On Jan 15th, Western United will host Newcastle Jets at Whitten Oval in a meeting of these two evenly matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 11th placed Western United is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Melbourne City. Marco Tilio scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 9th minute, then Lacroix added another on an own goal in the 12th minute In the end, Western United couldn’t muster any offence and Melbourne City ran away with the shutout win. Western United is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Newcastle Jets is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Macarthur. Al Hassan Toure struck first for Macarthur in the 43rd minute, then Ulises Dávila added another in the 78th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle Jets couldn’t manage to score, and Macarthur took the shutout win. Newcastle Jets looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 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 1 win. Western United’s most prolific scorer has been Aleksandar Prijović. The Serbian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.