Hyundai A-League Postponed Rd 15 Preview
All the match information for postponed Round 15 of the Hyundai A-League.
Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC Saturday, 22 December 2007 Kick-Off 7:00pm AEDT (9:00pm NZDT, 6:30pm ACDT, 6:00pm AEST, 5:00pm AWDT) Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Referee: Matthew Breeze Assistant Referees: Rodney Allen & Alex Glasgow Fourth Official: James Lewis
TV: Live & Exclusive Fox Sports 1 (www.foxsports.com.au) - Match broadcast commences 7:00pm AEDT (6:30pm ACDT, 6:00pm AEST, 5:00pm AWDT). Sky Sport 2 (www.skysport.co.nz) - Match broadcast commences 9:00pm NZDT.
Radio: Coast FM 96.3FM (Central Coast) - www.coastfm.org.au
Tickets: Ticketek - available via internet or phone and at the venue. Visit www.ticketek.com.au or call 132 849
Central Coast Mariners Squad: 1.Matthew TROTT (gk), 2.Matt SIMON, 3.Paul O-GRADY, 5.Bradley PORTER, 6.Andre GUMPRECHT, 7.John HUTCHINSON, 8.Dean HEFFERNAN, 10.Tom PONDELJAK, 11.Damien BROWN, 12.Greg OWENS, 13.Tony VIDMAR, 15.Andrew CLARK, 16.Nigel BOOGAARD, 18.Alex WILKINSON (Captain), 19.Adam KWASNIK, 20.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 22.Sasho PETROVSKI, 23.Mile JEDINAK, 25.John ALOISI. *four to be omitted
In: Bradley Porter (Promoted), Andre Gumprecht (Promoted), Damien Brown (Promoted), Nigel Boogaard (Promoted) Out: Nil
Others Unavailable: Nik Mrdja (Knee - Season), Matthew Osman (Knee - Season)
Sydney FC Squad: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 2.Iain FYFE, 3.Nikolas TSATTALIOS, 6.Tony POPOVIC (Captain), 7.Robbie MIDDLEBY, 9.David ZDRILIC, 10.Steve CORICA, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 14.Alex BROSQUE, 15.Terry McFLYNN, 16.Mark MILLIGAN, 20.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 21.Adam BIDDLE, 23.Ufuk TALAY, 28.Michael BRIDGES, 29. Mark ROBERTSON. *one to be omitted
In: Nikolas Tsattalios (promoted) Out: Mark Rudan (transferred)
Others Unavailable: Juninho (knee - 2 weeks), Patrick (knee - 1 week), Jacob Timpano (thigh - 4 weeks), Adam Casey (leg - 8 weeks), Michael Enfield (knee - 6 months). Ruben Zadkovich (suspended - 1 week)
Impending stats, facts and trivia: Having not lost any of their previous six away matches, Sydney FC will be aiming to become only the third Hyundai A-League club to record an streak of seven away matches without defeat. The only two other clubs to achieve a seven or more undefeated away streak were Central Coast Mariners (in the 2005/06 season) and Melbourne Victory (2006/07). The last time Sydney FC lost away was a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle in the Hyundai A-League 2007 Minor Semi Final - 2nd leg, in February 2007. Meanwhile Central Coast Mariners' Andrew Clark is set to make his 50th Hyundai A-League appearance in this match.