Minor premiers the Perth Glory will put their season on the line as they take on Adelaide United in the first semi-final. This is The Roar’s guide to streaming the match online, and watching it on TV, so you won’t miss a moment of the action. Kick-off in this winner-takes-all contest with a spot in the 2018-19 A-League grand final at stake is scheduled for 8:30pm (AEDT) – 6:30pm (local) on Friday, May 10 at NIB Stadium in Perth. Adelaide qualified for the second week of finals with a stunning extra-time victory last weekend over the Melbourne Victory, as Ben Halloran scored a 119th minute goal to ensure their path through to the second weekend of knockout football. Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Reddit Email Share Perth, meanwhile, enjoyed a week off after storming to the minor premiership, and are heavy favourites to keep their run going to the big dance. How to watch the first A-League semi-final on TV All of the A-League’s semi-finals are available on both pay TV and free to air TV for Australian audiences. The best option will be to tune in through host broadcaster Fox Sports, who have also had the rights to every single match throughout the A-League season. Their coverage of the first semi-final will begin at 7:30pm (AEDT) on Channel 505. To watch the Fox Sports coverage, you will need to be holding a valid Foxtel TV subscription. Advertisement Advertisement You can also tune in through Network Ten’s secondary channel, 10Bold, which can be found on Channel 11. How to live stream the first A-League semi-final online If you are looking to stream this A-League semi-final online, then the best way to do so will be to use the Foxtel coverage. Kayo Sports have the rights to all of Foxtel’s sports channels, as well as other selected events for $25 per month, and are currently the best option to watch the A-League online. If you would prefer to stream the rest of Foxtel’s channels, however, then you could sign up with Foxtel Now, however, you will need to ensure you have the sports package. For those already with a TV subscription to Foxtel that includes the sports pack, you should look to use the Foxtel App, as it’s free with a valid username and password. Otherwise, you could also tune in through TenPlay, or the MyFootballApp, which is available on both the Google Play, and Apple App stores. Here at The Roar, you can also tune into all the action with our live blog of the action, and highlights throughout the course of the match. Advertisement Advertisement Key game information: Perth Glory vs Adelaide United A-League semi-final Kick-off: 8:30pm (AEDT) – 6:30pm (local) Venue: NIB Stadium, Perth TV: Live, Fox Sports, 10 Bold Online: Live, Foxtel App, Foxtel Now, Kayo Sports, TenPlay, My Football App Betting: Glory $1.55, United $3.05 Referee: Alex King Squads Perth Glory 1. Tando Velaphi (Gk), 3. Jason Davidson, 4. Shane Lowry, 5. Ivan Franjic, 6. Dino Djulbic, 7. Joel Chianese, 9. Andy Keogh, 11. Brendon Santalab, 13. Matthew Spiranovic, 16. Tomislav Mrcela, 17. Diego Castro, 19. Chris Ikonomidis, 20. Jake Brimmer, 22. Fabio Ferreira, 23. Scott Neville, 27. Juande, 33. Liam Reddy (Gk), 88. Neil Kilkenny Adelaide United 1. Daniel Marguš (Gk), 2. Michael Marrone, 3. Scott Galloway, 6. Vince Lia, 7. Ryan Kitto, 8. Isaías Sánchez (C), 9. Baba Diawara, 11. Craig Goodwin, 14. George Blackwood, 16. Nathan Konstandopoulos, 17. Nikola Mileusnić, 20. Paul Izzo (Gk), 22. Michael Jakobsen, 23. Jordan Elsey, 26. Ben Halloran, 31. Mirko Boland, 32. Carlo Armiento, 33. Apostolos<doc-sep>A-League grand final spots are up for grabs this weekend, starting when Premiers Perth Glory’s clash with Adelaide United at HBF Park on Friday night. How have they fared against each other this season? Who will be there from the first whistle? And how does each side guarantee a spot in the big dance next week? Live stream the 2019 Hyundai A-League on KAYO SPORTS. Every game of every round live & anytime on your TV or favourite device. Get your 14 day free trial > Dominant: that’s exactly what Perth Glory have been this season. The eventual Premiers led the competition from round four and truthfully, never looked like ceding their position atop of the A-League ladder. Now, fresh from a weekend without competitive football, Perth are, quite rightly, huge favourites to go on and complete an historic double, starting on Friday night. Perth Glory are heavy favourites to beat Adelaide United Source: Getty Images Meanwhile, their semi final opponents, Adelaide United, travel to HBF Park as the undeniable underdogs. Not only did they struggle against Perth throughout the regular season, they’re also making the trip west after an exhaustive albeit prosperous extra time elimination final against Melbourne City on Sunday. Despite the rapid turnaround, departing Reds coach Marco Kurz has talked the talk in the build up, insisting this week won’t be the last of his two-season tenure. “My goal is to have another training session next week and maybe another press conference,” Kurz told AAP on Thursday. PREVIOUS MEETINGS THIS SEASON Look away now, Adelaide United fans. Over their three regular season meetings, the Reds weren’t able to beat the Glory, losing in rounds four and 22, while managing a scoreless draw in round 15. The small glimmer of hope? That draw was at the venue this match will be played at: HBF Park. What makes for even bleaker reading, however, is that Adelaide are yet to score past Liam Reddy this season, making them the only team - including the hapless Central Coast Mariners - not to have registered against the Premiers. Adelaide celebrate their 118th minute winner in last week’s elimination final Source: Getty Images EXPECTED LINE UPS Perth Glory Having a week off should have eliminated any selection concerns for Popovic, but midfield mainstay Neil Kilkenny is at least a doubt after sustaining an ankle injury in training on Saturday. That being said, major figures at the club are confident Kilkenny will be available come Friday. Expect Perth to line up in their tried, tested and at this point, almost perfected 3-4-3 against Adelaide. Shane Lowry returns at the back while the creative qualities of Diego Castro and Chris Ikonomidis will service the prolific Andy Keogh up front. Potential XI: Reddy; Lowry, Spiranovic, Djulbic; Franjic, Kilkenny, Juande, Davidson; Castro ©, Ikonomidis, Keogh. Adelaide United Much to the delight of Kurz and his coaching staff, Adelaide’s playing group escaped Sunday evening’s marathon match unscathed so far as injuries are concerned. It is just Danish playmaker Ken Ilso who remains ineligible due to a drug ban. Expect the German coach to select a similar, if not unchanged, starting team to that which won at Coopers five days ago. Potential XI (4-2-3-1): Izzo; Galloway, Jakobsen, Marrone, Kitto; Boland, Isaias ©; Goodwin, Blackwood, Mileusnic; Halloran. Alex Tobin Medal winner Diego Castro will be a key player for Perth Glory Source: Getty Images HOW PERTH GLORY WIN IT? Essentially, by continuing to do what they’ve done so well this season. The likes of former Socceroos Jason Davidson and Ivan Franjic will need to stretch Adelaide in wide areas, while the perpetual motion of Keogh should have a similar effect up front. From here, Perth’s strengths lay in finding Castro and Ikonomidis in pockets of space either side of, and in behind Adelaide’s defensive midfield duo of Isaias and Mirko Boland. Although they’re likely to dominate possession, their organisation and ability to remain composed in a low-block will also be critical if they’re to keep their impressive clean sheet record intact against the Reds. HOW ADELAIDE UNITED WIN IT? Yet to lay a glove on the Premiers this season, Kurz and co. need to change things up for this must-win match. At times criticised for languid, drawn-out phases of possession, Adelaide will no doubt create more chances against Perth by attempting to exploit fleeting moments in the match where Glory’s back three are exposed by their marauding wingbacks. Should Isaias, for example, be able to move the ball quickly into the wide channel left by a forward-thinking Franjic, Craig Goodwin could get the opportunity to deliver a telling ball into the box - as he did late on for Ben Halloran’s winner against City a week ago.<doc-sep>It was a match for the ages and it left football fans gasping. In a week of incredible football comebacks, the A-League produced an extraordinary spectacle of its own as Perth Glory beat Adelaide United on penalties. Tony Popovic’s side will host next week’s grand final, but his team made it a bit more difficult than it needed to be to get there. After Diego Castro’s brace Perth were cruising into the big dance — until Baba Diawara came off the bench to pull one back for Adelaide, then Ryan Kitto scored the equaliser in the 94th minute to take the game to extra time. Scott Neville came off the bench to restore Perth’s lead — but Adelaide weren’t done with the comebacks; Michael Marrone made it 3-3 to take the tie to penalties. An extraordinary shootout unfolded, before Joel Chianese finally sent Perth to the grand final. Those following the match on social media were absolutely stunned.<doc-sep>
Goalkeeper Liam Reddy has heroically saved Perth Glory from a major scare to beat Adelaide 5-4 in a penalty shootout in an A-League semi-final for the ages. Glory looked to have the game in the bag when Diego Castro’s second goal in the 74th minute gave the home side a 2-0 advantage at HBF Park on Friday night. Substitute Papa Diawara gave Adelaide a flicker of hope when he made the most of a goal-mouth scrap to score in the 81st minute. And with just six seconds left in the fourth and final minute of stoppage time, Ryan Kitto fired home the equaliser after Glory failed to clear a corner. Scott Neville edged Glory ahead in the first period of extra time. But Ryan Kitto levelled the scores with just five minutes remaining in the contest with a powerful header. It meant the game was locked at 3-3 and would come down to a penalty shootout. And with Adelaide goalkeeper Paul Izzo nursing an ankle injury, the visitors’ hopes looked bleak. But when Izzo saved Diego Castro’s penalty early in the shootout, it meant Adelaide just needed captain Isaias to convert his to win. Reddy pulled off a sharp save to his right to keep Glory alive, and he pulled off three more saves to give Perth a shot of victory. Izzo, who was a hero himself in saving Jason Davidson’s and Shane Lowry’s penalties to keep his side in the shootout, needed then needed keep out Joel Chianese. However, Chianese fired his penalty to the left to secure the epic win 5-4 in penalties. Perth will now play either Melbourne Victory or Sydney FC at the 60,000-seat Optus Stadium next weekend. Glory coach Tony Popovic led the Western Sydney Wanderers to three grand finals with each of them ending in losses. Now, he has the chance to snare the champions silverware that has so far proved elusive. But he was almost denied the opportunity by a plucky Adelaide unit that never gave up in the face of adversity. Adelaide’s loss marked the end for coach Marco Kurz, who led the side to finals in each of his two years but has already been told he is no longer required. Re-live live blog below, or CLICK HERE.