On Saturday Feb 25th, in week 18, Newcastle Jets will host Western United in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Newcastle Jets is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Macarthur. Trent Buhagiar scored the first goal for Newcastle Jets in the 8th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Macarthur couldn’t muster any offence and Newcastle Jets ran away with the shutout win. Newcastle Jets is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Western United is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Wellington Phoenix. Yan Sasse struck first for Wellington Phoenix in the 19th minute, then Bozhidar Kraev added another in the 58th minute on a feed from Steven Ugarkovic At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western United couldn’t manage to score, and Wellington Phoenix took the shutout win. Western United is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Western United and Newcastle Jets last played eachother at the Whitten Oval on Jan 15th. Western United and Newcastle Jets battled to a 1-1 draw. Lachlan Wales struck first for Western United in the 13th minute, then Daniel Stynes got the equalizer for Newcastle Jets in the 17th minute on a feed from Beka Dartsmelia earning Newcastle Jets a comeback draw.
Diamanti and Nicolas Milanovic are the top scorers for Western United in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Newcastle Jets is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with and Beka Mikeltadze each having 2 goals in their last 5.