Match-goers at McDonald Jones Stadium haven’t seen many wins this season, with Newcastle Jets decaying in the 9th place. The visiting Sydney will hope to protect their higher league place in this one.
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in A-League
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (8) 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!
Newcastle Jets form and stats
The total A-League statistics at home this season for Newcastle Jets are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Newcastle's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Wellington Phoenix (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Boumale got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Boumale scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Heartbreak before that as Newcastle Jets lost 1-2 at Adelaide United's place.Goals decide football matches and Newcastle are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. More than 55 % of these goals (10 in all) came after at least 60 minutes had been played. 11 goals have been conceded.
Sydney form and stats
Playing away, Sydney have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the A-League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sydney goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne is eager to challenge this, with his 218 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The followers enjoyed Sydney's previous fixture versus Western United (placed 2nd), a 3-0 win played at home. Midfielder Ninković was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.23. Ninković scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
Prior to that result Sydney won their away game at Perth Glory. The scoreline was 2-0.Sydney have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Many of these goals have come late in the games; more than 50 percent (13 goals) after the 60th minute.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads played each other earlier this season; Sydney - Newcastle 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newcastle Jets three wins, three draws and Sydney four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mikeltadze 9 goals | A. Thurgate 5 goals | O. Boumal 4 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Sydney missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 28 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 83% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 75% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 19% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.1 | 15.9 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 14.2 | 14.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | 29% |
| 13.7 | 12.5 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 4.6 |
- 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 have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney have the most matches over the total-line (8) in A-League
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Western United | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 5 | Sydney | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 13 |
