After a cameo appearance last week, Harry Kewell finally looks ready to go as a starter for Melbourne Heart, only 9 weeks after his last appearance in the first XI. Perth Glory are still missing quite a few players with William Gallas ruled out another week while Sidnei, star of last week’s win, is out with a hamstring injury. Otherwise, the majority of the A-League’s top stars are available for Round 10. Here’s how the five games stack up:
A-League week 10 squad lists
Perth Glory are still missing the most players but the A-League is finally rounding into general fitness with big stars fit and ready to contribute.
Friday December 13: Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory - AAMI Park
Melbourne Victory: 1. Coe, 2. Contreras, 3. Traore, 4. Ansell, 5. Milligan, 6. Broxham, 7. Finkler, 9. Barbarouses, 10. Thompson, 11. Pain, 13. Nabbout, 14. Troisi, 15. Nichols, 16. Mahazi, 20. Thomas, 23. Leijer, 24. Galloway, 25. Geria (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: None
Perth Glory: 1. Vukovic, 2. Clisby, 3. O'Neill, 4. R. Edwards, 6. C. Edwards, 7. Burns, 8. Nagai, 10. Maclaren, 14. McGarry, 17. Harold, 18. Duncan, 20. De Silva, 22. Makeche, 23. Thwaite, 24. Davies, 25. Woodcock
Injured/Unavailable: Sidnei (hamstring), Gallas (calf), Zahra (omitted)
Saturday December 14: Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar - Westpac Stadium
Wellington Phoenix: 1. Moss, 2. Muscat, 5. Boxall, 7. Bertos, 8. Ifill, 9. Cunningham, 10. Huysegems, 11. Brockie, 12. Boyd, 13. Riera, 15. Hicks, 16. Fenton, 17. Lia, 18. Sigmund, 20. Italiano, 21. Hernandez, 22. Durante, 23. Ridenton (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Caira (omitted)
Brisbane Roar: 1. Theo, 2. Smith, 5. Franjic, 7. Berisha, 10. Henrique, 11. Miller, 14. Ferreira, 15. Donachie, 17. McKay, 18. Brattan, 19. Hingert, 20. Acton, 22. Broich, 23. Petratos, 26. Brown, 29. Yeboah
Injured/Unavailable: Chalmers (omitted), Stefanutto (hamstring), North (groin - 1 week)
Saturday December 14: Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners - Coopers Stadium
Adelaide United: 1. Galekovic, 3. Boogaard, 4. McKain, 5. Malik, 7. Jeronimo, 8. Isaias, 9. Cirio, 10. Carrusca, 11. Djite, 12. Golec, 13. Lustica, 17. Mabil, 18. Zullo, 19. Barker-Daish, 20. Izzo, 21. Elrich, 22. Ferreira, 25. Kitto (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Hall (youth team), Cassio (hamstring - 5-6 weeks)
Central Coast Mariners: 1. Pasfield, 2. McBreen, 3. Rose, 4. Seip, 5. Anderson, 6. Griffiths, 7. Hutchinson, 8. Montgomery, 9. Duke, 10. Flores, 11. Fitzgerald, 12. Reddy, 14. McGlinchey, 15. Roux, 16. Sainsbury, 17. Caceras, 19. Simon, 21. Sterjovski (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Slater (back - 2 weeks)
Saturday December 14: Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers - Hunter Stadium
Newcastle Jets: 1. Birighitti, 3. Regan, 4. Jaliens, 5. Kantarovski, 6. Caravella, 7. Hoole, 8. Zadkovich, 9. Heskey, 10. Burns, 11. Goodwin, 12. Chapman, 15. Brillante, 16. Pepper, 18. Brown, 19. Bridges, 20. Kennedy, 21. Gallaway, 22. Taggart (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Neville (knee - season)
Western Sydney Wanderers: 1. Covic, 3. D'Apuzzo, 4. Topor-Stanley, 5. Beauchamp, 6. Polenz, 7. Haliti, 8. Poljak, 10. Mooy, 12. Minniecon, 13. Spiranovic, 17. Hersi, 18. La Rocca, 19. Bridge, 20. Tyson, 21. Ono, 22. Heffernan, 23. Trifiro (one to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Cole (quad), Juric (knee), Santalab (calf)
Sunday December 15: Sydney FC v Melbourne Heart - Allianz Stadium
Sydney FC: 1. Necevski, 2. Ryall, 4. Despotovic, 5. Jurman, 6. Petkovic, 7. Emerton, 8. Bojic, 10. Del Piero, 11. Garcia, 14. Mallia, 15. McFlynn, 16. Chianese, 19. Carle, 20. Janjetovic, 21. Yau, 22. Abbas, 27. Naumoff, 28. Thompson (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Grant (knee - season), Triantis (groin - season), Antonis (thigh - indefinite), Thiago (suspended - 6 weeks)
Melbourne Heart: 1. Redmayne, 3. Wielaert, 6. Gerhardt, 7. Ramsay, 8. Murdocca, 10. Kewell, 11. Mifsud, 14. Mebrahtu, 15. Williams, 16. Behich, 17. Hoffman, 19. Garuccio, 20. Velaphi, 21. Mauk, 22. Kalmar, 23. Dugandzic, 24. Kisnorbo, 25. Migliorini (two to be omitted)
Injured/Unavailable: Engelaar (fractured tibia - 6-10 weeks), Macallister (hamstring - 1 week), Germano (calf - 6 weeks)
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