The Newcastle Jets line-up against Wellington Phoenix on Friday night at Westpac Stadium.
Wellington Phoenix v Newcaste Jets
Friday, 23 December 2011
Venue: Westpac Stadium
Local Kick Off: 7:30pm (5:30pm AEDT)
Referee: Ben Williams/ Assistant Ref 1: Brad Hobson / Assistant Ref 2: Mark Rule / 4th Official: Matthew Conger
TV Broadcast: Fox Sports 1
Radio broadcaster: 1233 ABC Newcastle/ The Radio Network 1035AM
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1. Mark Paston (GK), 2. Manny Muscat, 4. Brent Griffiths 6. Tim Brown, 7. Leo Bertos, 9. Chris Greenacre, 11. Daniel, 14. Mirjan Pavlovic, 15. Cameron Lindsay, 17. Vince Lia, 18. Ben Sigmund, 20, Tony Warner (GK), 21. Dani Sanchez, 22. Andrew Durante (C), 24. Alex Smith.
In: Cameron Lindsay (promoted)
Out: Nicky Ward (concussion).
Unavailable: Lucas Pantelis (knee injury – indefinite), Jimmy Downey (knee injury – 1 to 2 weeks), Tony Lochhead (groin injury 2 to 3 weeks). Paul Ifill (groin injury 1-2 weeks) Nicky Ward (concussion, 1 week).
Newcastle Jets squad: 1. Ben Kennedy (gk), 2. Taylor Regan, 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 5. Tiago Calvano (c), 6. Ben Kantarovski, 8. Jeremy Brockie, 9. Michael Bridges 10. Ruben Zadkovich, 11. Tarek Elrich, 13. Sung-Hwan Byun, 14. Labinot Haliti, 19. Matthew Nash, 22. Ali Abbas, 23. Ryan Griffiths, 24. Francis Jeffers, 25. Jacob Pepper, *four to be omitted*
In: 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley (returns from injury), Michael Bridges, Ali Abbas, Jacob Pepper (all promoted)
Out: Wheelhouse (suspension), Wehrman (omitted), Payne (omitted)
Unavailable: nil
Head-To-Head Record: Played 14; Wellington Phoenix FC 9, Newcastle Jets FC 4, Drawn 1