Only a few games have been played in the National Youth League so far, with Newcastle Jets U21 placed 3rd and Sydney FC U21 sitting in the 1st position.
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.
Newcastle Jets U21 form and stats
Only two National Youth League home games for Newcastle Jets U21 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The points were shared in Newcastle Jets U21's previous game, also at home. Visiting WS Wanderers U21 (placed 4th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Newcastle Jets U21 won a home game hosting Canberra United U21 (6-1).
Newcastle Jets U21 has the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sydney FC U21 form and stats
Sydney FC U21, who have the most scored goals (19) in National Youth League, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the National Youth League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Sydney FC U21 has drawn their two previous away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Canberra United U21 (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The National Youth League match ended in a draw 2-2. Prior to that match, a home win 6-0 against WS Wanderers U21.
5 goals so far away for Sydney FC U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sydney FC U21 - Newcastle Jets U21 8-3. Newcastle Jets U21-Sydney FC U21 H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Newcastle Jets U21 0 wins, Sydney FC U21 3 wins, 2 draws. 3 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Newcastle Jets U21 missing players
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| Newcastle Jets U21 | Sydney FC U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 44 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 42 | 93 |
| 33 | 25 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 17 | 55 |
| 27% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 35% |
- Newcastle Jets U21 has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- Sydney FC U21 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
- Sydney FC U21 has the most matches over the total-line (4)
- Sydney FC U21 has the most points from losing position (2)
- Sydney FC U21 has the most scored goals (19)
- Sydney FC U21 has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
- Sydney FC U21 has the most scored goals in the second half (9)
- Sydney FC U21 has the the best goal difference (+11)
- Sydney FC U21 is in the best form (2-2-0)
| Newcastle Jets U21 | Last season | Sydney FC U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 71% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 25% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 151 | 90 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 52 | ||
| 80 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 23 | ||
| 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney FC U21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| 2 | Central Coast U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | WS Wanderers U21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
| 5 | Canberra United U21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
| 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 | Newcastle Jets U21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Weston Bears | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 32 |
| 3 | Lambton Jaffas | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Charlestown City Blues | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 28 |
| 5 | Edgeworth Eagles | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Hamilton Olympic | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | South Cardiff | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 8 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 21 |
| 9 | Broadmeadow Magic | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Lake Macquarie | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 12 |
| 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 | WS Wanderers U21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 18 |
| 2 | Sydney FC U21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets U21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Central Coast U21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 5 | Canberra United U21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -23 | 3 |