Wellington Phoenix have come here for an exciting duel against the home side Newcastle Jets. Get ready for the match with this in-depth A-League preview!
Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
In the previous season, Newcastle Jets's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 9th place in the A-League. In these 26 matches they scored {45 goals} and gave away 43. Playing as the host team in the last season Newcastle Jets produced 6-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 19 conceded. The hosts won their first A-League game here at McDonald Jones Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Newcastle Jets last season were 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 13 games.
Newcastle's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Perth Glory (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A late climax in the match against Perth Glory as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Mikeltadze. Midfielder Thurgate was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Thurgate hit one key pass and had 41 successful passes (of 46 total).
Preceding that match, a home loss in the Ffa Cup against Adelaide United. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newcastle Jets handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Newcastle Jets has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Central Coast Mariners (placed 8th) in their previous game. Midfielder Ugarković was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Ugarković served one assist, hit three key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 61 total).
A draw for Wellington before that, at their own venue hosting Adelaide United (1-1).We have checked recent matches where Wellington Phoenix have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Newcastle, one draw and five wins for Wellington Phoenix. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Waine 2 goals |   J. Elsey 1 goals |  B. Mikeltadze 1 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
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| Newcastle Jets | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Newcastle Jets | Last season | Wellington Phoenix | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 85% | ||
| 77% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 70% | ||
| 38% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 37% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 15% | ||
| 65% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 19% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 30% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.9 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| 14.7 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.6 | 18.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Western United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
