Newcastle United Jets
Recent results:
- Newcastle United Jets are in the habit of making life difficult for their opponents, and that has made them the team to beat in the A-League this season.
- Mark Milligan’s side are in top spot in the table with 27 points from 15 games, five more than fifth-placed Adelaide United, who have 23 points from the same number of fixtures.
- Milligan has developed a blueprint for the club in his short time in charge since July 2025 and it seems to be paying dividends in spades.
- His high-intensity system is based on a 4-3-3 formation in which the players duel hard, play forward and press the ball in specific situations.
- The Jets have won each of their last five A-League 2025-2026 contests.
- The latest three matches in that sequence were all away from home, where they haven’t dropped a point during that time.
- Milligan’s men beat Western Sydney Wanderers 2-1 away and followed that with back-to-back 4-1 home wins against Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Roar.
Adelaide United
- Airton Andrioli has implemented a similar high-tempo, attack-first philosophy with his young Reds since he took over in May 2025.
- Adelaide United’s style is fluid, and they can set up in either a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, whichever suits the match-up.
- The players play with real intensity, creating opportunities to run into wide open spaces, break at pace and press collectively to disrupt opponents and create turnovers.
- The Reds have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five in the A-League while their home form over the last three has been one win, one draw and one loss.
Head-to-Head
Their most recent head-to-head saw Newcastle beat Adelaide United 2-1 away in the 2024/2025 season.
Key Players
Newcastle Jets have the A-League’s best striker in Lachlan Rose , who has already scored seven goals in 15 appearances , while Adelaide have the most prolific marksman in Luka Jovanovic , who has four in 12 .
Betting Insights
This is a game the bookies see as even odds, but we are taking Newcastle at 2.26 over Adelaide, who are 2.68 , while the odds for a draw are 3.9 .
Prediction
Over 2.5 goals at 1.3 looks overpriced for a match expected to be high-scoring, but there should be enough between the teams for us to take the Jets to edge a high-scoring affair.
