Newcastle Jets fights Sydney in A-League confrontation

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium (33000 seats)

Newcastle Jets have 12 points playing as the hosts. Sydney have 10 points using the away locker rooms. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Newcastle Jets have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in A-League
  • Sydney have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in A-League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Newcastle Jets form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Newcastle Jets so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Newcastle Jets, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Newcastle enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Adelaide United's place. The match ended 1-0 with Sotirio scoring. Duncan, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.63 out of 10 in that game. Duncan topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that, an away loss at Central Coast Mariners.

A decent goal production from Newcastle Jets in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Newcastle Jets have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Sydney form and stats

As the visiting team in A-League matches, Sydney have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sydney have lost on their last two travels.

Sydney have a lot to to correct after their unexpected defeat (0-3) to Macarthur in their previous game, played at home. Caballo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.1. Caballo hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Central Coast Mariners's place.

{8 goals} so far away for Sydney, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newcastle three wins, three draws and Sydney four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SydneyR. Mak
R. Mak
3 goals
SydneyJ. Lolley
J. Lolley
3 goals
Newcastle JetsB. Mikeltadze
B. Mikeltadze
2 goals

Newcastle Jets missing players

Sydney missing players

Newcastle Jets Sydney
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
4 2 1 Won W 0 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
9 6 2 Scored S 1 8 14
15 5 1 Conceded C 3 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 89%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 56%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
44% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 78%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
3.8 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7.2 6.4
6.9 6.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.2 4.4
2.8 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.1 11 10 Shots (avg) S ( 18 18.2 17.1
3.2 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 6 5.4
31% 46% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 29%
 
14.8 16.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 15 10.5 13.4
6.2 6.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.8 4.8
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Sydney's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Newcastle Jets have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newcastle Jets have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in A-League
  • Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sydney have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sydney have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sydney have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in A-League
  • Sydney have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Sydney 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 8 6 1 1 16 6 4 3 1 0 9 3 4 3 0 1 7 3 10 19
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 4 3 2 8 7 4 2 1 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 4 3 1 15
3 Macarthur 9 4 2 3 13 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 14
4 Central Coast Mariners 9 4 1 4 18 13 6 3 0 3 13 10 3 1 1 1 5 3 5 13
5 Adelaide United 9 3 3 3 14 13 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 1 3 2 9 11 1 12
6 Newcastle Jets 9 4 0 5 9 15 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 2 0 3 3 10 -6 12
7 Wellington Phoenix 9 2 5 2 17 15 6 2 3 1 13 9 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 11
8 Brisbane Roar 8 2 5 1 7 6 6 1 4 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 11
9 Melbourne Victory 8 3 1 4 8 9 3 1 0 2 4 3 5 2 1 2 4 6 -1 10
10 Sydney 9 3 1 5 14 18 5 1 1 3 6 10 4 2 0 2 8 8 -4 10
11 Western United 9 3 1 5 13 18 5 2 1 2 6 8 4 1 0 3 7 10 -5 10
12 Perth Glory 8 2 1 5 7 13 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 1 0 5 4 11 -6 7

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.