A-League Round 1

[Schillaci]

Starts tonight at Olympic Park. All games this season will be covered on Fox.


Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United
Date: Friday August 25
Kick-off (local time): 8.00pm
Venue: Olympic Park
TV coverage: Live on Fox Sports 1 (SKY Sport 3 in NZ)
Head-to-head
Three league meetings: Adelaide - 3 wins


Queensland Roar v Perth Glory
Date: Saturday August 26
Kick-off (local time): 7.00pm
Venue: Suncorp Stadium
TV coverage: Live on Fox Sports 2
Head-to-head
Three league meetings: Queensland - 1 win, Perth - 1 win, 1 draw


New Zealand Knights v Newcastle Jets
Date: Sunday August 27
Kick-off (local time): 5.00pm
Venue: North Harbour Stadium
TV coverage: Live on Fox Sports 2 (delayed on SKY Sport 1 in NZ)
Head-to-head
Three league meetings: Newcastle - 3 wins


Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners
Date: Sunday August 27
Kick-off (local time): 5.00pm
Venue: Aussie Stadium
TV coverage: Live on Fox Sports 2
Head-to-head
Four league meetings: Sydney - 2 wins, Central Coast - 1 win, 1 draw

 

[Samwise]

Sweet, I'll be at the QLD game. Here's hoping for bumper crowds all round.

 

[Eddie.]

For the good of the Crowds i hope Melbourne and QLd can get the early home wins early that were so elusive last season.

 

[Schillaci]

my crowd predictions are

Olympic park sellout 17k
Suncorp 18-25k
North Harbour 5-10k
SFS 25-30k

i think that will be pretty close.

 

[Raider Ultra]

Yeh, should be about right. Tonight's match will be a belter, have to go to dinner with the missus though!!

 

[chileman]

Here's hoping NZ are a little more successful because if not and the crowds don't turn up, give the team to Tasmania ;-)

 

[NK Arsenal]

My tips:
Victory vs United: United
Roar vs Glory: Draw
Knights vs Jets: Jets
Sydney FC vs Mariners: Draw

 

[Schillaci]

Melbourne Victory 2 (Muscat 29p, Claudinho 78)
Adelaide United 0
Crowd: 15,781

 

[NK Arsenal]

Not the Result I wanted but the crowd was awesome.

 

[perth sharkie]

Can't see the Glory winning at all, I think most of the pundits who tip us to finish 2nd last are 100% correct.

 

[roosters06]

good first up win for the Victory.

The 3 brazilian signings are already showing their class.

Looks like a good season ahead for the mighty Victory!

 

[Schillaci]

Queensland Roar 3 (Lynch 79, Vidosic 81, McLaren 85)
Perth Glory 0
Crowd: 20,606

 

[roosters06]

Damn. There goes my perfect round in the tipping - tipped a draw.

The Glory look like they are done and dusted before the season has even really started.

 

[weasel]

Qld Roar, f**k yeah. Shades of Kaiserslautern.

Never say never

 

[Nevcost]

Go the Roar, tremendous result, Milicic, Vidosic and Lynch all look like quality signings and were really the sort of players we needed lat season. Hopefully they'll continue their good form

 

[Misanthrope]

You're kidding aren't you, roosters06? Perth looked more than competitive for 70 minutes of that game, and whilst it got away from them at the end, they wouldn't be terribly worried just yet. They controlled a good portion of the game and played some good football. Once the likes of Laziridis are fit, they'll be more threatening.

 

[perth sharkie]

You're kidding aren't you, roosters06? Perth looked more than competitive for 70 minutes of that game, and whilst it got away from them at the end, they wouldn't be terribly worried just yet. They controlled a good portion of the game and played some good football. Once the likes of Laziridis are fit, they'll be more threatening.

I agree, the Glory actually played surpringsly well and the 3-0 scoreline wasn't really a fair reflection of the game.

Glory assistant boss Mitchell said that the players only had two days training prior to this match because flu has decimated the camp and I guess four away games in a row in preseason (includeing the dreaded trip to Auckland) also took its toll on the players.

 

[Schillaci]

Sydney FC 1 (Fyfe 51)
Central Coast Mariners 0
Crowd: 19,274 at Aussie Stadium

New Zealand Knights 0
Newcastle United 0
Crowd: ?

 

[weasel]

Interesting first round, aren't the Jets looking diabolical, we travel to Newcastle next round so let's see how we go there.

 

[chileman]

Yeah I think the Glory can hold their heads up high after the limited preperation they had before the game.

Solid win for Sydney although very scrappy and the CC were unlucky to sneak an equaliser, Bolton pulled off one point blank save that was a ripper!