The visiting Western Sydney Wanderers side are thought to be odds-on favourites at Newcastle Jets, as the visitors enjoy a 6 point lead from their twelve league fixtures this season.
- Newcastle Jets have the the worst goal difference (-10) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Newcastle Jets form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Newcastle Jets have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. When Newcastle Jets hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Three consecutive losses here at McDonald Jones Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
An away draw last time out for Newcastle Jets, facing Western United in a game that ended 1-1. Stynes (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Stynes scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Macarthur.The Newcastle Jets fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded. When Newcastle hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Western United, Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Western Sydney Wanderers playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Western Sydney Wanderers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Melbourne City that finished 1-1. Defender Marcelo was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Marcelo won 2 of 4 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Perth Glory before that.Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Wanderers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered meeting between these teams is the Western Sydney Wanderers - Newcastle Jets 2-0 played previously this season. Data for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Newcastle Jets, three draws and three wins for Western Sydney Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Borrello 3 goals |   B. Mikeltadze 2 goals |  T. Buhagiar 2 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 6.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 11 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.7 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 23% | 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 14% | 28% |
| 14.6 | 15.8 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| 6.3 | 7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
- 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 fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the the worst goal difference (-10) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Sydney | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Western United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
