The league table in A-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Melbourne City leading Newcastle Jets by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (56) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (22) in A-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. That game was an away game at Melbourne Victory, so at least Melbourne are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Newcastle Jets when visiting Melbourne as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Melbourne City form and stats
Home games in the A-League have been a walk in the park for Melbourne City so far, with 31 points won from 12 matches; 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Melbourne City tasted defeat here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
The home team returns to Netstrata Jubilee Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Melbourne Victory (placed 11th) on their last time out; the A-League game ended 1-1. Aiden O'Neill (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. O'Neill hit four key passes and had 96 successful passes (of 100 total).
Heartbreak before that as Melbourne lost 0-3 at Brisbane Roar's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and three defeats.
Melbourne are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (35 goals in 12 games). Melbourne City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newcastle Jets, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in A-League, so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Newcastle Jets played 1-1 against Perth Glory in their previous match. Lucas Mauragis got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Mauragis hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Central Coast Mariners with the score of 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Newcastle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, two draws and eight defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Newcastle have scored 12 goals in 12 league games away. As opposed to that, Newcastle Jets have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Melbourne - Newcastle Jets 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Melbourne City wins - draws - Newcastle Jets wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 25 goals |   R. O'Donovan 7 goals |  C. Noone 6 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Melbourne City | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 56 | 35 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 30 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 48% |
| 48% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 32% | 42% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 58% | 64% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 16% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 7.3 | 7.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.9 | 20 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.8 | 13.6 |
| 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | 23% |
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Newcastle Jets.
- Melbourne City have the most matches over the total-line (14) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (31) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (35) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (56) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+26) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points from losing position (4) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (22) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in A-League
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -15 | 18 |