In a weekend match in week 14, on Fri Jan 27th, Newcastle Jets hosts Brisbane Roar in a meeting of these two A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Newcastle Jets sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers. Angus Thurgate scored the first goal for Newcastle Jets in the 37th minute, but Oliver Božanić got the equalizer for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 64th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Western Sydney Wanderers. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Brisbane Roar, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Melbourne City. Neither Brisbane Roar nor Melbourne City could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Brisbane Roar is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar last played eachother at the Mcdonald Jones Stadium on Fri Dec 16th. Brisbane Roar won by a score of 1 to 0. Nikola Mileusnić struck first for Brisbane Roar in the 80th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Newcastle Jets was frustrated by Brisbane Roar’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Brisbane Roar ended the match with the shutout victory.
Brisbane Roar hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Yared Abetew and Jay O’Shea, and they each have 1 goal. Jaushua Sotirio and Daniel Stynes are the top scorers for Newcastle Jets in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.