Look at this engrossing game in the A-League. Newcastle Jets is in the 11th place from playing five games. They greet Adelaide United who are placed 5th from nine matches.
- Newcastle Jets have scored in all their matches so far.
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (6) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Adelaide United have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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
Only two A-League home games for Newcastle Jets so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Newcastle Jets, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Macarthur away with the result 1-2. Mikeltadze found the net in that victory. The Newcastle Jets coach Papastamatis and his side return home after a 1-2 draw away versus Macarthur (placed 3rd). Newcastle Jets are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Macarthur. Penha (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.65/10. Penha hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Newcastle Jets won a home game hosting Wellington Phoenix (4-0). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 4-0 versus Wellington Phoenix. Preceding that match was the home game against Wellington Phoenix that was lost 4-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Newcastle Jets perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newcastle Jets as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Newcastle Jets has won two of these, drawn three and lost eight.
Newcastle Jets has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Adelaide United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Two away matches in a row for Adelaide United, whose manager Veart could celebrate last time after the win against Brisbane Roar. Adelaide has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Brisbane Roar for a 3-1 draw. It might be tough going out on the road again for Adelaide United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 3-1 versus Brisbane Roar (placed 12th). Goodwin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.85. Goodwin scored two goals, hit five key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
Before that, Adelaide United secured a home win against Melbourne City with the score 2-2. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Melbourne City. Preceding that, the 2-2 home loss versus Melbourne City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Adelaide United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Adelaide United, four draws and five defeats.
The visiting Adelaide United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Adelaide United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (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 5 goals |   B. Mikeltadze 4 goals | V. Yuel 3 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Adelaide United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 56% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 22% |
| 4.6 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5 | 6 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 17.4 | 18.5 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.2 | 15.4 |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 5.3 |
| 33% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| 15.4 | 11 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.8 | 11.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (6) in A-League
- Adelaide United have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in A-League
- All of Newcastle Jets's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Newcastle Jets have scored in all their matches so far.
- Newcastle Jets have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Victory | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Western United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Sydney | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
