Newcastle Jets look to McDonald Jones Stadium supporters for inspiration before Brisbane Roar match

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Competition: Australia A-League
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium (33000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 10th place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Newcastle Jets form and stats

The story so far in the A-League for Newcastle Jets, who have the most conceded goals (21) in A-League, at their home stadium (McDonald Jones Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Newcastle Jets drew their last game, also a home match. Brisbane Roar (placed 10th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Perth Glory (2-6).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newcastle Jets handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D2-L0.

Newcastle Jets has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brisbane Roar so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Newcastle Jets (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 1-1. A loss against Western United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

6 saves made goalkeeper Jamie Young a hero against Newcastle Jets, contributing heavy to the point gained.

We have checked recent matches where Brisbane Roar have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were W2-D3-L6.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Brisbane Roar have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Newcastle Jets - Brisbane Roar 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Newcastle Jets wins - draws - Brisbane Roar wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Brisbane RoarR. O'Donovan
R. O'Donovan
11 goals
Newcastle JetsD. Petratos
D. Petratos
7 goals

Newcastle Jets missing players

Brisbane Roar missing players

Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 0 6 10
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 3 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
11 5 0 Scored S 0 4 10
21 8 0 Conceded C 0 10 16
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 90%
90% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 70%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 30%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 20%
70% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 20%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 40%
 
5.9 5.6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.8 5.5
6.9 7.2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.8 3.4
1.3 1.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
157 76 0 Total Shots T S 0 85 147
59 35 0 Shots on Target S O 0 29 49
19% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 20%
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Newcastle Jets's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brisbane Roar has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Brisbane Roar has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
  • Brisbane Roar has the most conceded goals in the first half (11)
  • Brisbane Roar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brisbane Roar have yet to win a game away.
  • Newcastle Jets has the fewest points (5) at home
  • Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals (21)
  • Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals in the second half (13)
  • Newcastle Jets has the the worst goal difference (-10)
  • 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 Sydney 10 8 1 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 4 5 3 1 1 10 6 14 25
2 Melbourne City 10 6 1 3 21 16 5 3 0 2 9 9 5 3 1 1 12 7 5 19
3 Western United 12 5 2 5 15 15 7 2 1 4 8 11 5 3 1 1 7 4 0 17
4 Perth Glory 10 4 3 3 18 12 5 2 1 2 11 8 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 15
5 Adelaide United 10 5 0 5 18 16 6 3 0 3 11 10 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 15
6 Wellington Phoenix 11 4 3 4 16 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 2 2 2 9 8 1 15
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 11 4 2 5 13 16 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 2 0 4 7 11 -3 14
8 Melbourne Victory 11 3 3 5 11 15 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 2 0 3 6 9 -4 12
9 Central Coast Mariners 9 3 1 5 9 14 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 1 0 4 4 9 -5 10
10 Brisbane Roar 10 2 3 5 10 16 4 2 0 2 6 6 6 0 3 3 4 10 -6 9
11 Newcastle Jets 10 2 3 5 11 21 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 1 3 6 13 -10 9

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.