Adelaide sees another curtain raiser at Hindmarsh Stadium when Adelaide United prepare for the visit of Melbourne Victory.

And it's a Hyundai A-League and NYL double header weekend with Saturday's game seeing Central Coast Mariners take on new boys Gold Coast United at Bluetongue Stadium and Sunday NYL action pits Sydney FC at home against Newcastle Jets.

Friday, 18 September 2009

Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory

Goodwin Park, Brisbane

Local kick-off: 3.00pm

Referee: Matthew Gillett

Brisbane Roar squad: Matthew ACTON  (GK), Daniel BOWLES, Luke BRATTAN, Matthew BYRNE, Kenneth DOUGALL, Timothy DUNN, Jordan FARINA, Jordan MASON, Joshua McVEY, Luke MUIR (GK), Calum O'CONNELL, Michael RYAN, Antony SCHIAVO, Matthew THURTELL, Tyler THURTELL, Stefan VRBESIC

*one to be omitted*

Unavailable: Nil

Perth Glory NYL Squad: AMARAL (OA), Ludovic BOI, Scott BULLOCH (OA), Million BUTSHIIRE, Jimmy DOWNEY (OA), Ryan EDWARDS, Howard FONDYKE, Brent GRIFFITHS, Steve HESKETH, Andrija JUKIC (OA), Mario MARCINKO, Alex PEARSON (gk), David PRICE, Reece VITTIGLIA

*one to be included*

Unavailable: Hayden DOYLE (knee - indefinite), Cameron EDWARDS (local club commitments), Dean EVANS (groin - 2 weeks), Nick FEELY (local club commitments), Sam MITCHINSON (groin - 3 weeks), Ryan PEARSON (suspended - 1 week), Joshua RISDON (hip - 2 weeks), Adam TAGGART (foot - 1 week)

 Friday, 18 September 2009

Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Local kick-off: 4.45pm (5.15pm AEST)

Referee: Stephen Toth

Adelaide United squad: Joel ALLWRIGHT, Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), Andrew CIARLA, Michael DOYLE, Nathan FARRELL, Kingsley FRANCIS, Evan KOSTOPOULOS, Codey LARKIN (gk), Dane MILOVANOVIC, Perry MITRIS, Matthew MULLEN, Nick MUNRO (gk), Brett RAYNER, Alex SUNASKY, Liam WOODING, Joe WRIGHT, Francesco MONTEROSSO, Joe COSTA

*three to be omitted; Overage Players to be included*

Unavailable: Nil

Melbourne Victory Youth: Aziz BEHICH (c), Matthew DEMO, Diogo FERREIRA, Petar FRANJIC, Stephen HATZIKOSTAS, Antonio LA VERDE, Sebastian MATTEI (gk), Bradley NORTON, Stefaan SARDELIC (gk), Craig SWEENEY, Kliment TASESKI, Simon TOLLI

*three to be included*

Unavailable: Luke PILKINGTON (stress fractures - 6 weeks)

Saturday 19 September 2009

Central Coast Mariners v Gold Coast United

Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford

Local Kick-off: 4.45pm

Referee: Stuart Wolfe

Central Coast Mariners squad: Nikodin MATIC (gk), Matthew RYAN (gk), Gavin FORBES, Brendan GRIFFIN, Jerry KALOURIS, Matthew LIDDALL, Nick FITZGERALD, Mitchell MALLIA, David GULLO, Matthew LEWIS, Emmanuel GIANNAROS, Panni NIKAS (c), Adam ORMSBY, David D'APUZZO, Brady SMITH, Luka DUKIC, Graz TRIMBOLI
*two to be omitted*

Unavailable: Nathan SHERLOCK (Hernia - 6 weeks), Wolry WOLFE (released)

Gold Coast United squad: Tim ANDERSON (gk), Steven TOPALOVIC, Ben WEARING, Zachary ANDERSON, Chris HAROLD, Koh SATAKE, Ben HALLORAN, Callum HARE, Joshua BRILLANTE, Reuban WAY, James BROWN, Richard GREER, Robbie Bajic (gk) (OA)

*two to be included*

Unavailable: Jerrad TYSON (gk) (quad injury - 1 week), Ben HARRISON (groin injury - 2 weeks), Neko VUJEVICH (groin injury - 1 week), Mitchell BEVAN (pelvic injury - 3 weeks)

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Local kick-off: 12.15pm

Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones

Sydney FC squad: Hussein AKIL, Luke AUSTIN, Kerim BULUT, Zac CAIRNCROSS, Joel CHIANESE,  Tim MCGOWAN, Ray MILLER, Dimitri PETRATOS, Mark PULLMAN (gk), Iain RAMSAY, Mitchell SPEER, Steve TIBBETTS, Nenad VEKIC (gk)

*two to be included*

Unavailable: Sam GALLAGHER (international duty), Joe GIBBS (stress fractures (foot) - indefinite), Sam MUNRO (international duty)

Newcastle Jets squad: Will ANGEL, Scott BALDERSON, Damien BROSQUE, Fabian IACOVELLI, Adrian KARAKOLEVSKI, Robbie KOLAK (gk), Mirjan PAVLOVIC, Taylor REGAN, Jarrad ROSS, Dion SHAW (gk), Matt SIM, Mario SIMIC

*three to be included*

Unavailable: Jon GRIFFITHS (knee - 1 week), Jesse PINTO (ankle - 1 week), James VIRGILI (international duty)

 Bye: AIS