12th- against 6th place might not sound all that sexy. Here's the information that makes Newcastle Jets - Brisbane Roar (even) more interesting!
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (18) in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar 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's struggle is real here at McDonald Jones Stadium with only 5 points collected from 11 A-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-8. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts.
Newcastle Jets's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 2nd). Johnny Koutroumbis, defender, was given a rating of 7.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Koutroumbis won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sydney that ended 1-1.Newcastle aren't scoring a lot here at McDonald Jones Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brisbane Roar in their A-League matches away. Brisbane seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Brisbane have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 232 minutes ago. M. Gillesphey was the goal scorer.
Brisbane Roar are travelling again after losing away to Adelaide United in their previous match (0-1). Midfield player Rahmat Akbari was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Akbari hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Central Coast Mariners.A new game in only four days for Brisbane, the A-League home match versus Melbourne City. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Brisbane's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Brisbane Roar have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Brisbane Roar - Newcastle 0-0. Newcastle Jets-Brisbane Roar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Newcastle four wins, Brisbane Roar three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Wenzel-Halls 7 goals |  R. Danzaki 7 goals |   R. O'Donovan 6 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Brisbane Roar missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Brisbane Roar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 34 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 81% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 67% |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 48% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 29% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 64% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 57% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 16.2 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12.5 | 14.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 21% | 17% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | 27% |
- Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brisbane Roar have scored at least twice as many goals away as Newcastle Jets have scored home.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points (5) at home in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points from losing position (3) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (18) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Newcastle Jets is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 3 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Western United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -31 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 14 |