Wellington Phoenix vs Newcastle Jets Prediction and Betting Tips | December 13th 2025

Wellington Phoenix will host Newcastle Jets at the Westpac Stadium on Saturday in another round of the 2025-26 Australia A-League campaign. The home side enjoyed a positive start to their season, collecting two draws and one victory from their first three matches, but have since lost their way and have dropped out of the qualification playoff spots.

They took on Auckland FC last weekend, hopeful of snatching a point against the struggling side, but were quickly brought back down to earth, falling behind in the seventh minute. Although Wellington drew level early after the restart and had goalkeeper Joshua Oluwayemi make two penalty saves in less than 10 minutes, their efforts were ultimately in vain as they eventually lost 3-1.

After picking up a surprise 2-1 win away at Auckland a fortnight ago, Newcastle Jets, hopeful of building on that momentum, welcomed Melbourne City to the McDonald Jones Stadium last time out. However, they lost 1-0, conceding midway through the first half and failing to find a way back into the contest despite creating a couple of good chances.

The visitors sit second to last in the table with six points, but are just two behind their weekend opponents and will move above them with a win on Saturday.

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Wellington Phoenix vs Newcastle Jets Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 52 meetings between the two teams. Wellington have won 27 of those games while Newcastle have won 18 times, with their other seven contests ending level.
• The hosts are undefeated in their last four games in this fixture.
• The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last four games in this fixture.
• Newcastle have the worst defensive record in the Australian top flight this season, with a goal concession tally of 16.

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Wellington Phoenix vs Newcastle Jets Prediction

The Nix have lost three of their last four games after losing just one of their previous seven in competitive action. They have had the upper hand in this fixture of late and will be looking to continue in the same vein this weekend.

The Jets, meanwhile, have lost four of their last five games and five of their last seven. They have had a tough time on the road of late and could see those struggles persist on Saturday.

Prediction: Wellington Phoenix 2-1 Newcastle Jets

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Wellington Phoenix vs Newcastle Jets Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Wellington Phoenix to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Nine of the last 10 matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES