A-League duel: Close contest expected between Newcastle Jets and Macarthur

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 06:05 (UTC)
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium (33000 seats)

McDonald Jones Stadium: Shake it up for a football celebration when Newcastle Jets invite Macarthur. Get the latest info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Newcastle Jets have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in A-League
  • Macarthur have the most clean sheets (3) away in A-League

It's no vacation for neither Newcastle nor Macarthur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Newcastle Jets form and stats

When playing at home in the A-League, Newcastle Jets have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.

Newcastle Jets's last game was hosting Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 9th) and winning 1-0. Thurgate (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Thurgate scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).

Heartbreak before that as Newcastle Jets lost 0-3 at Melbourne City's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newcastle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost seven.

Newcastle Jets have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at McDonald Jones Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Newcastle have conceded 9 from these games.

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Macarthur form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in A-League, are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.

It's the second away game in a row for Macarthur, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Perth Glory (placed 10th) last time out. Midfielder Dávila was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.91. Dávila scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Adelaide United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Macarthur in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Macarthur, zero draws and four defeats.

Macarthur are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Macarthur have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Macarthur - Newcastle 2-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding three meetings): Newcastle Jets won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Macarthur managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero

Top Goalscorers

NewcastleB. Mikeltadze
B. Mikeltadze
7 goals
Newcastle JetsV. Yuel
V. Yuel
4 goals
Newcastle JetsA. Thurgate
A. Thurgate
3 goals

Newcastle Jets missing players

Macarthur missing players

Newcastle Jets Macarthur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 2 Lost L 1 2 3
18 11 3 Scored S 2 9 19
19 9 6 Conceded C 3 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 75%
91% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 58%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 42%
9% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
73% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 58%
18% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 33%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
4.5 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 5.3
5.9 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 4.5
1.7 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14 14.8 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12 15.3
4.5 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 5.7
37% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 31% 28%
 
14.4 12.3 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 14.5 14.6
4.7 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 5.4
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Macarthur have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Macarthur have the most clean sheets (3) away in A-League
  • Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newcastle Jets have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Newcastle Jets have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) 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 Western United 13 8 2 3 15 11 7 6 0 1 8 3 6 2 2 2 7 8 4 26
2 Melbourne City 14 7 4 3 29 20 8 4 2 2 15 11 6 3 2 1 14 9 9 25
3 Macarthur 12 6 3 3 19 17 6 3 2 1 10 8 6 3 1 2 9 9 2 21
4 Adelaide United 14 4 6 4 21 19 5 1 2 2 10 8 9 3 4 2 11 11 2 18
5 Sydney 14 4 6 4 18 17 7 2 3 2 10 10 7 2 3 2 8 7 1 18
6 Melbourne Victory 12 5 3 4 16 15 7 3 2 2 11 9 5 2 1 2 5 6 1 18
7 Wellington Phoenix 12 5 3 4 15 18 8 5 2 1 13 7 4 0 1 3 2 11 -3 18
8 Newcastle Jets 11 4 2 5 18 19 6 3 0 3 11 9 5 1 2 2 7 10 -1 14
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 13 3 3 7 13 20 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 1 1 4 7 12 -7 12
10 Perth Glory 10 3 2 5 9 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 7 2 1 4 6 6 1 11
11 Central Coast Mariners 11 3 2 6 16 18 5 2 2 1 9 7 6 1 0 5 7 11 -2 11
12 Brisbane Roar 12 3 2 7 11 18 5 3 1 1 8 4 7 0 1 6 3 14 -7 11

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.