Welcome to our Match Day blog for Sunday’s clash between Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix at McDonald Jones Stadium.
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SCORE: 0-2
FULL-TIME: The Jets are left to rue their missed chances and dominant possession as they fall to the Phoenix at home
90+2 BOOKING PHOENIX: Wellington keeper Sail is booked for time-wasting
90′ CHANCE: Goodwin delivers a great ball into the box that finds AP, but his shot is saved comfortably
81′ SUBSTITUTION JETS: 16 year old Archie Goodwin comes on to make his home debut replacing O’Toole
80′ SUBSTITUTION PHOENIX: Rindenton replaces Lewis for the visitors
76′ BOOKING JETS: Koutroumbis is booked for a challenge from behind on Davila
74′ BOOKING PHOENIX: Lewis goes into the book for a challenge on Yengi
69′ SUBSTITUTION JETS: Another Double change for the Jets as Yengi and Abbas replace Prso and Yuel
67′ BOOKING WELLINGTON: Rufer is booked after a nasty challenge on Thurgate
60′ SUBSTITUTION JETS: Double change for the Jets as Mauragis replaces Millar and AP comes on to make his Jets debut replacing O’Donovan
56′ BOOKING JETS: O’Toole is booked for backchat with the referee
52′ GOAL: A Long-Range strike from Wellington attacker Waine finds its way into the back of the Jets net
51′ CHANCE : Sooo close!!!, a great cross from Toppa finds Yuel in the box and his diving header is saved by and outstretched Sail
47′ CHANCE: A great crossfield ball from Ugarkovic finds Millar who is able to get his cross into the box which is parried away by Sail
46′: Ugarkovic gets things going for in the 2nd Half as we look for an early equaliser
HALF-TIME: Jets go into the sheds down 0-1, promising signs creating numerous chances, however, the first goal for the Jets still eludes us
45′: There will be a minimum of 2mins stoppage time at the end of the 1st Half
36′ BOOKING : Wellington’s, Laws goes into the referee’s book after a late challenge on Koutroumbis
33′ SHOT: Gus finds some space in the Phoenix box and his shot forces a corner after being blocked by the Wellington Defender
31′ SHOT: A long range effort from Ugarkovic forces the Phoenix keeper, Sail to make a diving save and force a corner
21′ GOAL PHOENIX: The ball reaches Phoenix striker Ball and his shot deflects off Boogaard into Duncan’s Net
19′: 2 chances in a matter of seconds for Toppa coming from a Jets corner, However his header’s don’t trouble the scoresheet
11′: Jets continue to build pressure as O’Toole wins a corner
7′ CHANCE: After a mistake from the Phoenix Defender, Roy steals possession and finds himself 1v1 with the Keeper who darts out and smothers Roy’s shot
4′ CHANCE: Good build-up play through O’Toole, Yuel and O’Donovan carves out a chance on the back post for Millar however the ball is smothered away from the Phoenix Defender
KICK-OFF: The Phoenix get things started here at McDonald Jones Stadium!!!
NOT LONG NOW!!! HERE’S SOME SNAPS TAKEN FROM OUR WARM-UP
PREVIEW:
The Jets snuck into the top six after their last fixture, going five games unbeaten with a 1-0 win over Victory on the road.
The first of five games on that streak was a 2-1 win over Wellington in Matchweek 5.
After four successive losses to start the 2020/21 A-League campaign the three points earned over Wellington were Newcastle’s first of the season. Craig Deans’ side have built on that points total in each of their games since.
5pm: The team list is in.
3.30pm: Inside the dressing sheds
9.30am: Below is a message for the members:
- Masks are no longer mandatory
- Stadium operating at 75% capacity and Reserved Seat Members are back in their usual seats. Reserved Seat Tickets can be accessed at https://am.ticketmaster.com/newcastlejets/my-events#/ (GA members still need to redeem through Ticketmaster)
- Any members needing assistance with tickets can come to the Member Services window from 4pm
9am: On Saturday, both teams named their squads for today’s match. Both list are below:
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 2.Johnny KOURTROUMBIS, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 14.Ali ABBAS, 15.Tete YENGI, 16.Matt MILLAR, 18.Jack ARMSON, 17.Valentino YUEL, 19.Kosta PETRATOS, 21.Luka PRŠO, 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.Jack DUNCAN (gk), 24.Connor O’TOOLE, 26.Archie GOODWIN, 27.Lucas MAURAGIS, 32.Angus THURGATE, 33.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 18.Jack ARMSON (promoted), 22.Lachlan JACKSON (promoted), 15.Tete YENGI (promoted), 33.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS (promoted)
Outs: 11.Ramy NAJJARINE (ankle – 1 week), 3.Jason HOFFMAN (groin – 1 week)
Unavailable: 5.Ben KANTAROVKSI (calf – 2 weeks)
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Stefan MARINOVIC (gk), 2.Liam McGING, 4.Te Atawhai HUDSON-WIHONGI, 5.James MCGARRY, 6.Tim PAYNE, 7.Reno PISCOPO, 8.Cameron DEVLIN, 9.David BALL, 10.Ulises DAVILA, 12.Matthew RIDENTON, 13.Charles LOKOLI-NGOY, 14.Alex RUFER, 15.Mirza MURATOVIC, 16.Louis FENTON, 17.Tomer HEMED, 18.Ben WAINE, 19.Sam SUTTON, 20.Oliver SAIL, 21.Joshua LAWS, 23.Clayton LEWIS
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 9.David BALL (return from suspension), 17.Tomer HEMED (return from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 3.Luke DEVERE (knee injury, 10-12 weeks), 11.Jaushua SOTIRIO (knee injury, 3 weeks)
