Newcastle Jets vs Adelaide United Prediction and Betting Tips | December 7th 2024

Newcastle Jets and Adelaide United will trade tackles in an Australian A League fixture on Saturday (December 7th). The game will be played at the McDonald Jones Stadium.

The home side will be looking to bounce back from the 2-0 defeat they suffered away to Auckland over the weekend. Neyder Moreno and Francis De Vries scored second half goals to condemn Newcastle to defeat in that game.

Adelaide United, meanwhile, shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw at home to Perth Glory. They went into the break trailing to Adam Taggart's first half injury time strike before Zach Clough and Bart Vriends scored quickfire goals to put them ahead five minutes into the second half. Taggart completed his brace with the equalizer just past the hour-mark.

The stalemate left them in third spot in the standings, having garnered 11 points from five games. Newcastle are 11th with just three points.

Newcastle Jets vs Adelaide United Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

Adelaide United have 28 wins from 53 head-to-head games. Newcaste Jets were victorious on 13 occasions while 12 games ended in a share of the spoils.
Their most recent clash came in March 2024 when Adelaide United claimed a 1-0 away win.
Adelaide United's five league games this season have seen both sides find the back of the net.
Five of Newcastle Jets' last seven games across competitions have been decided by one-goal margins.
Adelaide United have made a five-game unbeaten start to the league season.
Five of Newcastle's last six games have had more goals scored in the second half than the first.
Newcastle Jets have lost five of their last six competitive games (one win).

Newcastle Jets vs Adelaide United Prediction

Newcastle Jets have not had the best of starts to the season and have lost both games they have played at home this season. Furthermore, they have lost the last six head-to-head games they hosted.

Adelaide United have been much better and enter this game as pre-game favorites. They have won eight of the last nine head-to-head games and are four points off the summit.

We are backing the visitors to claim a comfortable win with goals at both ends.

Prediction: Newcastle Jets 1-3 Adelaide United

Newcastle Jets vs Adelaide United Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Adelaide United to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 4 - Highest scoring half: Second half