MLC vs NJ Dream11 Prediction for Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle Jets FC A League Live Score Fantasy Football Tips & Dream11 Team

MLC vs NJ Dream11: Melbourne City and Newcastle Jets are all set to lock horns in the A League fixture on Friday. After two successive wins, Melbourne City were defeated in their last encounter by Adelaide United by a score-line of 2-1. On the other hand, Newcastle Jets bounced back from a 4-2 thrashing received at the hands of MLC. Newcastle Jets got the better of Melbourne Victory in the last outing by a score-line of 2-1. They are placed ninth in the league table with 11 points to their name. On the other hand, Melbourne City remained on the second spot, with 19 points to their name.

Match Details

Date: February 18, Friday
Kick-Off: 2:15 PM (IST)
Venue: AAMI Park

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Newcastle Jets: WLWWL

Melbourne City FC: LWWLW

Head to Head

Two of the last five games have ended in wins for Melbourne City, whereas, three games have ended in the favor of Newcastle Jets. Their last outing ended in a 4-2 win over Melbourne City away from home.

Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle Jets FC Dream11 Prediction Details

Newcastle Jets News

Injury Report and Unavailability:

• Arche Goodwin is a certain miss for this encounter, whereas, Matt Juman remains a doubt.

Expected Changes and Strategy:

• No manager wants to alter a winning combination, hence Newcastle Jets could go in with a similar looking lineup.
• K. Grozos did not have much of an impact against Melbourne Victory, hence we could see O. Boumale starting as the holding midfielder alongside M. Arques.
• V. Yuel has been the difference maker for the Jets this season, and he will continue to operate on the left wing, behind B. Mikeltadze.
• J. Elsey, T. Regan, J. Hoffman and D. Ingham will continue to start in defence.

Newcastle Jets Starting XI (Likely)

J Duncan
D. Ingham
J Elsey
T. Regan
J Hoffman
A Thurgate
V. Yuel
O. Boumale
D Penha
M. Arques
B. Mikeltadze

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Melbourne City News

Injury Report and Unavailability:

• There are no injuries.

Expected Changes and Strategy:

• A loss in the last encounter could call for a few changes.
• No changes are expected in the backline, as they rarely have off days like they did against Adelaide United.
• S. Colakovski comes back straight into the starting lineup, replacing M. Tilio.
• M. Leckie could come back into the playing 11, replacing C. Metcalfe as the central holding midfielder.

Melbourne City Starting XI (Likely)

T Glover
S Jamieson
C. Good
R. Griffiths
S. Galloway
A. O’ Neill
Colakovski
A. Nabbout
Berenguer
M. Leckie

J. MacLaren

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Captain Options

J. MacLaren put the hosts in front in the last game with an early goal. The striker has 8 goals and an assist to his name this season, and will continue to lead the attacking lines for Melbourne City.  He has been a prolific scorer for Melbourne City FC over the past few years.

A. Nabbout, right winger for Melbourne City FC has also been in splendid form this season. He has scored four goals and assisted four another goals. Nabbout has been associated with the A League for almost a decade now, and has plenty of experience up his sleeve.

Differential Pick

V. Yuel, left winger for Newcastle Jets has four goals and two assists to his name this season. Hence, he is our differential pick for this encounter.

GK: T. Glover
DEF: C. Good, J. Hoffman, S. Jamieson
MID: M. Leckie, A. O’Neill, V. Yuel, D. Penha
FOR: J. Maclaren, O. Boumal, A. Nabbout

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Who will win today’s football match?

• Melbourne City will have an eye on top of the table, if they are to claim all three points.
• For Newcastle Jets, it is more about maintaining the momentum, after a claiming a win in the last encounter.
• With the home advantage, Melbourne City are the favorites to claim all three points.
• We are going for a Melbourne City win in this encounter.

Odds to Win:

The odds are in favor of a win for Melbourne City by 1.50 as per BET365.

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