Week 6 features a match on Saturday Nov 12th, where Newcastle Jets will host Melbourne City in a clash of these two mismatched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Newcastle Jets sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Melbourne Victory. Jake Brimmer scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the 16th minute from the penalty spot, then Christopher Oikonomidis added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Marchan Vidal At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle Jets couldn’t manage to score, and Melbourne Victory took the shutout win. Newcastle Jets is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while melbourne City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Perth Glory. MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 49th minute, then Jamie MacLaren added another in the 75th minute from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Perth Glory couldn’t manage to score, and Melbourne City took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Melbourne City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Melbourne City is fortunate enough to have MacLaren in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 7 goals. Beka Mikeltadze and Jordan Elsey are the top scorers for Newcastle Jets in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.