This is a vital duel in the cellar of the A-League, with both Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets feeling more anxiety than delight. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 11th and the away team in 9th position.
- Brisbane Roar have the the worst goal difference (-9) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in A-League
Brisbane Roar have less rest than Newcastle Jets in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A-League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Newcastle Jets have had more rest.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Brisbane Roar have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. When Brisbane Roar hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Western Sydney Wanderers, Brisbane Roar and Perth Glory), they have won 2 of 2 matches! Three consecutive losses here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1 is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Brisbane Roar crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Wellington Phoenix here at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex 1. O'Shea (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. O'Shea hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 78 successful passes (of 91 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Western United (2-3).Brisbane has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Brisbane Roar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Newcastle Jets have only collected 6 points from their away games in the A-League, after 1-3-5 (9 played). Bitter travels for Newcastle as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Melbourne Victory match.
Newcastle Jets have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jack Duncan. It's been 182 minutes since they last conceded in A-League.
The club members enjoyed Newcastle Jets's previous game versus Sydney (placed 7th), a 2-0 win played at home. Attacker Penha got a player rating of 8.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Penha served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Wellington Phoenix.The visiting Newcastle have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. Newcastle Jets's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the sides played each other earlier this season; Newcastle Jets - Brisbane Roar 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Brisbane Roar victories, three draws and three Newcastle Jets wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mikeltadze 9 goals |  J. Lescano 5 goals | N. Mileusnic 5 goals |
Brisbane Roar missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 30 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 56% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 16.8 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 16.2 | 15.9 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 22% | 24% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 33% |
| 12.9 | 12 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 31 | 14.9 | 13.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- All of Newcastle Jets's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brisbane Roar have the most matches over the total-line (9) in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the the worst goal difference (-9) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Western United | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 37 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -3 | 27 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 26 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Sydney | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
