Newcastle Jets get ready to host Wellington Phoenix for another interesting A-League fixture here at McDonald Jones Stadium.
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals (5) in A-League
Wellington Phoenix could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ffa Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Western United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Newcastle Jets's first A-League home game here at McDonald Jones Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 13 matches.
An away draw last time out for Newcastle, facing Sydney in a game that ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Sydney last time out, but a goal from Yuel completed a comeback to a draw result for Newcastle. Valentino Yuel (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Yuel scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Western Sydney Wanderers that finished 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newcastle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost nine.
At McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle Jets has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first A-League away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Wellington play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Western United (placed 3rd).
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Western Sydney Wanderers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Wellington Phoenix in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Wellington, two draws and one defeat.
Wellington Phoenix have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Newcastle won four, Wellington Phoenix were winners in five and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Yuel 3 goals |   G. Hooper 2 goals | O. Boumal 1 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 13.7 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 14.3 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
- Newcastle Jets have the most conceded goals (6) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most points from losing position (2) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals (5) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in A-League
| Newcastle Jets | Last season | Wellington Phoenix | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 77% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 65% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 31% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 15% | ||
| 65% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 65% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 19% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 16.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 13.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.6 | 17.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Western United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Sydney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |