Jets hand Wanderers home thrashing
Roy O'Donovan scored twice as Newcastle Jets thrashed woeful Western Sydney 5-1 at ANZ Stadium.
The Irish striker followed up after keeper Vedran Janjetovic saved his first-half penalty, scoring a goal to put the visitors 3-0 up.
O'Donovan netted with another penalty after the break, with Newcastle's other goals coming from Dimitri Petratos, Jason Hoffman and Matthew Ridenton.
New signing Mitchell Duke scored just 19 seconds into his debut when coming off the bench for Wanderers, but it did little to restore morale as they were already five goals down.
The defeat stretches Markus Babbel's side's winless run to seven games.
The opener from Petratos on 18 minutes was the pick of the goals as he curled his shot into the top corner from the edge of the area.
It was soon 2-0 as Hoffman was able to take advantage after a Daniel Georgevski shot ricocheted right back to his feet.
Just before the break Wanderers conceded a penalty when youngster Marc Tokich was ruled to have brought down Ronald Vargas.
Though Janjetovic made a good save from the spot-kick, the ball rebounded straight back to O'Donovan to give the Jets a commanding half-time advantage.
Ridenton made it 4-0 when he poked into an empty net after Janjetovic failed to parry a Petratos outswinging cross.
Tokic gave away his second penalty of the night when he fouled Hoffman in the area, and this time O'Donovan's shot was into the bottom corner just beyond the dive of the keeper.
Duke pulled a goal back and made a good first impression on his new fans when he headed home from an acute angle.
Meanwhile, Sydney FC are 1/1 to take care of Melbourne City on Sunday. The visitors are 14/5 while the draw is 5/2.
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Roy O'Donovan scored twice as Newcastle Jets thrashed woeful Western Sydney 5-1 at ANZ Stadium.
The Irish striker followed up after keeper Vedran Janjetovic saved his first-half penalty, scoring a goal to put the visitors 3-0 up.
O'Donovan netted with another penalty after the break, with Newcastle's other goals coming from Dimitri Petratos, Jason Hoffman and Matthew Ridenton.
New signing Mitchell Duke scored just 19 seconds into his debut when coming off the bench for Wanderers, but it did little to restore morale as they were already five goals down.
The defeat stretches Markus Babbel's side's winless run to seven games.
The opener from Petratos on 18 minutes was the pick of the goals as he curled his shot into the top corner from the edge of the area.
It was soon 2-0 as Hoffman was able to take advantage after a Daniel Georgevski shot ricocheted right back to his feet.
Just before the break Wanderers conceded a penalty when youngster Marc Tokich was ruled to have brought down Ronald Vargas.
Though Janjetovic made a good save from the spot-kick, the ball rebounded straight back to O'Donovan to give the Jets a commanding half-time advantage.
Ridenton made it 4-0 when he poked into an empty net after Janjetovic failed to parry a Petratos outswinging cross.
Tokic gave away his second penalty of the night when he fouled Hoffman in the area, and this time O'Donovan's shot was into the bottom corner just beyond the dive of the keeper.
Duke pulled a goal back and made a good first impression on his new fans when he headed home from an acute angle.
Meanwhile, Sydney FC are 1/1 to take care of Melbourne City on Sunday. The visitors are 14/5 while the draw is 5/2.
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Source: bet365.com
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