Gold Coast United v Sydney FCWellington Phoenix v Central Coast
Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United
Melbourne Heart v Brisbane Roar
Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar
Melbourne Victory v Central Coast
Friday, November 12
Gold Coast United v Sydney FC
Verdict: Gold Coast will look to stretch their unbeaten run to 10 games when they meet a resurgent Sydney FC. Gold Coast return to home comforts after a three game road trip where they collected 7pts from a possible 9. Their last game was a 0-1 win at title challenging Melbourne Victory in a clinical away performance. Sydney are on a run of 3 games unbeaten after finally putting an end to their winless streak three weeks ago, in a 0-3 win at Perth Glory. They did just enough on Sunday to get over bottom side Newcastle Jets in a controversial 1-0 win.
Despite Sydney having seemingly turned a corner, recent positive results mask alot of their deficiencies. The absence of key midfielder, Nick Carle, and striker Mark Bridge for this game will blunt their strikeforce against a Gold Coast defence that has conceded a miserly 4 goals in their last 10 games. The home side regain the services of speedstars Minniejcon and Brown to further bolster their attack. The news that Gold Coast owner and Australia's richest man, Clive Palmer, will reinvest in the club for years to come is a boost for the team and should be an incentive for players to perform in order to secure long-term contracts.
Pick: Gold Coast United -0.25ah @1.80 (sbobet, 10 units)
Gold Coast United 3 - 1 Sydney FC
Saturday, November 13
Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast
Verdict: Wellington got back to winning ways at Perth last week (0-1) after Tim Brown gave them the lead inside the first minute. The Phoenix will look to build another long, undefeated run at Westpac Stadium after losing their 24 game record (without a loss) to league leaders Brisbane Roar a fortnight ago. Central Coast are the quiet achievers of the A-League with Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United gaining most of the plaudits but Graham Arnold's men made it 3 wins from 4 games with a 0-1 away maximum at struggling North Queensland.
The win against Perth broke a 4 game winless run for the Phoenix who have endured a tough set of fixtures in the last month.
Sitting in 7th position, the home side will be keen to stay in touch with the play-off spots as there seems to be an elite group forming at the top. Central Coast did just just enough at a dispirited North Queensland, squandering some good opportunities in the first half before hanging on in the last quarter of the match. They will need to do much better at Wellington if they are to reverse their poor head to head record, having not beaten the Whites in their last 7 encounters.
Pick: Wellington -0.25 @2.09 (ibcbet, 10 units)
Wellington 0 - 3 Central Coast
Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United
Pick: Newcastle Jets +0.25ah @1.97 (ibcbet, 10 units)
Newcastle Jets 3 - 1 Adelaide United
Sunday, November 14
Melbourne Heart v Brisbane Roar
Verdict: League leaders, Brisbane Roar, has the perfect opportunity to extend their lead over Adelaide to 4pts after the latter stumbled to a 3-1 defeat at Newcastle last night. Incidentally, Brisbane defeated the Reds in their last game, 4-0, in what was an amazing show of strength as they went on to score 3 goals despite been a man short. Brazilian striker, Reinaldo, was red carded in the 54th minute after accumulating two yellow cards. Melbourne Heart will be glad to be on home turf after a long and tiring road trip that yielded 7pts from a possible 9. On Wednesday, the Heart defeated North Queensland 1-3 in controversial circumstances as goals in the space of 14 second half minutes sealed the points to stretch their unbeaten run to 6 games.
Brisbane Roar will miss the services of Reinaldo through suspension but the visitors has the like of Solorzano, Barbarouses, and Nichols who can fill the striking roll just as effectively. After a slow start to their campaign, Melbourne Heart are improving but Brisbane are in a league of their own at the moment.
Pick: Brisbane -0.25ah @1.96 (ibcbet, 10 units)
Melbourne Heart 1 - 2 Brisbane Roar
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