As week 9 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men arrives, Newcastle Jets take on Sydney at McDonald Jones Stadium on 2025-12-20 (kick-off 06:00 GMT).
Recent managerial H2H between U. Talay and M. Milligan over 1 match, record stands at 1-0, with no draws.
Newcastle Jets are 7th in the standings with 9 points, followed by Sydney in 1st on 18 points.
Newcastle Jets report 7 missing players: T. Aquilina (Inactive), C. Bracco (Inactive), O. Fryer (Knee Injury), N. James (Knee Injury), A. Nassiep (Inactive), A. Nunes (Inactive), L. Scicluna (Inactive) but Sydney report 3 missing players: J. Lolley (Inactive), P. Okon-Engstler (Inactive), A. Walatee (Injury).
We're predicting Newcastle Jets to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-1-4-1, and Sydney are expected to line up in 4-1-4-1.
In their last outing, Newcastle Jets's highest-rated performer was D. Wilmering (7.9), while Sydney's standout was P. Okon (6.5).
Newcastle Jets came off a win (3-1 vs Wellington Phoenix) and Sydney also triumphed (1-0 vs Perth Glory).
Momentum favors Sydney (4-0-1) after Newcastle Jets managed only 2-0-3 from 5 matches.
Sydney hold the upper hand H2H: of 59 meetings, they've triumphed 35 times, conceded 11 times and shared 13 draws.
We're forecasting a stalemate, 2-2, as Newcastle Jets's 1.75 goals/game at home balance out Sydney's 2.33 away scoring.
Newcastle Jets is going head to head with Sydney FC on 20/12/2025 06:00 GMT at McDonald Jones Stadium for the Australia A-League Men. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC H2H statistics!