R18: Mariners v Adelaide (Canberra)

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Hyundai A-League Round 18
Sunday 5 February 2017
Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United
GIO Stadium, Canberra
Kick-Off: 5:00PM

Referee: Shaun Evans
Assistant Referee 1: Allyson Flynn
Assistant Referee 2: Greg Taylor
Fourth Official: Luke Withell

TV Broadcast: Live coverage on Fox Sports 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: ABC Grandstand Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live, Coast FM 96.3

Central Coast Mariners Squad
1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 6.Blake POWELL, 7.Fabio FERREIRA, 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (c), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Kwabena APPIAH, 14.Adam BERRY, 16.Liam ROSE, 17.Josh BINGHAM, 20.Paul IZZO (gk), 22.Jake McGING
***Two to be omitted***

Ins: 5.Harry ASCROFT (promoted), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (return from suspension), 21.Michael NEILL (promoted)
Outs: 26.Steve WHYTE (not selected)
Unavailable: 10.Mickael TAVARES (ankle injury – indefinite), 19.Jacques FATY (hamstring – 1 week), 23.Jake ADELSON (ACL – indefinite)

Adelaide United Squad
1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) (c), 2.Michael MARRONE, 3.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 5.Taylor REGAN, 8.ISAÍAS, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Sergio CIRIO, 12.Mark OCHIENG, 13.Marc MARINO, 14.George MELLS, 16.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 18.Riley McGREE, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 20.John HALL (gk), 21.Tarek ELRICH, 24.Jordan O'DOHERTY
**two to be omitted**

Ins: 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA (returns from injury), 12.Mark OCHIENG (promoted), 16.Jesse MAKAROUNAS (promoted), 24.Jordan O’DOHERTY (promoted)
Outs: 7.HENRIQUE (not selected), 22.Ryan KITTO (hamstring – 6-7 weeks)
Unavailable: 23.Jordan ELSEY (knee – season)

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Fixture History v Adelaide United (A-League)
Matches 36 / Mariners 17 / Adelaide 13 / Drawn 6
Goals Scored 52 / Goals Conceded 47
Biggest Win: Mariners 4 Adelaide 0 at Coopers Stadium, 2011/12 Round 9
Biggest Loss: Adelaide 4 Mariners 0 at Coopers Stadium, 2013/14 Round 10

Adelaide United at Central Coast Stadium
Played 17 / Won 5 / Lost 11 / Drawn 1

Last Meeting
2016/17 Round 5, Coopers Stadium
Central Coast Mariners 2 Adelaide United 1

Form - Last Five (A-League)
CCM - D L L L W
ADL - D L W L D

CCMFC GUIDE TO MARINERS IN CANBERRA​

 

[Big Al]

Last time we were favourite's and playing well we flopped in Canberra.
Expect the same. Will be very surprised if play well little own win.
Will be ghost town

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Truly worried about this one but if we can't win this we sort of deserve the spoon. Will be a big test for Paolo and the team they need to truly deliver a result in unfamiliar territory for the first time.

 

[Fishsdad]

Anyone going down? Or will it just be Fishsmum and me at the ground? (And if the temperature is up around 35 C it will only be me...)

 

[FFC Mariner]

One man and his dog derby. 5pm on a Sunday for a transplanted game? What were they thinking?

For a coastie, thats about a 12 hour round trip returning home around midnight on a Sunday.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

One man and his dog derby. 5pm on a Sunday for a transplanted game? What were they thinking?

For a coastie, thats about a 12 hour round trip returning home around midnight on a Sunday.

Especially dumb considering this is our "go out on a limb for Canberra game". Will be surprised if we get more than the W-League.

 

[Wombat]

3000 crowd after Mike hands out 16,000 free tickets. Like a GWS game.

 

[nebakke]

Last time we were favourite's and playing well we flopped in Canberra.
Expect the same. Will be very surprised if play well little own win.
Will be ghost town

I dunno though - nux seem to have been a bogey team for us this season. Vision was the same for all three games. They just managed to compress and hold us well. I don't think that approach would suit Adelaide and while they have good players i don't generally rate them the same.
So we are at least a decent shout I think/hope.
We really need to win this one.

 

[sydmariner]

Anyone going down? Or will it just be Fishsmum and me at the ground? (And if the temperature is up around 35 C it will only be me...)

I'll be there

 

[pjennings]

My wife and I are going down - staying overnight and going to the Versailles exhibition. Football and culture - can't beat it.

 

[McGr1m3]

Missus & I will also be there overnight at Mollymook then over for game day.
Here's Hoping we can being our "A" game or even B - C would be fine.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

The Slippery Fish (Henrique) is slipping away from Adelaide!
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/01/31/henrique-set-leave-adelaide-united

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Adelaide only have two forwards heading into this weekends match with both Ryan Kitto and Nikola Mileusnic being injured.

 

[Big Al]

Very similar to when Nix where missing half their team. Very nervous

 

[true believer]

if posco and jnr play like last week we get this .

 

[nebakke]

Very similar to when Nix where missing half their team. Very nervous

I was more uncomfortable with the Nix tbh.
Not that i think we have this in the bag but the Nix second string still had Krisha, Bonevacia and Finkler starting - it was always gonna be scary.
A little concerned that Adelaide's Henrique replacement is flying in before the weekend...

 

[style_cafe]

This is the make or break game for us.
If we win we put some air between us & Adelaide giving us our longest winning run for quite a while.
Anything else & we're right back to being under the pump again.
Damn! I wish we were playing at home where the guys appreciate the support they get.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

I'll be heading down with my son. Its predicted to be 39 degrees and there is a W League game on at 2:00pm before our game. There is a hight chance the heat will cause problems with delays especially after last weeks ADUvWEL game. It would be good to know before hand what the contingencies will be. Will both games be pushed back???

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Monty on the potential heat:
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/socc...t-of-aleague-finals-race-20170201-gu3449.html

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Stats preview by Adelaide:
http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/article/round-18-stats-preview---ccmvadl/f1usyqr79q6f1xd3psog68ez1