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Competition front runners Central Coast go into their traditional New Year's Eve fixture at Bluetongue Stadium in white-hot form and with a five-point lead over second place Melbourne Heart, as they seek to make lowly Gold Coast their seventh straight victim in front of what should be a strong home crowd on Saturday night. The Mariners have almost effortlessly breezed past their respective opponents over the past six weeks, having scored an ominous 17 goals whilst conceding only five against them....

Out of form clubs Newcastle and Perth are both in desperate need of maximum competition points when the two sides lock horns at Ausgrid Stadium on Saturday afternoon, in the opening match of the A-League's New Year's Eve triple header. The Jets have now lost three games on the trot, following last Friday night's humiliating 5-2 defeat in Wellington at the hands of a Paul Ifill-less Phoenix and sit in eighth place on the ladder - equal on 13 points with Perth (seventh) - as a result. Coach Gary...

In-form Wellington will be out to register their first away win of the season, when they take on bottom place Adelaide at Hindmarsh Stadium on Friday night. The fifth place Phoenix are on a four-match winning streak at home - the last three of which have been in consecutive A-League rounds - and will have gained plenty of confidence from their 5-2 thrashing of Newcastle last Friday; a result that was achieved without the services of injured star forward Paul Ifill. The reds showed signs of improvement...

The Heart will be seeking their fifth consecutive win - and seventh from their past eight games - when they travel to the harbour city to take on Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium on Thursday night, in a battle for second place on the A-League ladder. The visitors currently sit in outright second position on the table - two spots and two competition points clear of the sky blues - following last weekend's pulsating 3-2 win over cross-town rivals Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park, which saw the...

Last place Gold Coast will be hoping to inflict the Roar with a fifth straight defeat, when they play host to their northern neighbours in their Boxing Day clash at Skilled Park on Monday night. United snapped a six-match winless streak with last Friday night's 3-1 triumph over the reds in Adelaide, which will have given their confidence a much needed shot in the arm ahead of the eighth installment of the Queensland derby. Goal-keeping youngster Jerrad Tyson will make his A-League starting debut,...

Eighth place Perth will be looking to put a tumultuous off-field week behind them when they host the league-leading Mariners at NIB Stadium on Friday night. Last weekend's 2-1 loss at home to Melbourne Heart brought an angry response from the disgruntled Glory faithful, who hurled abuse at the players, coach Ian Ferguson and owner Tony Sage, which prompted the mining magnate to declare that he now intends to hand back the club's license to Football Federation Australia at season's end. Captain...

Friday night's blockbuster battle between the Heart and the Victory at AAMI Park promises to be a thrilling encounter, with a sell-out crowd expected for take-two of the Melbourne derby for season 2011-2012. Although the cross-town rivalry is still only in it's infancy, there is clearly no love lost between the two clubs, who together have dished up heated contests in all four of their matches to date. The last two games have ended in draws, with the Victory having ran out 3-1 winners just over...

Sixth place Wellington will be seeking their fourth home win on the trot, when they play host to the Jets at Westpac Stadium on Friday night as part of an A-League triple header. Having collected maximum points from their midweek encounter against stumbling champions Brisbane in Dunedin last round, the Phoenix were no match against a rampant Melbourne Victory just four days later at AAMI Park - going down 3-1 in a match where the scorline flattered the visitors. as a result of that defeat, Ricki...

New Adelaide head coach John Kosmina will be expecting a vast improvement in enthusiasm and intensity from the reds, ahead of Thursday night's showdown with rivals Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium to kick-off Round 12 of the A-League. Kosmina - who was United's foundation coach in 2005 and guided the club to their first grand final appearance in the following season - was announced as Adelaide's new boss on Sunday, just hours after the decision was made to sack second-year coach Rini Coolen...