The Wanderers have re-joined Brisbane atop of the Hyundai A-League table after they claimed an important 1-0 win over the Jets on Sunday.
Western Sydney dominated the contest at Hunter Stadium registering 15 shots to the home side’s 7 but were unable to land a killer blow.
In the end a first-half strike from Jaushua Sotirio made the difference on the scoreboard, with Jets skipper Nigel Boogaard inches away from rescuing a point when his late header thundered into the woodwork.
Goalkeeper Mark Birighitti almost covered himself in glory at the death as he came up for a Jets corner, lashing a goal bound effort into a Wanderers defender.
The result sees the Wanderers complete a season sweep over the Jets and they now trail Brisbane by a solitary strike on goal difference.
The loss seriously dents Newcastle’s hopes of sneaking into the top six as they remain seven points adrift of the finals places with just four games to play.
GOALS
0-1 Jaushua Sotirio (17’) – A ball over the top found Mark Bridge in space, with the Wanderers striker putting in a teasing cross from the byline. The ball evaded Mitch Nichols and a couple of Jets defenders inside the six-yard box but Sotirio was lurking at the back post and coolly slotted past Birighitti to register his second ever A-League goal.
Newcastle Jets: Birighitti, Boogaard, Kantarovski, Alivodic, Poljak, Trifunovic (Kitto 73’), Leonardo, Ugarkovic, Nordstrand, Jackson, Cowburn
Western Sydney Wanderers: Reddy (gk), Neville, Alberto, Topor-Stanley (c), Jamieson, Andreu (Baccus 84’), Dimas, Nichols, Castelen (Vidosic 68’), Sotirio (Santalab 63’), Bridge
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