Week 7 brings us a match on Jan 1st, where Melbourne City and Newcastle Jets will play a match in Newcastle in a clash of these two evenly matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Newcastle Jets is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Macarthur. Beka Mikeltadze scored the first goal for Newcastle Jets in the 35th minute, then in the 48th minute, Craig Noone sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Daniel De Silva But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 84th minute on a goal by James Meredith. Newcastle Jets looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Melbourne Victory. Francesco Margiotta struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 12th minute on a feed from Jake Brimmer, then Jamie MacLaren got the equalizer for Melbourne City in the 60th minute on a feed from Andrew Nabbout . Melbourne City is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Newcastle Jets won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Andrew Nabbout and Jamie MacLaren have been the hottest scorers for Melbourne City in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Newcastle Jets is fortunate enough to have Beka Mikeltadze in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.