Newcastle Jets get ready to host Western Sydney Wanderers for another appealing A-League match here at McDonald Jones Stadium.
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals (10) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have scored more than double the goals of Western Sydney Wanderers.
Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!
Newcastle Jets form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Newcastle Jets's two home games in the A-League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at McDonald Jones Stadium.
Newcastle lost their last game at Macarthur (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Penha got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Penha hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wellington Phoenix in a game that was won 4-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Newcastle perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newcastle Jets as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Newcastle Jets has won two of these, drawn three and lost eight.
Newcastle Jets has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Wanderers aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Koutroumbis was the last player to find the net.
There might be some fixture complaints from Wanderers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the A-League match against Central Coast Mariners (0-2). Hemed, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Hemed hit four key passes.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Macarthur.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Western Sydney Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Wanderers, four draws and six defeats.
It's early days yet, but Western Sydney Wanderers has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also met each other previously this match year: Western Sydney Wanderers - Newcastle 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newcastle five wins, four draws and Western Sydney Wanderers one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mikeltadze 4 goals | V. Yuel 3 goals |   T. Hemed 2 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 4.6 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.4 | 18.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.5 | 16.8 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 15.4 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.5 | 12.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
- All of Newcastle Jets's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Western Sydney Wanderers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newcastle Jets have scored in all their matches so far.
- Newcastle Jets have scored more than double the goals of Western Sydney Wanderers.
- Newcastle Jets have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals (10) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Newcastle Jets | Last season | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 19 | 45 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 25 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 58% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 42% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 27% | ||
| 65% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 65% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.9 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 15.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 13.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.9 | 16.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Western United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Sydney | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Adelaide United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
