The league table in A-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Melbourne City leading Newcastle Jets by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (39) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (16) in A-League
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Newcastle Jets have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melbourne City form and stats
This stadium, AAMI Park, has been a fortress for Melbourne City in the A-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-1. After failing to beat Perth Glory here at AAMI Park, Melbourne City has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Melbourne travelled for their previous game, a trip to Macarthur that ended 1-1. Before that, Melbourne had a home game versus Melbourne Victory which ended with a victory 7-0.
Melbourne are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost zero.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Melbourne is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Newcastle Jets, who have the fewest scored goals (16) in A-League, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Macarthur (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 2-2. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Perth Glory.
The draw against Macarthur came from a losing position. The Newcastle Jets manager C. Deans brought on Steven Ugarkovic as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Newcastle Jets played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Newcastle have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Newcastle Jets in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City and Newcastle Jets have met before this season: Newcastle Jets - Melbourne City 1-0. 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 19 goals |  C. Noone 5 goals |   R. O'Donovan 5 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
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| Melbourne City | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 39 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 59% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 41% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 35% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 35% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.8 | 20.1 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.3 | 14.7 |
| 6.4 | 7.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 36% | 43% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 29% | 22% |
- All of Melbourne City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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.
- 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 fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (22) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (39) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+20) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (3-2-1)
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (16) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Sydney | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Western United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 14 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 13 |