Western Sydney Wanderers are keen to improve their points total at their own ground in this upcoming match hosting Newcastle Jets.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in A-League
The visiting Newcastle Jets played their last game only four days ago, a A-League match.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Western Sydney Wanderers at their home stadium (Commbank Stadium) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. When Western Sydney Wanderers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Western Sydney Wanderers, Brisbane Roar and Perth Glory), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Commbank Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Western Sydney Wanderers.
Wanderers drew their last game, also a home match. Central Coast Mariners (placed 8th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. A disappointing finish for Western Sydney Wanderers in their match versus Central Coast Mariners as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Petratos was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Central Coast Mariners after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Rodwell was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Rodwell dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 82 successful passes (of 86 total).
Before that, Western Sydney Wanderers drew at home versus Brisbane Roar.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 Wanderers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Western Sydney Wanderers as they are travelling to their away game against Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Western Sydney Wanderers's 11 home games: 11 goals, 11 conceded. Western Sydney Wanderers has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newcastle Jets so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Newcastle Jets's previous game was their home loss versus Melbourne Victory (1-2). Newcastle were so close to getting something from the game against Melbourne Victory, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. Midfield player Penha was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.95/10. Penha hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Perth Glory.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Newcastle Jets in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Newcastle Jets, three draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Newcastle Jets, the A-League home match versus Central Coast Mariners. Busy days.
Newcastle have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Newcastle Jets's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle Jets - Wanderers 1-0 was the output when this pair of teams last played each other, also in this season. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: one win for Western Sydney Wanderers, three draws and six wins for Newcastle Jets. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mikeltadze 12 goals |   T. Hemed 5 goals | A. Thurgate 5 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 37 |
| 31 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 90% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 95% |
| 76% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 90% | 90% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 81% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 38% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 67% |
| 29% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 10% | 24% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 30% | 14% |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 15.1 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 15.5 | 15.4 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 9.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.9 | 13.5 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in A-League
| 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 33 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 32 |
| 7 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -23 | 14 |
