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Newcastle Jets vs Persija Jakarta |
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2019 Asian Champions League, Preliminary Round 2 |
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| Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle | ||
| Match time: Fulltime (after extra time) | ||
| Newcastle Jets | Persija Jakarta | |
| 3 | SCORE | 1 |
| Jets | Time | Jakarta |
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| R.Vargas | 50' | |
| 73' | R.R. Lestaluhu | |
| N.Boogaard | 101' | |
| M.Ridenton | 120' |
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The Newcastle Jets will play the first of two Asian Champions League knockout matches in an attempt to qualify for the group stage, taking on Persija Jakarta at home. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7pm (AEDT).
Qualifying for this year’s preliminary stage by making the grand final (which they hosted and lost) in last year’s A-League season, the Jets will now have to win two games on the trot to make their way into the group stage alongside Sydney FC and the Melbourne Victory.
Taking on the best teams in Asia may lay ahead of the Jets, but they will enter this match as red-hot favourites.
The Indonesian club they come up against play in the Indonesian Liga 1 competition and, historically speaking, are the most successful football club from the nation.
That being said, they do have a winning culture and could well pull off an upset, but travelling to Newcastle, they should be outmatched across the park.
They played in the second-tier Asian Cup last year, making the semi-finals, but don’t have a heap of improvement on that, despite a dominant 3-1 beatdown of Home United from Singapore to qualify for this trek to Australia.
The Jets, on the other hand, are playing a much higher quality of football each week in Australia, and even without a great deal of success this season, have a majority of a squad which made the A-League decider last year.
While they sit just outside the top six in the domestic competition, the Jets will look to use their speed and fitness advantage to grind down the Jakarta-based club.
For that reason, winger Demi Petratos and striker Rory O’Donovan have big roles to fill, with the duo’s combination up front having the potential to break down a defence which, while solid, isn’t amazing.
The visitors will need to defend well and pick their opportunities when Newcastle get over-eager in attack, committing too many players forward, with Serbian Marko Simic the key to them making any sort of run, provided he can get some reasonable deliveries from the midfield.
The winner moves on to play defending Asian Champions League winners the Kashima Antlers away from home next Tuesday.
Prediction
The Jets should be far too strong for the visitors, but they will want to be careful. Concede the first goal and it could turn into a real struggle to peg one, let alone two, back. Jakarta may well stack the defence and play for a shootout from the opening minutes.
Jets 2 – Jakarta 0.
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Kick-off: 7pm (AEDT)
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
TV: Live, Fox Sports
Online: Live, Foxtel app, Foxtel now, Kayo Sports
Betting: Jets $1.25, Persija Jakarta $4.10
Online record: Never played
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Newcastle Jets (squad)
4. Nigel Boogaard (c), 1. Glen Moss (GK), 20. Lewis Italiano (GK), 3. Jason Hoffman, 5. Ben Kantarovski, 6. Steven Ugarkovic, 7. Demi Petratos, 9. Rory O’Donovan, 10. Ronald Vargas, 13. Ivan Vujica, 14. Kaine Sheppard, 16. Nick Cowburn, 17. Daniel Georgievski, 18. John Koutroumbis, 22. Lachlan Jackson, 23. Matt Ridenton, 32. Angus Thurgate, 44. Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Persija Jakarta (squad)
26. Andritany Ardhyasa (c, GK), 88. Shahar Ginanjar (GK), 3. Dany Saputra, 4. Ryuji Uotomo, 6. Maman Adburrahman, 7. Ramdani Lestaluhu, 8. Yan Nasadit, 9. Marko Simic, 10. Bruno Matos, 11. Novri Setiawan, 13. Neguete, 14. Ismed Sofyan, 16. Tony Sucipto, 17. Fitra Ridwan, 18. Ammarsyahdi Al Hayandi, 20. Bambang Pamungkas, 23. Nugroho Fatchurahman, 24. Yan Pieter Nasadit, 25. Riko Simanjuntak, 28. Redzaldi Hehanusa, 41. Anan Lestaluhu, 43. Desly Nur, 45. Sandi Darma Sute, 77. Hagongir Abduumominov, 89. Septinus Alua, 90. Beto Goncalves, 94. Heri Susanto
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