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Adelaide and Newcastle will lock horns for the first time in over a year, when the two mid-table sides do battle at Hindmarsh Stadium on Friday night to kick-off Round 8 of the 2011-2012 A-League season. The reds returned from last weekend's trip to Auckland with a point, following their 1-1 draw with Wellington, having gone into the game with an understrength line-up before losing key left-back Cassio to an ankle injury in the first-half. Defender Milan Susak and midfielder Evgeniy Levchenko...

Having been touted by the bookies as pre-season favourites to take out the 2011-2012 A-League title, the star-studded Melbourne Victory go into week seven in search of what would be just their second win of the campaign, when they host Perth at Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Melbourne were kept scoreless for the fourth time this season in last weekend's stale mate against the Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium - which was also the Victory's fourth draw of the campaign - and now sit in mid-table,...

Sydney will be out to cement their position in the top-two of the A-League ladder, when they host local rivals Central Coast at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday night. The sky blues' 1-0 away win over Perth last weekend was their third win from their last four outings and sees them sit just three points behind league leaders and defending champions Brisbane in second spot and two clear of the third place Glory. Coach Vitezslav Lavicka has Socceroo stalwart Brett Emerton back at his disposal,...

Newcastle will be out to keep their perfect home record for season 2011-2012 in tact - and end the Roar's record 34-match unbeaten run in the process - when they take on Brisbane at Energy Australia Stadium on Saturday afternoon in front of what should be a strong crowd. The Jets made it three wins from as many attempts on their own turf with their defeat of Perth a fortnight ago, but were then subjected to their third consecutive loss on the road last weekend, when they were thumped 3-0 by Melbourne...

Round seven of the 2011-2012 A-League season gets underway at Robina's Skilled Park on Friday night, with bottom place Gold Coast playing host to Melbourne Heart for just the second time in the visitors' short history. Back-to-back road losses for United have seen them slip from sixth to 10th on the ladder, firstly with their agonising 3-2 defeat to Sydney a fortnight ago, before falling 2-1 to Adelaide last weekend. In-form midfielder James Brown - who has already netted four of his side's eight...

The Roar go into Sunday afternoon's home clash with Wellington at Suncorp Stadium as heavy favourites, as they seek their fourth consecutive win over the Phoenix, which would extend their record unbeaten run to 34th matches. First place Brisbane were unable to put away a brave, nine-man Melbourne outfit last weekend at Etihad Stadium and were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw despite enjoying almost 80% possession in the second-half. In-form midfielder Mitch Nichols is absent after gaining a senior...

Perth will be looking for their first win over Sydney in almost two years, when they play host to the sky blues at NIB Stadium to round out the A-League's triple header on Saturday night. The Glory have lost their past four head-to-head clashes against Sydney and have failed to find the net in their past three home matches against Vitezslav Lavicka's men, who have only tasted defeat against Perth four times in 18 matches since the A-League's inception. The last time the two sides met was in January...

With both the Mariners and Melbourne sitting in mid-position on the A-League ladder, all three points will be vital for two of the competition's pre-season favourites as they seek to keep pace with the league's front runners ahead of their clash at Gosford's Bluetongue Stadium on Saturday night. Central Coast turned out arguably their best performance of the 2011-2012 campaign in last weekend's 2-1 away win over Wellington and coach Graham Arnold will be hoping his men can make it three wins on-the-trot...

The Heart will be desperate to register their first win of their 2011-2012 A-League campaign, when they play host to second-place Newcastle at AAMI Park late on Saturday afternoon. It will be the second time the two sides have clashed this season, following the Jet's spirited 3-2 win at Ausgrid Stadium in the league's season opener back in Round 1. The visitors hold a slim advantage in the four head-to-head encounters between the teams to date, having won two matches - both wins coming in the...