Boogaard banned for one match, Reddy issued show cause notice

Adelaide United will have defender Nigel Boogaard back for the first week of the A-League finals after he was given a one match ban for seeing red against Western Sydney Wanderers, while Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper Liam Reddy has been issued with a show cause notice for an apparent elbow.

Adelaide's Nigel Boogaard walks from the field after being sent off against Western Sydney. (AAP) Source: AAP

Boogaard was sent off for brining down Mark Bridge as the Wanderers striker beared down on goal and was subsequtenly suspended by the Match Review Panel (MRP).

A Football Federation Australia statement read: "The MRP confirmed that Nigel Boogaard will serve a suspension of one (1) match, being the minimum sanction for the offence of denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity."

Mariners goalkeeper Reddy could face a lengthy sanction after he appeared to elbow Wellington Phoenix midfielder Jason Hicks, during the New Zealand side's dramatic win in Wellington.

The FFA statement read: "In or around the 64th minute of Central Coast Mariners’ match against Wellington Phoenix on Friday 17 April 2015 an incident involving Liam Reddy (Central Coast Mariners).

"The Player has been cited for the incident and a show cause notice has been issued (the Notice). The Player has until 12:00pm Tuesday, 21 April 2015 to make submissions in response to the Notice.

"The MRP will reconvene tomorrow afternoon to consider the Citation Incident and any submissions filed by the Player."