Australia A league betting tips : Adelaide United vs Newcastle Jets

Adelaide United’s run of four consecutive league wins came to an end last weekend when they fell 2-1 at home to Wellington. They were the odds-on favourites to continue on their winning ways, but a better than expected Phoenix unit denied them late in the piece. Despite the loss, Reds fans would be pleased with how their team has been playing of late and confident that they’ll feature heavily at season’s end.

Meanwhile, the Jets were victorious last weekend when they hosted the Wanderers. Two late second half goals saw them win 2-0 and claim their second win of the season. Despite winning two on the spin, the Wolf feels the Jets will be up against it this weekend and will see their current streak come to and end. Adelaide are the superior outfit and will be desperate to make amends for their poor result last time out and should be good enough to get the job done.

After going four games without a win to start the campaign, Ernie Merrick’s Jets have won back-to-back matches to be on the cusp of the top six.

But they haven’t been able to beat the Reds in the last five meetings between the two clubs, including a 2-1 loss in the Hunter back in Round 3.

That was the start of a four-game winning streak for Gertjan Verbeek’s Adelaide, which came to a surprise halt at home against Wellington Phoenix on Sunday, losing 2-1.

It should ensure the Reds are stinging to bounce back in front of their home fans in the final match of Round 9.

Adelaide United have lost only one of their last eight Hyundai A-League games against the Newcastle Jets at Coopers Stadium (W5, D2); keeping five clean sheets in that span.
The Jets have kept a clean sheet in each of their last two Hyundai A-League games; the last time they kept more in succession was a three-game stretch in January 2013.
The Jets’ Dimitri Petratos (2 goals, 2 assists) and Adelaide United’s Riley McGree (6 goals, 2 assists) are two of the three players to have both scored and assisted multiple goals this Hyundai A-League campaign (Ola Toivonen - 5 goals, 2 assists).

Recommended bet : Adelaide win @1.80