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Newcastle Jets vs Wellington Phoenix: A-League live scores, blog

Roar Guru
18th November, 2012
Teams

Newcastle Jets

20. Mark Birighitti
2. Scott Neville
3. Tiago Calvano
4. Josh Mitchell
5. Dominik Ritter
7. James Brown
8. Ruben Zadkovich
9. Emile Heskey
10. Bernardo Ribeiro
13. Sam Gallaway
15. Craig Goodwin
16. Jobe Wheelhouse (C)
17. James Virgili
19. Michael Bridges
21. Marko Jesic
23. Ryan Griffiths
33. Matt Nash

Two to be omitted


Wellington Phoenix

1. Mark Paston
2. Manny Muscat
3. Tony Lochhead
6. Alex Smith
7. Leo Bertos
8. Paul Ifill
9. Benjamin Totori
10. Stein Huysegems
11. Jeremy Brockie
12. Tyler Boyd
16. Louis Fenton
17. Vince Lia
18. Ben Sigmund
20. Glen Moss
22. Andrew Durante (c)
28. Ricardo Clarke

One to be omitted

Kick-Off: 3.00pm AEDT
Venue: Hunter Stadium
Referee: Chris Beath
Last Time: Newcastle 0-1 Wellington
History: Newcastle 5, Wellington 11, Drawn 0
Betting: $1.85 Jets, $3.45 Draw, $4.25 Phoenix
TV: Fox Sports 1 (LIVE)
The Newcastle Jets travel to Wellington in search of their first win of the season. (Image: Supplied)
Roar Guru
18th November, 2012
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The high-flying Newcastle Jets take on bottom-of-the-table Wellington Phoenix this afternoon as round seven of the A-League continues at Hunter Stadium. We’ll have live scores and commentary from 3.00pm AEDT.

A look at the form lines, and indeed the table, says that this should be a comfortable home win for Newcastle, who came into the weekend sitting in third position, one point behind league leaders Central Coast and Adelaide.

Emile Heskey is in excellent form with five goals from six matches and has perfectly dovetailed with the youthful squad that Gary van Egmond has built.

Despite going down 1-0 to an early goal from Joey Gibbs, the Jets rebounded to lead 2-1 at half time thanks to goals from Heskey and fellow striker Ryan Griffiths and held firm in the second half to take all three points.

But if there is one team in the A-League that can never be underestimated, it is Ricki Herbert’s side Phoenix. A budget squad filled with New Zealand internationals and journeyman players, Wellington can beat anyone on their day.

They may be winless since round one, but the Kiwis have an excellent record against Newcastle and the Phoenix’s hardened professionals could cause the youthful Jets with their physicality.

Prediction

2-1 Newcastle. In a competition where draws are strangely rare, I can see the young Jets snatching a late winner in front of the Hunter.

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