Melbourne Victory vs Gold Coast United : Round 17...
Round 17 of the 2011-2012 A-League season wraps in Launceston, with Melbourne and Gold Coast doing battle at Aurora Stadium on Wednesday night as part of the competition's scheme to promote top-level football in regional areas. The Victory are now four points adrift of the top six, after letting a two-goal advantage slip against Sydney (sixth place) at AAMI Park last Thursday and will be well and truly behind the eight-ball in terms of finals series qualification should they fail to pick up all...
Adelaide United vs Perth Glory : Round 17 A-League...
Perth will be looking to cement their place in the A-League top-six, when they travel to Hindmarsh Stadium to take on eighth place Adelaide on Sunday afternoon. The Glory are coming off their best performance of the season - and possibly their A-League history - following last Sunday's 4-1 thumping of Melbourne Victory in front of a boisterous home crowd at NIB Stadium. Former Adelaide captain Travis Dodd is battling an abdominal strain as he hopes to line up against his ex-club for the second...
Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Heart : Round 17...
Wellington return home full of confidence after claiming back-to-back wins on the road for the first time in the club's five-year history, as they prepare to take on the heart at Westpac Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Phoenix followed-up their Round 15 win over Gold Coast at Skilled Park with an upset 1-0 win over Newcastle last Friday night, thanks to a second-half strike to defender Manny Muscat, which was his first ever goal in the A-League. Ricki Herbert's side have now shot to third on...
Brisbane Roar vs Newcastle Jets : Round 17 A-League...
Defending champions Brisbane will be desperate to make ground on runaway league leaders Central Coast, when they host ninth place Newcastle at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. Ange Postecoglou's men currently sit 11 points behind the Mariners in second spot, with each side having played 18 matches. The Roar almost certainly need to win at least eight - if not all - of their remaining nine games to have a realistic hope of claiming back-to-back Premiership Plates, following last weekend's 1-1...
Gold Coast United vs Central Coast Mariners : Round...
Runaway league leaders the Mariners travel north to take on lowly Gold Coast at Skilled Park on Friday night, in a clash between top and bottom on the A-League ladder. After stretching their ominous unbeaten run to 15 matches, Central Coast are now a whopping 26 points clear of United - who have played one less game to date - and in an almost insurmountable position to take out the Premiership Plate (first past the post), with reigning champions Brisbane 11 points adrift of Graham Arnold's men...
Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC : Round 17 A-League...
The A-League's two most high-profile clubs will renew hostilities for the first time since their entertaining 0-0 draw at Etihad Stadium back in Round 1, when the Victory host the sky blues in an Australia Day clash at AAMI Park on Thursday afternoon. Melbourne were dealt a serious blow to their playoff chances on Sunday afternoon in Perth, with the Glory racking up their highest goal total of the season in the 4-1 win over Jim Magilton's side. The seventh place Victory are now four points adrift...
Adelaide United vs Newcastle Jets : Round 16 A-L...
Round 16 of the 2011-2012 A-League season wraps up in Bathurst of all places, with Adelaide 'hosting' Newcastle at Carrington Park on Wednesday evening, as part of Football Federation Australia's campaign to showcase the competition to regional areas. The reds suffered their first loss since John Kosmina took control of the managerial reigns in mid-December - going down 3-2 to runaway league leaders Central Coast at Bluetongue Stadium last weekend, having led 2-1 at half-time. United are in eigth...
Perth Glory vs Melbourne Victory : Round 16 A-Le...
Fifth place Perth host seventh place Melbourne at NIB Stadium on Sunday afternoon, in a match in which the outcome could have major implications on the order of the A-League's mid-table sides. Just three competition points currently seperate the two sides - with the Glory having played one more match than the Victory - who played out a now almost customary thriller in their last meeting back in Round 7, as Perth fought back from a two-goal deficit with a man down to claim a late 2-2 draw at Melbourne's...
Sydney FC vs Gold Coast United : Round 16 A-League...
Sydney will be desperate to jump-start their season with a win over bottom place Gold Coast on Sunday afternoon at the Sydney Football Stadium, with the business end of the A-League's regular-season fast approaching. The sky blues currently have a tenuous grip on sixth spot, with Melbourne Victory, Adelaide and Newcastle - who all have a game in hand on Sydney - ready to pounce, should Viterzslav Lavicka's men fail to claim maximum competition points against United. Their dour display in Wednesday's...
Melbourne Heart vs Brisbane Roar : Round 16 A-Le...
The third place Heart will be seeking their first win in five outings when they host defending champions Brisbane at Melbourne's AAMI Park on Saturday night. The impressive mid-season run of John van't Schip's side - which saw them register five wins on the trot - has well and truly stalled since the beginning of the new year, with the second-year club having picked up just a point from their past four encounters, culminating in their 1-0 loss at home to league leaders Central Coast midweek. Former...