In a weekend match on Friday Dec 10th, in week 4, Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix will play a match in Newcastle in a meeting of these two A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Newcastle Jets is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Sydney. Adam Le Fondre scored the first goal for Sydney in the 9th minute from the penalty spot, then Elvis Kamsoba added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Adam Le Fondre. Newcastle Jets looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while wellington Phoenix sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Western Sydney Wanderers. Tomer Hemed struck first for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 66th minute, then Johnny Koutroumbis added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Aquilina In the end, Wellington Phoenix was frustrated by Western Sydney Wanderers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Western Sydney Wanderers ended the match with the shutout victory. Wellington Phoenix is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
For Wellington Phoenix, their top scorers are Tomer Hemed and Jaushua Sotirio, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Newcastle Jets’s top weapon lately has been Valentino Yuel, who has three goals in the last five matches.