With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Wellington Phoenix fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Newcastle Jets.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The story so far for Wellington Phoenix at their home stadium (Westpac Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.Wellington Phoenix's previous game was a A-League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 8-2 victory visiting Central Coast Mariners.
This is expected to be a close game, with Wellington Phoenix perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wellington Phoenix as a small favourite), we find six games. Wellington Phoenix has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Wellington Phoenix in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 matches. Wellington Phoenix have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L6 on the road this term.Newcastle Jets failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Central Coast Mariners (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Prior to that result Newcastle Jets won their away game at Melbourne Victory. The scoreline was 2-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Newcastle Jets in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Newcastle Jets, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Newcastle Jets are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games. 15 goals have been conceded by Newcastle Jets in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Newcastle Jets - Wellington Phoenix 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wellington Phoenix 4 wins, 2 draws and Newcastle Jets 4 victories.Top Goalscorers
  R. Krishna 15 goals / 4 assists |  D. Williams 8 goals |   R. O'Donovan 7 goals / 2 assists |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Newcastle Jets | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | Played | 11 | 22 |
| 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 95% |
| 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 82% |
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 36% | 45% |
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 27% | 18% |
| 23% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 9% | 9% |
| 59% | 58% | Both teams to score | 55% | 55% |
| 18% | 17% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 23% |
| 32% | 25% | Failed To Score | 27% | 27% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Sydney | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -22 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -31 | 10 |
