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Round 22 of the A-League begins at Hunter Stadium tonight when Newcastle Jets host Brisbane Roar. We’ll have live scores and commentary from 7.30pm AEDT.
Both teams won 2-0 last week and will be looking to keep that momentum going towards the finals, which is now just six weeks away.
Newcastle are currently in sixth spot, two points ahead of Brisbane in seventh, so the winner of this match will move (at least for the moment) into a finals berth, depending on the result of the Melbourne Heart – Sydney FC game.
Last time these two teams met was in round 16, where Newcastle won 1-0 at home thanks to a smart finish from Ryan Griffiths.
Newcastle was dominating for large stretches of the game and were able to create a great many more chances than Brisbane, but the win came as a bit of a surprise.
In 14 A-League games played against Brisbane in Newcastle, they’ve only won twice.
Both teams have had mixed form over in the last five weeks – Brisbane have had two losses and two wins, including an unconvincing performance last week against bottom-dwellers Wellington Phoenix.
Newcastle have only one win and one loss, but have received praise in the media for a strong game last week, especially for a new attacking line-up featuring Socceroo Adam Taggart and Englishmen Emile Heskey and Michael Bridges.
In the news this week Brisbane Roar officials were (rightfully) criticised for the removal of a fan-made sign declaring ‘Mulvey Out’ (a reference to Brisbane coach Mike Mulvey).
Brisbane responded this week that they did not object to the fans having an opinion, just that all signs had to be cleared with the club first.
It’ll be interesting to see if any travelling Roar fans this week will bother clearing their signs.
For Newcastle, the news this week has been the resurgence of Michael Bridges – last week’s game was his first start in two years and he showed up well, perhaps even good enough for the club to consider bringing him back next season. The performance of new signing Zenon Caravella was also a bright spot for the club.
Weather prediction for the match is a high chance of rain with thunderstorms in the area, so it could a scrappy game.
Keep your eyes on Newcastle captain Ruben Zadkovich, who put in a man of the match effort both last week and against Brisbane in round 16.
For Brisbane, striker Besart Berisha is the man with 12 goals (second highest in the league) but could be suffering from a few injuries after being knocked around last week.
Join us here for live commentary and live scores from 7.30pm.
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