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Newcastle Jets vs Adelaide United: A-League live scores

24th February, 2012
Teams

Newcastle Jets

1. Ben Kennedy
2. Taylor Regan
4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5. Tiago Calvano
6. Ben Katarovski
8. Jeremy Brockie
9. Michael Bridges
10. Ruben Zadkovich
11. Tarek Elrich
13. Sung-Hwan Byun
14. Labinot Haliti
17. James Virgili
19. Matthew Nash
22. Ali Abbas
23. Ryan Griffiths
24. Francis Jeffers
25. Jacob Pepper
26. Connor Chapman

Adelaide United

1.Eugene Galekovic (c)
2.Osama Malik
3.Nigel Boogaard
6.Cassio
7.Zenon Caravella
8.Evgeniy Levchenko
9.Sergio van Dijk
10.Dario Vidosic
11.Bruce Djite
14.Cameron Watson
15.Jacob Melling
17.Iain Ramsay
18.Fabian Barbiero
21.Francisco Usucar
38. John Hall

Kick-Off: 8.00pm AEDT
Venue: Hunter Stadium
Referees: Ben Williams / Rod Allen / George Lackrindis / Kris Griffiths-Jones
Head to Head: All matches (played 21): Newcastle Jets wins 6, Adelaide United wins 8 (7 draws)
Last Time: Adelaide United 1-1 Newcastle Jets
Betting: $1.90 Newcastle Jets, $3.40 Draw, $3.75 Adelaide United
TV: Fox Sports 1 (LIVE)
24th February, 2012
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Both Newcastle Jets and Adelaide United will be desperate to keep pace with the top six when they meet at Hunter Stadium tonight. We’ll have live scores from the kick-off at 8.00pm AEDT.

How much do you want it?

That will be the question that coaches Gary van Egmond and John Kosmina will be asking their respective sides this evening. Both sides are within touching distance of a finals spot but simply must start stringing wins together if they are to feature in late March.

Newcastle appeared to have turned the corner after three successive wins catapulted them to fifth spot but an abject 2-0 loss at Perth last Saturday night reminded the Jets they still have a way to go to be a finals outfit.

They seemed to miss influential skipper Jobe Wheelhouse last week although they’ll be boosted by the return of young midfielder Ben Kantarovski, who returns from Olyroos duty.

While the Jets still sit well-placed for a top-six berth the situation is far more desperate for tonight’s opponents Adelaide.

They’ve managed one win in their past seven outings, and that was against last-placed Gold Coast United.

John Kosmina’s side sit seven points outside the top six and with only four matches remaining after tonight, anything less than three points here would all but signal the end of the road for this season.

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Yet they have the players to do it and with no significant changes to the side that has lined up in recent weeks, are more than capable of pulling an upset here and keeping their flickering finals flame burning.

Are the Jets really contenders, or can the Reds upset the apple cart with a rare away victory? We’ll have live scores from 8.00pm AEDT and if you’re watching, don’t hesitate to leave your comments in the space below.

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