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| Wellington Phoenix defeated Sydney FC for the second time this season, stunning the sky blues 2-1 at the Sydney Football Stadium. It wasn't a game that reached any great heights, but the Phoenix were clearly the better side all night and deserved their victory. Phoenix took the lead shortly after the half hour when a cross from Brown found an unmarked Leo Bertos who took pleasure in heading the ball home. For mich of the night Sydney looked flat and out of contention, but they sprung to life late in the game. Stuart Musialik from outside the box powered home an equaliser. But when the game was looking like a draw, with just a minute plus injury time to go, a Phoenix cross hit Sydney defender Tony Popovic's hand in the area, referee Craig Zetter pointing to the spot. Shane Smeltz made no mistake, and the Phoenix were on their way to victory. Click here for a full match report on this game. Click here for Harboursport's photo gallery of this game. Sydney FC 1 (S Musialik 77) Wellington Phoenix 2 (L Bertos 33, S Smeltz 89pen). Yellow Cards - Nil. Referee - C Zetter. Crowd - 12,856 at Sydney Football Stadium. Queensland Roar's dismal home record continued when they went down to Melbourne Victory 1-0. The Victory dominated for much of the game, and could have easily won by more, but the one goal was enough to put Melbourne on top of the ladder. The only goal came on 70 minutes, when Danny Allsopp set up Archie Thompson unmarked in the face of goal; his header giving Roar keeper Liam Reddy no chance. The Roar sprung to life, and had a few chances to equalise, but were unable to convert. Queensland Roar 0 Melbourne Victory 1 (A Thompson 70). Yellow Cards : Roar - D Tiatto 11, D Dodd 48). Victory - Nil. Referee - P O'Leary. Crowd - 12,022 at Suncorp Stadium. |
| It may have been a clash between two teams at the lower end of the ladder, but Perth Glory and Newcastle Jets' match at Members Equity was one of the most entertaining and dramatic matches so far this season. Newcastle led 2-1 at half time, with quality strikes from Joel Griffhts and Tariq Elrich only half offset by Rukavytsya's effort in getting around the Newcastle defence before turning and rifling the ball home. And when Jamie Coyne was sent off on the hour for a challenge that replays showed was more theatrical than foul, things were looking bleak for the WA side. But just 8 minutes later, Daniel Piorkowski was also marched and the game was back on level terms. From there it was Perth who did the bulk of the attacking; and finally the reward came. Adrian Trinidadi was brought down in the box by Jets' skipper Jade North, and although Dadi's first attempt from the penalty spot was saved, a line break by the Jets gave Dadi another go, and this time the ball went into the net to snatch a dramatic draw. Perth Glory 2 (N Rukavytsya 27, E Dadi 90pen) Newcastle Jets 2 (J Griffiths 17, T Elrich 44). Yellow Cards : Glory - N Sekolovski 28. Jets - J Wheelhouse 8, A D'Apuzzo 36, M Milligan 39, A Griffiths 84. Red Cards : Glory - J Coyne 59. Jets - D Piorkowski 68. Referee - M Breeze. Crowd - 7,837 at Members Equity Stadium. The Central Coast v Adelaide game was put back a week to allow the Mariners' extra time to prepare for their Asian Champions League final. And having gone down to Gamba Osaka midweek, a bad week was turned even worse when the Reds were no match for the Mariners, going down 3-0. Matt Simon scored early, and when Petrovski got on the board just moments before the break, the Mariners were in a winning position and the tired Reds had nothing more to give. Adrian Caceres made sure of the result shortly after the break, striking from the edge of the box to give the Mariners an unassailable 3-0 lead and return the Central Coast side to the top 4. Central Coast Mariners 3 (M Simon 18, S Petrovski 44, A Caceres 49) Adelaide United 0. Yellow Cards : Mariners - A Wilkinson 90. Reds - F Barbiero 65, J Spagnuolo 72. Referee - M Breeze. Crowd - 7,865 at Bluetongue Stadium. |
| ROUND 12 FIXTURES Friday 21st November Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners (Telstra Dome, 8:00pm) Saturday 22nd November Adelaide United v Sydney FC (Hindmarsh Stadium, 7:00pm) Sunday 23rd November Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets (Westpac Stadium, 4:00pm) Queensland Roar v Perth Glory (Suncorp Stadium, 6:00pm) ROUND 13 FIXTURES Friday 28th November Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory (Westpac Stadium, 5:30pm) Sydney FC v Queensland Roar (Sydney Football Stadium, 8:00pm) Saturday 29th November Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners (Members Equity Stadium, 8:00pm) Sunday 30th November Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United (Energy Australia Stadium, 5:00pm) All times shown are Sydney time |