Newcastle United Jets vs Brisbane Roar Live Stream, Predictions

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Newcastle United Jets

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Newcastle United Jets enter this match following on from a 1-1 A-League stalemate versus Western Sydney Wanderers.

In that match, Newcastle United Jets had 37% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Newcastle United Jets was Angus Thurgate (37'). Western Sydney Wanderers had 14 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Oliver Bozanic (64') was the scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers.

Newcastle United Jets have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their goals record equals just 3 vs opposition teams during their last 6 fixtures. In those games, Newcastle United Jets have also seen the tally of goals against them total 9.

Pre-game facts show that Newcastle United Jets:

• are winless against Brisbane Roar in their last 2 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league matches. Fans are getting restless.

Brisbane Roar

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In their last game, Brisbane Roar drew 0-0 in the A-League tie with Melbourne City.

In that match, Brisbane Roar managed 34% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Melbourne City got 13 shots at goal with 3 on target.

For 5 of the prior six games involving Brisbane Roar, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes out as a paltry 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by The Roar being 0.67. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being continued on here.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 20/01/2021 shows us that Newcastle United Jets have won 1 of these and Brisbane Roar 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.

In all, 12 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from The Jets and 8 created by The Roar. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was A-League match day 8 on 16/12/2022 when it ended Newcastle United Jets 0-1 Brisbane Roar.

In that game, Newcastle United Jets had 64% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Brisbane Roar got 18 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Nikola Mileusnic (80') was the scorer.

The referee was Kurt Ams.

📰 Team News: Newcastle United Jets

The Newcastle United Jets manager Arthur Papas does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash with a fully healthy squad available to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Brisbane Roar

Due to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Brisbane Roar manager Warren Moon has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this match.

⚡ Prediction

In our view, Brisbane Roar and Newcastle United Jets could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. We’re therefore seeing a 1-1 score when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:52 23/01/2023