Newcastle Jets v Brisbane
Roar
Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Friday, November 14
6.40 PM (AEST)
A winless Brisbane Roar is on the
road this week for Friday night’s clash in Newcastle and desperate to register its first
points of the season. The Jets will be full of confidence following a 2-2 draw
against Premiership favourites Melbourne Victory, as well as defeating the Roar
in their two meetings at Suncorp Stadium last season. The Roar’s depth will
again be tested with club veteran Matt McKay unavailable after a call up to the
Socceroos squad taking on Japan
on 18 November in Osaka.
It is worrying times for Brisbane and their embattled coach Mike Mulvey.
Pick: Roar (Draw No Bet)
Adelaide United v Wellington
Phoenix
Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday, November 15
4.00 PM (AEST)
Adelaide continues to play an attractive
confident brand of football under Josep Gombau. The skill level has ramped up a
notch with Marcelo Carussca, Sergio Cirio and former Jets winger Craig Goodwin
creating plenty of headaches for opposition teams down the left hand side. The
crowds are flocking to Cooper’s Stadium with their side yet to record a loss
this season. With three games in nine days, the Reds could battle fatigue and
may miss the service upfront of star striker Bruce Djite as he battles a quad
injury. Adelaide is in a fabulous headspace at present after qualifying for the
FFA Cup Final and Phoenix need to bring their ‘A game’ if they are to take the
three points back home across the ditch.
Pick: Adelaide
United (Goal Margin 2+ Goals) for a little more value
Sydney FC v Melbourne
Victory
Allianz Stadium,
Sydney
Sat, November 15
6.30 PM (AEST)
This shapes as the match of the
round with the Sky Blues and Victory yet to register a loss this season. Graham
Arnold has managed to get Sydney
doing something they’ve struggled to do in the past few seasons…play as a team,
and it is working well. Goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic is in wonderful touch with
the gloves recording three cleansheets and only conceding three goals all
season. He will need to be at his best this Saturday as Besart Berisha heads a
daunting attack for the Victory. In 14 matches at Allianz, there have been
seven draws, and I’m guessing this could be close as the clock ticks towards
the 90-minute mark.
Pick: Draw
Perth Glory v Western
Sydney Wanderers
nib Stadium, Perth
Sat, November 15
8.30 PM (AEST)
Perth Glory return home after an
arduous road trip which netted their first away win at Gosford. The table
topping Glory are brimming with attacking options, and a massive week was
capped off with a memorable win over Bentleigh Greens as they booked a place in
the inaugural FFA Cup Grand Final in Adelaide on December 16. Nebojsa
Marinkovic has been devastating from the set pieces scoring three goals in two
matches and is great value in the ‘1st Goal Scorer’ and ‘To Score a Goal’
markets. The Wanderers will be hoping for a change of fortune to rekindle their
winning ways in the local competition. This will be close, but I think the
‘Frequent Flying’ Wanderers can sneak home and collect the three points to get
their season going.
Pick: Western
Sydney Wanderers (Draw No Bet)
Central Coast
Mariners v Perth Glory
AAMI
Park, Melbourne
Sunday, November 16
4 PM (AEST)
Irish born midfielder Liam Miller
hasn’t allowed the grass to grow under his feet and joined Melbourne City
this week after leaving Premiers Brisbane Roar by “mutual consent”. With Aaron
Mooy (Socceroos) and Stefan Mauk (Olyroos) away on international duties, Miller
will be hoping to fill the void and team up with countryman Damien Duff to take
on a Mariner’s outfit that has so far struggled to set the world on fire. The
Mariners are coming off the back of a disappointing though predicted FFA Cup
semi final loss to Adelaide,
but coach Phil Moss should be pleased with a more spirited performance.
Pick: Melbourne
City H2H
I’ll be on The TattsBet Brekky show @tattsbetbrekky every
Friday and Monday morning around 7:45am AEST over the course of the entire
@Aleague season with my previews and reviews of every game.
James ‘Hamez’ Clark
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