Football Bet of the Day: Jets can sink Phoenix again

Wellington v Newcastle Jets
Saturday 06:35 (Live on BT Sport 1)

Our prayers weren't answered in Southampton yesterday.

For our next bet we've flown all the way to New Zealand, where the latest round of the A League kicks off early on Saturday morning UK time.

After the first four rounds of the season, Wellington Phoenix are very much on pace to match last term's rock-bottom finish. They've lost 4/4 and scored just once along the way, while conceding 10.

Ernie Merrick's men lost 3/3 head-to-heads with Newcastle Jets last term and, having lost 8/9 at Westpac Stadium, we like the big price on the visitors to win again.

Scott Miller's Jets have lost only once this season - 2-0 to top-of-the-table Sydney FC. To that point, they were scoring regularly: seven goals in their first three outings. With a good record away to the league's weakest teams - they won 3/3 on the road to teams that finished below them last term - we're ready to punt on an upset in this one.

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Back Newcastle Jets @ 3.6013/5 v Wellington