The Newcastle Jets are back in the AFC Champions League Elite, as they host Shanghai Port FC tomorrow night
Shanghai Port head to Newcastle sitting 5th in the Chinese Super League, although they won the competition last year under the tutelage of former Melbourne Victory and Yokohama F. Marinos head coach Kevin Muscat. The former Socceroo has been a revelation since arriving in Shanghai, lifting the 2024 and 2025 Chinese Super League titles, as well as the 2024 Chinese FA Cup.
Muscat has previously worked with Mark Milligan at Melbourne Victory, with Muscat serving as Head Coach from 2013-2019, and Milligan playing there between 2012 and 2015, as well as a second stint in the 2017-18 seson.
Fixture Details:
AFC Champions League Elite: Matchday 3
Newcastle Jets FC vs Shanghai Port FC
Tuesday 03 November, 6:45pm kick-off (AEDT)
Newcastle Stadium
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The Opposition:
Muscat has assembled a high-quality squad at Shanghai, with former Brazil U23 international Mateus Vidal providing a creative threat with 18 assists over his two seasons with Port. Tyias Browning (also known as Jiang Guangtai) has previously played for both Everton and Sunderland, also representing England at U17, U19 and U21 level before switching his allegiance to China in 2021, earning 39 caps.
Chinese football legend Wu Lei also plays for Shanghai. The dynamic forward has previously played in La Liga for Espanyol in between his two stints with his boyhood club. In total, Wu Lei has scored over 200 goals for Shanghai across more than 450 appearances.
Squad News:
The Jets played on Saturday afternoon against Wellington, giving them just three days to recover and prepare for the match against Shanghai. This match is the fourth in a hectic 14-day, five game stretch, so there is likely to be some rotation from Saturday’s fixture against the Wellington Phoenix.
Patrick Wood has impressed so far in the AFC Champions League Elite, scoring a brace against Kyoto Sanga FC as well as a goal against Kashima Antlers, sitting second on the goalscorers charts.
