A-League Round Six

Melbourne Victory v Queensland Roar
Friday, 28 September 2007
Kick-Off 8.00pm AEST
Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Melbourne Victory Squad: 1.Michael THEOKLITOS (gk), 2.Kevin MUSCAT (Captain), 3.Daniel PIORKOWSKI, 6.Steve PANTELIDIS, , 8.Grant BREBNER, 9.Danny ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.Joseph KEENAN, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 13.Kaz PATAFTA,14.Adrian CACERES, 15.Leandro LOVE, 16.Carlos HERNANDEZ, 17.Daniel VASILEVSKI, 18.Leigh BROXHAM, 20.Eugene GALEKOVIC, 21.Sebastian RYALL. *two to be omitted

In: Danny ALLSOPP (returns from injury), Kaz PATAFTA (promoted), Daniel VASILEVSKI (promoted)
Out: Matthew KEMP (groin – 2 weeks)

Others Unavailable: Ljubo MILICEVIC (knee - 2 weeks)

Queensland Roar FC Squad: 1.Liam REDDY (gk), 4.Craig MOORE (Captain), 5.Josh McCLOUGHAN, 7.Michael ZULLO, 8.Massimo MURDOCCA, 9.Simon LYNCH, 10.Ante MILICIC, 11.REINALDO, 14.Ben GRIFFIN, 15.Matt McKAY, 16.Hyuk-Su SEO, 18.Danny TIATTO,19.Sasa OGNENOVSKI, 23.MARCINHO, 30.Griffin McMASTER (gk).

In: None
Out: None

Others Unavailable: Matt Ham (shoulder injury – out for season), Andrew Packer (calf injury – 2 weeks).

Impending stats, facts and trivia: Melbourne Victory will equal the longest sequence of drawn matches (6) at national league level in Australia should they notch a draw against the Roar this weekend. After drawing their first five matches of the Hyundai A-League 2006/07 season, the Victory are one more draw away from equaling the record of consecutive draws set in the old NSL by Brisbane Lions in 1980 and St George in 1990/91. The last match Melbourne did not draw in the Hyundai A-League was the comprehensive 6-0 win over Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League 2007 Grand Final.

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Kick-Off 7.00pm AEST
Sydney Football Stadium

Sydney FC squad: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 2.Iain FYFE, 3.Nikolas TSATTALIOS, 4.Mark RUDAN, 6.Tony POPOVIC (captain), 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH, 9.David ZDRILIC, 10.Steve CORICA, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 12.PATRICK, 13.Ben VIDAIC, 14.Alex BROSQUE, 15.Terry McFLYNN, 16.Mark MILLIGAN, 18.Adam CASEY, 21.Adam BIDDLE, 22.JUNINHO, 23.Ufuk TALAY, 30.Matthew NASH (gk). *four to be omitted

In: Nikolas Tsattalios (promoted), Tony Popovic (return from injury), Ben Vidaic (promoted), Juninho (return from injury).

Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Robbie Middleby (quad - 3-4 weeks), Jacob Timpano (thigh - 1-2 weeks), Michael Enfield (knee - indefinite), Ivan Necevski (gk) (ankle - 1-2 weeks).

Newcastle Jets Squad: 1.Ante COVIC (gk), 2.Adam GRIFFITHS, 3.Jade NORTH, 5.Stuart MUSIALIK, 8.Matt THOMPSON, 9.Joel GRIFFITHS, 10.Denni, 11.Tarek ELRICH, 12.Paul KOHLER, 13.Adam D’APUZZO, 14.Jobe WHEELHOUSE, 15.Scott TUNBRIDGE, 17.Troy HEARFIELD, 18.Noel SPENCER, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Ben KENNEDY (GK), 21.Mario JARDEL, 23.Jason HOFFMAN, 27.Stephen LAYBUTT. *four to be omitted

In: Scott TUNBRIDGE (Promoted), Noel SPENCER (Promoted)
Out: Andrew DURANTE (Injury), Jorge DROVANDI (Not Selected)

Others Unavailable: Steve EAGLETON (injured)

Impending stats, facts and trivia Having not lost any of their previous seven Hyundai A-League matches, the Newcastle Jets will be aiming for a club record eight games without defeat when they come up against Sydney FC. The Jets commenced their current undefeated streak in the second leg of the Hyundai A-League 2007 Finals Series, and the streak includes the 1-1 draw in the Hyundai A-League 2007 Preliminary Final (a match which went to an unsuccessful penalty shoot-out). The last team to defeat Newcastle was Sydney FC (1-2), in week one of the Hyundai A-League 2007 Finals Series.

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory
Sunday, 30 September 2007
Kick-Off 5.00pm NZDT (2.00pm AEST)
Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Mark PASTON (gk), 2.Jeremy CHRISTIE, 3.Tony LOCHHEAD, 4.CLEBERSON, 5.Karl DODD, 6.Tim BROWN, 7.Ross ALOISI (captain), 8.Vaughan COVENY, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Michael FERRANTE, 11.DANIEL, 12.Richard JOHNSON, 13.Steven OLD, 14.Steven O’DOR, 15.George PALADINI, 20.Glen MOSS (gk), 21.Felipe CAMPOS, 22.Royce BROWNLIE. *three to be omitted

In: Cleberson (promoted), Royce Brownlie (promoted), Tim Brown (return to fitness)
Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Vince Lia (thigh – 1 week), Ahmad Elrich (new to squad)

Perth Glory Squad: 50.Tommi TOMICH (gk), 2.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 4.Simon COLOSIMO (Captain), 6.Dino DJULBIC, 9.Mate DRAGICEVIC, 10.Billy CELESKI, 12.Leo BERTOS, 13.Nikita RUKAVYTSYA, 14.Jamie COYNE, 15.Mitchell PRENTICE, 17.Jimmy DOWNEY, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI, 21.James ROBINSON, 24.Jordan SIMPSON, 25. Tyler SIMPSON, 30.Tando VELAPHI. *one to be omitted

In: Billy CELESKI (promoted), Leo BERTOS (return from injury), Jimmy DOWNEY (promoted).
Out: Jamie HARNWELL (omitted), David MICEVSKI (omitted).

Others Unavailable: David TARKA (hamstring – season), Jason PETKOVIC (leg – 5 weeks), Stan LAZARIDIS (Suspended – 8 weeks), Hayden FOXE (knee – 5 weeks)

Impending stats, facts and trivia This is the second longest road trip in world domestic football at a distance of 5258 km between Perth and Wellington. The longest road trip in world domestic football exists in the Russian Premier League between Zenit St Petersburg and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok at a distance of 6536 km (Source: http://www.mapcrow.info).
- Perth Glory will be hoping to score their first away goal in eight matches when they travel to Wellington. Leading into their Round 6 match, the Glory has not scored a goal in an away match since the 46th minute of their confrontation with Adelaide United in Round 11 of the Hyundai A-League 2006/07 season, meaning that leading into the Phoenix match, Perth Glory has not scored away in 674 minutes (over 11 hours of play). This is by far the longest period without scoring an away goal in the Hyundai A-League, with the next longest time being 504 minutes (set by New Zealand Knights in 2005/06).