Very important shoot-out in the bottom section of the A-League, with both Western United and Newcastle Jets undergoing more worry than glee. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team at 10th and the visiting team in 9th place.
- Western United have the most conceded goals (23) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the the worst goal difference (-10) in A-League
It's quite the trip for Newcastle Jets when visiting Western as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Western United form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Western United at their home stadium (Mars Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Western United lost their last game at Melbourne City (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. The first defeat after going undefeated in three league games. Western were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Kilkenny got a match rating of 6.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Kilkenny hit one key pass and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Brisbane Roar that ended 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Western United has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Western have conceded 9 from these games.
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 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
Newcastle Jets aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 245 league minutes without a goal. Sotirio was the last player to find the net.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Newcastle, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Macarthur (placed 4th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Sydney.Newcastle Jets are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.
Some info for sports gamblers looking to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Newcastle's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 6 matches.
Head 2 Head
Western United have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Newcastle Jets.Top Goalscorers
  N. Milanovic 3 goals |  A. Prijović 3 goals |  J. Risdon 2 goals |
Western United missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Western United | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 64% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 17% | 18% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 18% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.5 | 9.6 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 25% |
| 14.7 | 12.7 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.2 | 14.9 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 6.5 |
- Newcastle Jets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (3) away in A-League
- 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 United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Newcastle Jets have scored away.
- Western United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Western United have the most conceded goals (23) in A-League
- Western United have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in A-League
- Western United 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Sydney | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Western United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
