Newcastle Jets battle against Melbourne City for fame and triumph.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (12) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Melbourne City have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Perfect A-League season at home so far for Newcastle Jets 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 226 minutes without scoring a league goal. Buhagiar was the last player to find the net.
Newcastle Jets lost their last game at Melbourne Victory (placed 5th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Newcastle were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Defender McGarry got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.83/10. McGarry won 2 of 4 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Western Sydney Wanderers.At McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle Jets has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the A-League.
Tilio, Leckie and MacLaren (2) scored in Melbourne City's previous match, the home game against Perth Glory that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Melbourne City was the only team on the pitch versus Perth Glory in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. MacLaren has bagged at least one goal for this team five fixtures in a row. The capability! Tilio got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Tilio scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Wellington Phoenix.{4 goals} so far away for Melbourne City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Newcastle wins - draws - Melbourne City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. MacLaren loves to meet Newcastle Jets and have scored 7 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 7 goals |  M. Tilio 2 goals |   J. Elsey 1 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 15.4 |
| 2.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 50% | 71% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| 15.2 | 18 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 7.8 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals (3) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most clean sheets (2) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (12) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+4) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+9) in A-League
- Melbourne City is in the best form (4-1-0) in A-League
| Newcastle Jets | Last season | Melbourne City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 28 | 57 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 77% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 38% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 65% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.9 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 14.7 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Sydney | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Macarthur | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Western United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
