With the tense opening game done it’s time for the second A-League battle of the season. Western Sydney Wanderers are eager to welcome Newcastle Jets in front of their home support.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
In the previous season, Western Sydney Wanderers's league stats were 9 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, providing 8th spot in the A-League. In these 26 matches they scored 45 goals and gave away 43. Appearing as the host team in the last season Western Sydney Wanderers generated 6-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 18 conceded. A A-League draw at home so far for Western Sydney Wanderers. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Wanderers, who played 0-0 against Sydney. That match was also played at this venue (Marconi Stadium). Rhys Williams was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Williams hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Broadmeadow Magic and winning 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wanderers handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.
At Marconi Stadium, Western Sydney Wanderers has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Let's have a look at how Newcastle Jets performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 14/17 goals scored/conceded.
Newcastle's previous game was their home loss versus Central Coast Mariners (1-2). Midfielder Angus Thurgate was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Thurgate served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Prior to that match, the Newcastle Jets manager A. Papas faced defeat when travelling to Western United and losing 1-2.Newcastle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Wanderers won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Newcastle Jets got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
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Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Last season | Newcastle Jets | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 85% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 77% | ||
| 58% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 50% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 65% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 65% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 23% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.6 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 24% | ||
| 16.6 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |