Newcastle Jets - Perth Glory: A-League basement dwellers scrapping for points and glory. Here's all the available stats and news before the game!
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (21) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in A-League
It's no vacation for neither Newcastle Jets nor Perth Glory 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Perth Glory have to travel 3900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
With 1 A-League win, 2 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Newcastle Jets, who have the fewest scored goals (21) in A-League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Newcastle are slowly digging their own grave here at McDonald Jones Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Melbourne City match.
Happy days for Newcastle Jets in their previous game, a A-League match away at Central Coast Mariners (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Lucas Mauragis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Mauragis scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Brisbane Roar that was lost 1-2.Newcastle have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-3-7 (12 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Perth Glory as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the A-League match against Brisbane Roar (1-2). Jason Geria was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Geria hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.
Before that, Perth travelled to Wellington Phoenix and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Perth Glory are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). The Perth Glory manager R. García has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Newcastle - Perth Glory 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Newcastle, two draws and six wins for Perth Glory. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 12 goals |   R. O'Donovan 7 goals |  N. D'Agostino 5 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 43 |
| 36 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 12% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 6.7 | 7.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15.4 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 23% | 18% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 31% | 36% |
- Newcastle Jets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points (5) at home in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest points from losing position (3) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (21) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Perth Glory have scored more than double the goals of Newcastle Jets.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in A-League
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 39 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 38 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Western United | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -15 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 18 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -15 | 17 |