Starting line-ups for Saturday’s F3 Derby clash between the Newcastle Jets and Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium.
The Hunter Ports Newcastle Jets have made two changes to their starting XI for Saturday night-s F3 Derby clash with the Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium.
Joel Griffiths returns after being a late withdrawal from last week-s win over Melbourne Heart with a rib injury, while David Carney has also been promoted to the starting XI.
Craig Goodwin and Andrew Hoole drop to the bench, giving Jets interim head coach Clayton Zane attacking options late in the match.
Central Coast Mariners starting XI: 3.Joshua ROSE, 4.Marcel SEIP, 5.Zachary ANDERSON, 7.John HUTCHINSON (C), 8.Nick MONTGOMERY, 9.Mitchell DUKE, 12.Liam REDDY (gk), 20.Bernie IBINI, 21.Mile STERJOVSKI, 25.Eddy BOSNAR, 26.Kim SEUNG-YONG.
Substitutes: 1.Justin PASFIELD (gk), 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 15.Storm ROUX, 19.Matt SIMON, 28.Glen TRIFIRO.
Newcastle Jets starting XI: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 4.Kew JALIENS, 6.Zenon CARAVELLA, 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH (c), 9.Emile HESKEY, 14.Josh MITCHELL, 15.Josh BRILLANTE, 21.Sam GALLAWAY, 22.Adam TAGGART, 23.David CARNEY, 29.Joel GRIFFITHS.
Substitutes: 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 11.Craig GOODWIN, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 24.Mitch OXBORROW.
Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-off: 7:45pm local (7:45pm AEDT)
Referee: Peter Green
Assistant Referee 1: David Walsh
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Shchetinin
Fourth Official: Chris Young
TV broadcast: 7.30pm (AEDT) Live coverage on FOX Sports 3HD and on Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 92.5 ABC Central Coast, ABC Grandstand Online/Mobile phone app . Coast FM (Central Coast)
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