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Wellington have put in a performance belying their bottom of the table position, to push the high flying Jets all the way in a game that resulted in a 1-nil win to Newcastle.
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Final score
Wellington Phoenix 0
Newcastle Jets 1
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Tonight is all about the away side, and whether or not they can continue with the momentum that they created with an historic last-start win against the table-topping Sydney FC.
As Wellington continue to come to terms with a “seasonus horribilis,” it will be the visitors with the biggest point to prove: that the big win against Sydney was the start of their charge for a title.
Newcastle welcome back their big overseas recruits Pato Rodriguez and Ronald Vargas, which is not bad cover for the loss of Andrew Nabbout to Japan and the suspended Roy O’Donovan.
Lachlan Jackson should also get a start for the injured captain Boogard. Boogard is a huge loss, and that might be the opening for a Wellington team that needs all the help it can get.
Wellington will continue the count down to the end of the season and the long off-season until they are given the chance to prove themselves again.
Nathan Burns and Roy Krishna will once again be the focal point, unless Kaluderovic gets a recall by interim coach Greenacre.
However, it will be the re-birth of the Newcastle giants that will be the story here. Newcastle have generally been awful in Wellington, and lost their last start against the kiwis in a 3-2 home loss.
But this has been a history of change for Newcastle, including making finals and beating Sydney. So tonight they should rectify another blot on their copybook: competing across the ditch.
I won’t say Wellington can’t win, but it would take a very insightful man to bet against a well performed away team playing the team running last without a coach.
Newcastle 2-nil.
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