We have to say that both squads are in good shape, Central Coast Mariners having a 9 point edge on Newcastle Jets in the tables. Bring it on!
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points from losing position (2) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in A-League
Newcastle Jets and Central Coast Mariners 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
5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Newcastle Jets so far this season.
Newcastle Jets's last game was hosting Macarthur (placed 11th) and winning 2-1. A big relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six games in a row. A late climax in the match against Macarthur as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by O'Neill. Midfield player O'Neill got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. O'Neill scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 61 successful passes (of 72 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Brisbane Roar.An interesting fact: 8 of the latest 10 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
Newcastle Jets have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at McDonald Jones Stadium with 20 goals in 12 league matches. Newcastle Jets have conceded 19 from these games.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Mariners delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Melbourne City (placed 1st) in their previous game. Goalkeeper Vukovic made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Melbourne City. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Western United.Take note that 19 of this club's 24 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
Central Coast Mariners has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. Central Coast Mariners have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played earlier this season: Central Coast Mariners - Newcastle Jets 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Newcastle wins - draws - Central Coast Mariners wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 16 goals |   B. Mikeltadze 6 goals | B. NKololo 6 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 29 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 48 |
| 40 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 79% |
| 29% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 38% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 21% |
| 58% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 71% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 12% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 14.6 | 15.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 29% | 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 30% | 33% |
| 13.8 | 13.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most matches over the total-line (19) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points from losing position (2) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) 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 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 38 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -3 | 32 |
| 6 | Sydney | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Western United | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -12 | 29 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 28 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Macarthur | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -15 | 26 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
