ADELAIDE UNITED

Paul Izzo - 7

Izzo sat back and enjoyed the Newcastle afternoon sun as Adelaide's defensive back four dealt with the tame onslaught by Newcastle. 

Scott Galloway - 7

Galloway was relishing in Adelaide's attacking domination of the first half providing determined runs for Craig Goodwin. 

Michael Jakobsen - 7.5

The Danish defender was lapping up the aerial balls swung in to O'Donovan and co. Jakobsen didn't have much to be worried about besides an argument with the referee which earned him a yellow card. 

Michael Marrone - 7

Michael Marrone enjoyed his 200th A-League match. Although he only managed to take home a point, he'd be happy with the clean sheet playing in an unfamiliar centre-back role. 

Ryan Strain - 7

Strain had a good game marauding up and down the right flank. He was extremely comfortable defending against Newcastle while he always had room to move down his channel. 

Isaias - 6.5

Isaias was nearly camped up on the edge of the box in the first 15 minutes of the match as Adelaide dominated proceedings early. Some of his decisions were time costly and prevented Adelaide's attack moving more swiftly.