIC (knee ? indefinite), Kaz PATAFTA (back ? indefinite)

Stats, Facts & Milestones
Newcastle Jets will be aiming to avoid a club record winless streak of ten away matches

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS in all official competitions
All matches (played 12): Perth Glory FC 5 wins, Newcastle Jets FC 3 wins (4 draws)
In Perth (played 6): Perth Glory FC 1 win, Newcastle Jets FC 1 win (4 draws)

Note: Match date and kick-off times are subject to change without notice.



BIRTHDAY BOYS
It?s a big week for birthdays with six teams lighting the candles for their players

? This week best birthday wishes go out to Gold Coast United?s Steve Pantelidis who turns 26 on Monday, August 17
? Newcastle Jets Captain Matthew Thompson turns 27 the following day, Tuesday, August 18
? Eugene Dadi of Perth Glory turns 36 on Thursday August 20
? Sydney FC?s Clint Bolton hopes to celebrate his 34th birthday with a win on Saturday August 22
? And Mitchell Langerak of the Melbourne Victory may have to postpone his 21st birthday celebrations until he returns from his trip away to Townsville to face North Queensland Fury on Saturday, August 22



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another big weekend of A-League action coming up! Bleiberg calling Vidmar an average coach...okay and who tool Adelaide to the Asian Champions League final? I'll this now, he won't be getting a warm reception thats for sure. Could be almost 15k at the game tomorrow night, cant wait!

The one and only UNITED will get up 2-1, Adelaide!

My Tips:

Adelaide United vs Gold Coast
CC Mariners vs Sydney FC
Nth QLD Fury vs Melbourne Victory
Brisbane Roar vs Wellington Phoenix
Perth Glory vs Newcastle Jets

[Adelaide Titan]

Simon Hill's round 3 preview:

Fox Sports football commentator Simon Hill runs the rule through round three of the A-League, which includes an exciting derby between Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC.

Adelaide v Gold Coast, Hindmarsh Stadium, 8pm (EST), Friday

Simon says: "The so-called clash of styles! I don’t know what Aurelio Vidmar has done to upset people because everybody seems to be having a pop at them. I think that’s a bit unfair! But having said all that, I do think the Gold Coast will win. They are terrific going forward and at the moment they are holding up defensively. I think Bas Van den Brink has been a super purchase for them and they’ll have just a little bit too much up front for the home side. The problem the Reds have got is they can’t score. In fact, I was looking back through the A-League records and found that their top scorer in any one season is Cristiano in 2008-09 with eight. They need to find a 10-15 goal a season man, and with Lloyd Owusu still injured, I’m not sure they’ve got one."

Mariners v Sydney, Bluetongue Stadium, 3pm (EST), Saturday

Simon says: "I’ve got egg all over my face so far for tipping the Mariners to run last – but it’s early days. I like the look of Sydney – they’re not as spectacular as some would have had us believe – but they’re obviously still a work in progress. I think the two teams are evenly matched given the Mariners are playing at home and I can see this one ending up in a draw, to be honest."

North Queensland v Melbourne, Dairy Farmers Stadium, 5pm (EST), Saturday

Simon says: "You’ve got to go for Melbourne here. I thought they showed a lot of character last weekend against Brisbane to come from 3-1 down and they’ve still got a lot of quality in the squad even without Kevin Muscat. Obviously Robbie Fowler may be able to exploit Muscat’s absence but I just think, man-for-man, Melbourne has got just a bit too much. The home side may desperately need the points but the visitors should be too good here."

Brisbane v Wellington, Suncorp Stadium, 3pm (EST), Sunday

Simon says: "I’m confident it’ll be a home win here. Brisbane has to win sooner or later and there’s no better time than this. They’ve got home advantage, they’re are in good form, even though they ran out of legs a bit against Melbourne, and with the likes of Sergio van Dijk, Michael Zullo, Robbie Kruse and Mitch Nicholls, they’ll have too much firepower for Wellington."

Perth v Newcastle, Members Equity Stadium, 5pm (EST), Sunday

Simon says: "I’ll going for a Perth win here. If you look at the quality of their side, at least on paper, then sooner or later they’ve got to put it together. And there were a couple of signs last weekend that they were starting to get back on the right track – it may just take a while for these teams to gel. It’s a heck of a trip for any team going over to Perth so I’m going to say the home side will get their first win of the season."

www.foxsports.com.au

Owusu is expected to play tonight so Simon is wrong there, we will have some more firepower although it might not b til the 2nd half.

And our defence will hold up. But for how long is the question? Adelaide will need to attack to relieve their defenders every now and then.

Cant wait!

[daveyk]

ADELAIDE UNITED 0
GOLD COAST UNITED 2

3 wins in a row and still TOP OF THE LEAGUE

[Adelaide Titan]

i must admit, i actually enjoyed watching GC in the 1st half. Adelaide woke up after an hour and Owusu was a threat but credit to Smeltz..definately one of my fave players. Still dont think you will be undefeated but will be very hard to beat.

Good to see about 5 GC fans nearly as many as you get there
12,741..great crowd!

[Adelaide Titan]

Todays Results:

CC Mariners - 0
Sydney FC - 0
@ Bluetongue Stadium

Nth QLD Fury - 0
Melbourne Victory - 1 (Thompson)
@ Dairy Farmers Stadium

Dyron Daal from the Fury should have equalised in the last minute. Fury's keeper Henderson made 2 great saves to deny Thompson a hat trick and stop a 3-0 defeat.

Tomorrow:

Brisbane Roar vs Wellington Phoenix
@ Suncorp Stadium

Perth Glory vs Newcastle Jets
@ Members Equity Stadium

[Adelaide Titan]

Todays Results:

Brisbane Roar - 1 (Van Dijk)
Wellington Phoenix - 1 (Greenacre)
@ Suncorp Stadium

Perth Glory - 2 (Srhoj, Pellegrino)
Newcastle Jets - 1
@ ME Bank Stadium

Brisbane still winless! they blew it in the last 10 mins. There was at least 10 yellows given out in Perths game like it was Christmas!

[Adelaide Titan]

Friday night results, Round 4:

Adelaide United - 3 (Pantelis x2, Owusu!)
Nth Qld Fury - 3 (Fowler, Daal, McBreen)
@ Hindmarsh Stadium

Perth Glory - 2 (Jelic x2)
Melb. Victory - 1 (Thompson)
@ ME Bank Stadium


Was at Hindmarsh tonight, what a game! Fowler scored which i was happy about seeing one of my idols but Owusu was the crowd favourite tonight! Shame were blew a 2-1 lead. Adelaide were 3-2 down and got a penalty in injury time to steal a point Vidmar....idiot! You dont take your in form striker off and consistent defender. Proved very costly

Weekend Matches:

Brisbane Roar vs C Coast Mariners
@ Suncorp Stadium

Newcastle Jets vs Gold Coast
@ Energy Australia Stadium

Sydney FC vs Wellington Phoenix
@ the SFS

[Adelaide Titan]

Saturday:

Brisbane Roar - 1 (Moore)
CC Mariners - 0
@ Suncorp Stadium

Today:

Newcastle Jets vs Gold Coast
Sydney FC vs Wellington

[Adelaide Titan]

Sunday Results:

Newcastle Jets - 1 (Rooney)
Gold Coast - 0
@ Energy Australia Stadium

(Sucked in Clive Palmer, hopefully that shuts you up losing to last years wooden spooners!)

Sydney FC - 2 (Gan, Aloisi)
W. Phoenix - 0
@ SFS

[kwigibo]

Oh please don't take our Smeltzy away!

[Adelaide Titan]

2 more goals to the tally!

[kwigibo]

2 more goals to the tally!

Let's just hope he isn't playing in the desert for some oil sheik by the end of the month.

[Adelaide Titan]

hes my fave player in the a-league, love his game style. he better stay! Allsopp is **** compared to Shane!