The visiting Melbourne City side should be favourites in this visit to Newcastle Jets, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Newcastle Jets nor Melbourne City 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.
Melbourne City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Newcastle Jets so far this season.
Newcastle Jets lost their last game at Brisbane Roar (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Adelaide United.
The Newcastle Jets fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Newcastle Jets have conceded 15 from these games.
Melbourne City form and stats
5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melbourne City in their A-League matches away. Melbourne City love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne City, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 11th) in the A-League last time out. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Western Sydney Wanderers.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Central Coast Mariners was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention Jamie MacLaren's lethal finishing against Central Coast Mariners. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A quick return to home after this game, as Melbourne City are hosting Adelaide United in the A-League only four days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Melbourne City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Melbourne City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Melbourne City - Newcastle Jets 2-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Newcastle Jets wins - draws - Melbourne City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 18 goals |   D. Petratos 5 goals |  M. Millar 4 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 41 |
| 38 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 91% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 82% |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 82% | 73% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 64% | 45% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 36% | 27% |
| 62% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 68% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 23% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 336 | 161 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 175 | 341 |
| 106 | 57 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 77 | 132 |
| 23% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 30% | 31% |
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (16)
- Melbourne City has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newcastle Jets has the fewest points from losing position (2)
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 21 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -29 | 13 |