Newcastle Jets vs Auckland Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Perennial Australian A League strugglers, the Newcastle Jets, now take on New Zealand-based outfit, Auckland, that sit comfortably at the top-of-the-table in their first ever season as a club.

Kick-off date/time: Sunday 9th March, 2025: UK – 6:00am / US ET – 1:00am / Saturday 8th March, 2025: US PT – 10:00pm

How to watch on TV/online: UK – YouTube / US – ESPN / Australia – Paramount+

Newcastle Jets Team News: Couple of injuries

Ahead of the visit of Auckland this weekend, the Newcastle Jets are not dealing with any fresh injury concerns for this one with only experienced centre-back Aleksandar Susnjar and winger Oscar Fryer still sidelined for the hosts.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): James; Aquilina, Grozos, Natta; Mizunuma, Timmins, Bayliss, Wilmering; Adams, Taylor; Rose

Unavailable: Susnjar (Injured), Fryer (Injured)

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Auckland Team News: Hall close to returning

Auckland defender Daniel Hall suffered a broken ankle at the same time as former Burnley midfielder Cameron Howieson suffered an injury. The latter has returned, whilst the former is still a week or so away from returning to the first-team.

Predicted XI (4-4-2): Paulsen; Sakai, Smith, Pijnaker, De Vries; Rogerson, Brimmer, Gallegos, Moreno; May, Mata

Unavailable: Hall (Injured)

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Newcastle Jets vs Auckland Prediction

The Newcastle Jets are perennial strugglers, as mentioned, in the A League and they remain in the bottom-half of the 13-team table but they come into this one in some excellent form. Their  most recent outing was a 3-1 defeat of bottom-of-the-table Brisbane Roar and that was their third win in a row. They face an Auckland side that had a dip in form in the middle of the season but they have since recovered from that, although they come into this one on the back of a 4-4 draw with Adelaide United the other day in a game in which they were 2-0 up and then thought they had snatched all three points with a 92nd minute goal to make it 4-3. This is a game between one side that are very difficult to beat but one in good form so it may well be surprisingly entertaining for the neutral in New South Wales.

Newcastle Jets vs Auckland Tip: Both teams to score