In this 8th week match, on Wed May 4th, Newcastle Jets plays host to Western United in a A-League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Newcastle Jets recorded a 2-4 loss against Central Coast Mariners. Matheus Moresche struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 19th minute, then Jason Cummings added another in the 30th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while western United is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Central Coast Mariners. Kuol scored the first goal for Central Coast Mariners in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Western United was frustrated by Central Coast Mariners’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Central Coast Mariners ended the match with the shutout victory. Western United is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Mar 5th, Western United hosted Newcastle Jets in their last match together. Western United was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Leo Lacroix struck first for Western United in the 16th minute, then Lacroix added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Aleksandar Prijović.
Both Lachlan Wales and Aleksandar Prijović have been the hottest scorers for Western United in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Newcastle Jets’s most prolific scorer has been Beka Mikeltadze. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.