On Fri Feb 18th, Melbourne City plays host to Newcastle Jets in a meeting of these two mismatched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Melbourne City sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Mathew Leckie scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 36th minute, then Mathew Leckie added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Scott Jamieson. Melbourne City is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while newcastle Jets is fresh off their 2-1 win against Melbourne Victory. Jake Brimmer scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Valentino Yuel got the equalizer for Newcastle Jets in the 57th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 70th minute on a penalty goal by Beka Mikeltadze. Newcastle Jets is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Melbourne City was victorious by a score of 4 to 2. Berenguer Bohrer struck first for Melbourne City in the 40th minute on a feed from Connor Metcalfe, then Jamie MacLaren added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Florin Berenguer Bohrer.
Newcastle Jets is fortunate enough to have Beka Mikeltadze in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Melbourne City is fortunate enough to have MacLaren in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.