The Wellington Phoenix are looking to keep the good times rolling.
The Nix sit top of the table after two games, as the only side to win both opening fixtures.
However, head coach Chris Greenacre isn’t paying any attention to the table as they look to go three from three this weekend against the Newcastle Jets.
“I’ll be really honest, I’ve not spent a lot of time looking,” he told media pre-match. “
I don’t even know who’s in second place, that’s how focused I am on what we’re doing.
“Six weeks ago if you’d asked me if I wanted to be unbeaten through the first two games, I would have snapped your hand off obviously.
“But we’re just focusing day in, day out on what we can control on the training ground.”
The Jets won last season’s Premier’s Plate, and have secured two draws so far this season despite substantial squad turnover.
“We’ve got a really tough game this weekend against the Premiers.
“Newcastle are a very good team, a team that cause a lot of problems.
“On the outside, last season they were one of the most exciting teams to watch, goals galore.
“They’ve got a lot of players with a lot of quality, and it’ll be tough for us.”
It’s also the first away trip for the Nix this season, having taken full advantage of their home games so far.
However, Greenacre doesn’t see anything changing in his approach.
“For us, the main point is for us to focus on us. We have to worry about how we train, how we develop each day.”
“If we do that, we’ll continue on the right trajectory.
“So far it’s going ok, so we’ll just keep up with that and keep trying to improve across the board.”
The matchweek 3 A-League Men’s match between the Wellington Phoenix and Newcastle Jets is scheduled to kick-off at McDonald Jones Stadium at 5pm (3pm AEDT) on Saturday and will be broadcast LIVE on Sky Sport 3 in New Zealand, and on Paramount+ in Australia.
Most recent meeting: 23 January 2026, Newcastle Jets 4 Wellington Phoenix 1
All-time A-League head to head: Phoenix 27W, Jets 19W and 7D
Newcastle Jets(two to be omitted): 1. James DELIANOV, 2. Alexander GRANT, 5. Joseph SHAUGHNESSY, 6. Zane SCHREIBER 8. Patrick WOOD, 9. Nikolaos VERGOS, 10. Zach CLOUGH, 11. Joe LOLLEY, 14. Max BURGESS, 17. Ethan DEBONO, 19. ALEX BADOLATO, 22. Joel BERTOLISSIO, 23. Daniel WILMERING, 27. Julian RECCHIA, 28. Will DOBSON, 39. Thomas AQUILINA, 40. Jordan BAYLIS, 43. Xavier BERTONCELLO, 52. Nicholas BADOLATO, 64. Jesse HILL.
Unavailable: 16. Will KENNEDY (ankle), 20. Alex NASSIEP, 24. ALEXANDRO NUNES, 25. Oscar FRYER (ACL injury), 26. Oscar GONZALEZ, 34. ANGUS REID, 37. Oliver COCKLE, 42. Max COOPER (foot injury), 54. Jake GOODWIN, 62. Archie BRIDESON, 63. Callan PRESTWIDGE, 65. Kaiden WALSHE.
Wellington Phoenix (two to be omitted): 5. Walter SCOTT, 7. Bryce DUKE, 8. Max ANDERSON, 9. Rafael DURÁN, 11. Riley BIDOIS, 13. Henry GRAY (gk), 14. Alex RUFER (c), 17. Nathan WALKER, 18. Lukas KELLY-HEALD, 23. James MCGARRY, 24. Xuan LOKE, 25. Kazuki NAGASAWA, 27. Matthew SHERIDAN, 28. Bill TUILOMA, 30. Alby KELLY-HEALD (gk), 32. Ben TRENBERTH, 34. Dylan GARDINER, 35. Luke MITCHELL, 37. Anaru CASSIDY, 99. Corban PIPER.
Unavailable: 6. Fin ROA CONCHIE, 15. Isaac HUGHES, 39. Jayden SMITH.
