Adelaide United will not envision any pleasantries from the home team Newcastle Jets in this A-League fixture. Here's our comprehensive match preview!
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Newcastle Jets and Adelaide United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Newcastle Jets have collected 13 points from their A-League home games so far after 4-1-4.
Newcastle Jets are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Wellington Phoenix. The forward Grozos was named "man of the match" for Newcastle Jets with the rating of 8.32/10. Grozos hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Western United with the scoreline 1-3.A decent goal production from Newcastle in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newcastle Jets's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Adelaide United form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Adelaide United playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
The fans enjoyed Adelaide United's previous game versus Melbourne City (placed 1st), a 4-2 win played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Melbourne City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfield player Isaías was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.8/10. Isaías signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).
A 1-1 draw at Melbourne Victory's stadium before that.Will both teams score? This club's fresh statistics suggest that, having finished 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Adelaide are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. The Adelaide United manager Veart has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other previously this season, with the result Adelaide United - Newcastle 0-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - zero - eight (Newcastle Jets wins - draws - Adelaide United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 8 goals |   B. Mikeltadze 5 goals | H. Ibusuki 5 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 35 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | 68% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 6.3 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 10.9 | 10.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 39% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 33% | 39% |
| 13.9 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 17.4 | 16.1 |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
- Adelaide United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Adelaide United have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in A-League
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Adelaide United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points from losing position (2) 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 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Sydney | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Western United | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
