The Newcastle Jets and Sydney FC meet at Hunter Stadium, one of the venues of the 2015 Asian Cup, on Saturday afternoon. Join The Roar for live scores from 5:30pm (AEDT).
Sydney FC and Newcastle both enter this match stuck in the bottom half of the ladder, making every chance to gain some valuable points extremely vital for each team.
With the competition so tightly poised, a win to either club will see their stocks rise significantly, and give them a far improved chance at making a run at the finals.
Both teams are coming off wins last week and will draw confidence from that heading into this match.
Newcastle achieved a surprise 1-0 victory over the Brisbane Roar, while Sydney got a handy home victory against Perth Glory.
Despite the confidence these results will give each side, Sydney should enter the match with significant belief they can take the points; they have dominated the head-to-head battle with Newcastle this season, accounting for them twice with a 2-nil scoreline in each of their meetings.
Sydney bring Daniel Petkovski, Richard Garcia, Dylan Caton and Matt Thompson into their squad, while Aaron Calver will miss through suspension, and Milos Dimitrijevic due to injury.
Newcastle welcome Taylor Regan, Andrew Hoole, David Carney and Joel Griffiths into their squad, while Jacob Pepper is out with a knee injury, and Kew Jaliens misses through suspension.
We should be in for an exciting game of football this afternoon, as both teams are playing to stay in the chase for A-League glory in 2014.
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