- Weston Workers are the leaders of the Northern New South Wales 2026 with 22 points from 10 games.
- Valentine Phoenix are in 11th place with just seven points from 10 matches.
- Weston have won the last three meetings between the sides, including a 2-0 away win nine months ago.
Pace vs possession
Weston Workers are the clear favourites for Saturday’s game against Valentine Phoenix, and for good reason. They are currently top of the ladder with a strong 22 points from 10 fixtures, while their visitors are languishing in 11th with just seven points.
The hosts have won three of their last five league games, including an impressive 2-0 win away to Adamstown Rosebud FC. Their home form has been less impressive, with no wins (D1, L1) across their last two games at home, but they have home advantage on Saturday and will be desperate to return to winning ways.
The visitors have won two of their last three away fixtures, but they were preceded by a crushing 1-6 home defeat to Newcastle Olympic.
Weston to dominate
Phoenix set themselves up to be compact and defend from a low block, allowing them to absorb pressure and then hit on the counter-attack. The hosts are far more positive in their approach, playing at a higher tempo and looking to press and win the ball high up the pitch before playing wide and scoring goals.
This should be a real chess match on Saturday, but the home side have the better record, sit much higher in the league and have won each of the last three games in this fixture.
The odds on the visitors are absolutely huge at 6.94, while Weston are available at just 1.26, so there is really only one way to go here and we’re backing the home team to take all three points.
The over 2.5 goals market is available at 1.25 and that’s extremely low, so we’re giving that a swerve despite the fact that it looks like a fairly open affair.
