Newcastle Jets host Wellington Phoenix on 2026-01-23 at 08:35 GMT, as part of week 14 of the 2025-2026's A-League Men in McDonald Jones Stadium.
Looking back over duel, M. Milligan has 1 win versus G. Italiano, who has no wins, with no draws.
In the table Newcastle Jets are 3rd (21 pts) and Wellington Phoenix sit 8th with 18 pts.
Newcastle Jets have 5 players out: T. Aquilina (Inactive), A. Badolato (Injury), C. Bracco (Inactive), Z. Clough (Inactive), O. Fryer (Knee Injury) but Wellington Phoenix have 7 players missing: D. Edwards (Inactive), H. Ishige (Injury), S. Kartum (Inactive), J. Oluwayemi (Injury), J. Smith (Inactive), L. Supyk (Injury), N. Walker (Inactive).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-1-4-1, Newcastle Jets should be met by Wellington Phoenix's expected 3-5-2.
Newcastle Jets came off a win (2-1 vs Western Sydney Wanderers) and Wellington Phoenix also triumphed (2-0 vs Sydney).
Both teams have been in great form: Newcastle Jets 4-0-1 and Wellington Phoenix 3-1-1 over their last 5 matches.
Wellington Phoenix lead this rivalry - 27 wins from 53 matches versus Newcastle Jets (who've won just 19 games), alongside 7 draws.
We predict Newcastle Jets to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (2-0-4) and 2.17 goals/game.
Newcastle Jets is going head to head with Wellington Phoenix on 23/1/2026 08:35 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 Wellington Phoenix H2H statistics!