Melbourne Heart FC will be looking to avenge its pre-season loss in Morwell when the side takes on the Newcastle Jets at AUSgrid Stadium on Saturday.
Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Heart
Saturday, 8 October 2011
AUSgrid Stadium, Newcastle
Local kick-off: 4.30pm
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
AR1: Murray Wilson
AR1: Shaun Evans
4th Official: Kris Grifith-Jones
Melbourne Heart FC will be looking to avenge its pre-season loss in Morwell when the side takes on the Newcastle Jets at AUSgrid Stadium on Saturday.
The Red and White are set to field up to six club debutants with Captain Fred, Maycon, David Williams, Jonatan Germano, Mate Dugandzic, Curtis Good and Nikola Roganovic all named in the travelling party.
Following a week of upheaval in the Hunter Valley, the Jets are sure to be motivated and raring to produce a positive result in front of their supporters.
Recent Results
19 August 2011 – Melbourne Heart FC 0 Newcastle Jets 1 @ Morwell
8 December 2010 – Melbourne Heart FC 0 – Newcastle Jets 2 @ AAMI Park
31 October 2010 – Newcastle Jets 0 – Melbourne Heart FC 2 @ Port Macquarie
Danger Man
Ryan Griffiths – The sometime Socceroo looms as a player to watch for John van ‘t Schip-s side, with his pace and skill set to force the Heart back four to pay special attention.
Expect Australian U/23 star Aziz Behich to closely mark Griffiths and attempt to nullify his impact on the game.
Fact of The Week
Newcastle-s Ben Kantarovski entered the history books during round two last season by scoring Melbourne Heart FC-s first ever goal in the 79th minute of the sides August 13 2010 encounter.
Squads
Newcastle Jets squad: 1. Ben Kennedy (gk), 2. Taylor Regan, 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 5. Tiago Calvano, 6. Ben Kantarovski, 7. Kasey Wehrman, 8. Jeremy Brockie, 10. Ruben Zadkovich, 11. Tarek Elrich, 12. Jobe Wheelhouse (c), 13. Sung-Hwan Byun, 14. Labinot Haliti, 15. Chris Payne, 17. James Virgili, 18. Marko Jesic, 19. Matthew Nash, 22. Ali Abbas, 23. Ryan Griffiths
Melbourne Heart squad: 2. Michael MARRONE, 3. Brendan HAMILL, 5. FRED©, 6. Matt THOMPSON, 7. Rutger WORM, 8. Kristian SARKIES, 9. MAYCON, 10. Wayne SRHOJ, 11. Alex TERRA, 13. Jonatan GERMANO, 15. David WILLIAMS, 16. Aziz BEHICH, 17. Jason HOFFMAN, 18. Curtis GOOD, 22. Nick KALMAR, 23. Mate DUGANDZIC, 24. Nikola ROGANOVIC (Gk), 30. Sebastian MATTEI (Gk)
*three to be omitted*
