Second-half goals from Graham Dorrans and Kwame Yeboah have earned Western Sydney Wanderers a hard-fought 2-0 win over Melbourne Victory, taking their unbeaten A-League run to six matches.
The Jets lost their first four games before notching a breakthrough 2-1 win over Wellington Phoenix last week.
Western Sydney and Newcastle have already met once this season, with the Wanderers winning 2-1 on January 8.
The rematch will be held at Western Sydney s home ground Bankwest Stadium.
Deans said the rivalry between Newcastle and Western Sydney isn t new and won t take away from his team s sole focus of winning. The first season they got up and running they had a few of our ex-players and our CEO and a few other people involved, Deans said. Every A-League club you get the same situation. For me it s not an issue anymore, what s done is done. It s just about us winning the game on Friday.
Western Sydney striker Simon Cox admits a goal-scoring drought within the forwards is less than ideal as the Wanderers prepare for their A-League match with Newcastle.
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A late goal from substitute Nicolai Muller has handed Western Sydney Wanderers a 1-0 win over Central Coast Mariners in a fiery clash in Gosford on Tuesday night.
In a game of few chances but plenty of spice, Muller struck the decisive blow seven minutes from time to inflict the first defeat of the season on the Mariners.
The win for Carl Robinson’s side has seen them jump to the top of the A-League ladder on goal difference on the back of a three-game unbeaten run.
It was a contest that could have gone either way, with Mariners midfielder Joshua Nisbet hitting the crossbar with a strike early in the second half.
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Despite the rather jittery lead in and a 2020 that each and every one of us would probably prefer to forget, domestic football will be back on our screens this Monday night.
It will be a season like no other, with a decreased salary cap, reduced crowd capacities still likely and a brand new naming rights sponsor in the form of everyone’s favourite destination for a snag on Saturday mornings, Bunnings Warehouse.