A home team triumph, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Macarthur and Newcastle Jets duel at Campbelltown Stadium.
- Macarthur have the fewest points from losing position (1) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Macarthur form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Macarthur have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Macarthur's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Wellington Phoenix (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league win after four fixtures without one. Macarthur goalkeeper Kurto did an outstanding job against Wellington Phoenix with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Kurto was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.91 out of ten. Kurto saved two (!) penalties.
Heartbreak before that as Macarthur lost 1-6 at Melbourne City's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Macarthur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 1.
The Macarthur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newcastle Jets so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Newcastle Jets has drawn their two previous away games.
Newcastle go into this game after a win, the home game against Melbourne Victory that ended 2-1. Mikeltadze, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Mikeltadze scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 21 total).
A 2-2 draw at Perth Glory's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Newcastle Jets in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Newcastle Jets, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Newcastle Jets as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Newcastle's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Strangely enough, the last time the home team kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opponent, six games ago (Macarthur - Newcastle Jets 2-0). Head to head numbers (for the prior six meetings): Macarthur won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Newcastle Jets have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Millar 4 goals |   B. Mikeltadze 4 goals |  U. Dávila Plascencia 3 goals |
Macarthur missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Macarthur | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 27 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 6.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 30% |
| 15.9 | 16.1 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14.2 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
- Macarthur have the fewest points from losing position (1) in A-League
- Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Newcastle Jets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sydney | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
