A-League Round 13
The Age
Friday October 30, 2009
Perth Glory v Melbourne VictorySunday, ME Bank Stadium TV: 7pm, Fox Sports 1.WHAT€™S AT STAKE: Melbourne hasn€™t won in Perth on the last four occasions it has travelled there, so Glory won€™t want this run to end.WHO ARE YOU? CHRIS COYNE: Big, strong, hard-tackling, tough-talking centre half who hopes to force his way into Australia€™s World Cup squad.TEAM SHEET: Andy Todd and Mile Sterjovski are back for the Glory but Victor Sikora is missing.Victory regains Rody Vargas but loses Surat Sukha.VERDICT: Melbourne may do better this time. 1-1 BRISBANE ROAR v NEWCASTLE Tonight, Suncorp Stadium TV: 8.30pm, Fox Sports 1.WHAT€™S AT STAKE: Ange Postecoglou will be anxious to make a big impression in his first home game in charge of the Roar. Newcastle will need to build on last week€™s win over Mariners.TEAM SHEET: Still no Charlie Miller, but Roar gets back Craig Moore, Danny Tiatto and Bob Malcolm.Newcastle brings in Ali Abbas and Sasho Petrovski.VERDICT: 2-1 Roar.Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide UnitedTomorrow, Canberra Stadium TV: 7pm, Fox Sports 1.WHAT€™S AT STAKE: A-League credibility in Canberra after a poor crowd for the last Mariners game against Perth in the capital.TEAM SHEET: Nik Mrdja is back from yet another injury for the Central Coast. Two good inclusions for Adelaide, with Daniel Mullen back from injury and Fabian Barbiero from suspension.VERDICT: 0-1. Adelaide might grind out a result.Gold Coast United v North Queensland FuryTomorrow, Skilled Park TV: 9pm, Fox Sports 1.WHAT€™S AT STAKE: Credibility. For Clive Palmer, Gold Coast and the game on the sunshine strip after Palmer€™s plan to cap crowds.TEAM SHEET: Miron Bleiberg has brought in a handful of fresh faces but is yet to fi nalise his line-up after the drubbing in Wellington last week.Goalkeeper Jess Van Stratten is, however, out of action. Fury, buoyed by its fi rst home win, makes no changes to squad.VERDICT: 2-2 Sydney FC v Wellington PhoenixSunday, Sydney Football Stadium TV: 5pm, Fox Sports 1.WHAT€™S AT STAKE: Sydney can consolidate at the top with a win.Wellington needs to show last weekend€™s thrashing of Gold Coast was not a fl uke.TEAM SHEET: Koffi Danning and Brendan Gan come back into the Sydney squad, while Marco Rojas and Costa Barbarouses, two youngsters, are drafted into the Wellington party.VERDICT: Wellington should be on a roll and could carry on with it now it has learned how to win. 1-2
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