In this week 17 match on the 5th of March, Newcastle Jets and Western United will play a match in Footscray in a clash of these two mismatched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Western United is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Perth Glory. Aleksandar Prijović struck first for Western United in the 37th minute on a feed from Nikolai Topor-Stanley, then Pierias added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Ben Garuccio At the end of 90 a dissapointed Perth Glory couldn’t manage to score, and Western United took the shutout win. Western United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Newcastle Jets recorded a 2-2 draw against Macarthur. Tomislav Uskok struck first for Macarthur in the 21st minute, but Beka Mikeltadze got the equalizer for Newcastle Jets in the 32nd minute . Newcastle Jets is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Western United won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Newcastle Jets’s most prolific scorer has been Beka Mikeltadze. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Western United’s top weapon lately has been Aleksandar Prijović, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.