A-League clubs will play their first competitive matches of the new campaign as the FFA Cup continues on Tuesday, with each of the four top-flight sides lacking key personnel due to next weekend's A-League All Stars match.
Jets coach Phil Stubbins says he will only have "14 or 15 players who can play in the first team" when they host Perth Glory at Magic Park.
Newcastle will be without goalkeeper Mark Birighitti, who is attending the All Stars training camp in Wollongong ahead of Sunday's match against Italian giants Juventus, while the club's headline recruit headline recruit - Ecuadorian striker Edson Montano - is still awaiting his drawn out visa approval to be finalised.
Stubbins suggested that the Glory will start as favourites ahead of his first competitive match as Newcastle boss, although the visitors will be lacking All Stars' players Michael Thwaite and Youssouf Hersi.
"In terms of being a little bit in advance of ourselves, they (Perth) probably are," said Stubbins.
"The importance of the match is how we play the game. In terms of the mentality and playing with an identity that represents the Newcastle Jets shirt."
Former Adelaide United forward Jeronimo Neumann is set to feature for the Jets, while one-time Socceroo Adrian Madaschi will line up in the heart of a new-look defence alongside Dutchman Kew Jaliens, who Stubbins has announced as this season's captain.
Adelaide will welcome Wellington to suburban Marden without their coach Josep Gombau, who is coaching the All Stars, with Reds duo Eugene Galekovic and Marcelo Carrusca also in camp.
The match will mark a competitive Phoenix debut for former Adelaide hero Nathan Burns, but New Zealand's Michael McGlinchey remains unavailable because of a contract dispute.
Parramatta FC, who played in the former National Soccer League as Parramatta Melita Eagles, will be aiming to reinvigorate some of the club's rich history when they tackle Melbourne's St Albans.
The club, who twice won the NSL Cup in the 1990s, have endured some mixed fortunes in recent years and now play in Sydney's second-tier competition.
Having won the league title in a canter on the weekend, Parramatta say they are now hopeful of enjoying a Cinderella cup run to match.
"There's a lot of belief and hunger in our side and we believe we can get something no matter who we play," said Parramatta coach Franco Cosentino.
Tasmania's South Hobart will enjoy one of the highlights of their 104-year history when they entertain Canberra's Tuggeranong United in a meeting of two of the competition's minnows.
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