Newcastle Jets will host Melbourne City on Tuesday in the rescheduled Round Seven match of the 2021/22 A-League season.
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium
Key Statistics
Newcastle Jets have the best goal ratio per game in the league this season – 1.87 goals per game.
They have kept just one clean sheet in their last ten games.
Melbourne City have lost one of their last seven away games (W3, D3).
67% of Melbourne City’s matches had over 2.5 goals scored in total. 31% of Melbourne City’s conceded goals occurred after the 75th minute.
With 15 goals scored this season, only Newcastle Jets have managed a better goal average than the visitors this season.
Matches played at home have accounted for 62% of Melbourne City’s total points and 53% of the goals they have scored so far this season in the league.
Head to head
In the last 15 meetings between both sides, Melbourne City have the upper hand, winning eight times against Newcastle Jets, who have just five wins in that period.
Latest performances in all competitions
Newcastle Jets: W-L-L-WW-D
Melbourne City: L-W-D-D-L
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle jets will look to make it two wins in two games when they welcome A-League defending champions Melbourne City to McDonald Jones Stadium on Tuesday.
The hosts beat Brisbane Roar 22-1 in their last outing to take themselves off the foot of the league table into 10th place. An own goal from Brisbane Roar’s goalkeeper Macklin Freke and a 70th-minute strike from Angus Thurgate sealed the win for Arthur Papas’ side. Jay O’Shea missed a penalty for the Roar, while Juan Liscano’s 64th-minute goal for Warren Moon’s side only proved to be a consolation in the game.
With two wins from their last three home games, they will come into this tie confident that they can get a good result.
Possible Newcastle Jets starting line-up
Jack Duncan; Dane Ingham, Jordan Elsey, Matthew Jurman, Jason Hoffman; Jordan O’Doherty, Angus Thurgate, Denial Penha, Savvas Siatravanis, Olivier Boumale; Eli Babalj.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Melbourne City
Defending champions Melbourne City will look to get back to winning ways when they travel to Newcastle this Tuesday.
The visitors were beaten by Western United in their last game. In an end-to-end game at the AAMI Park in Melbourne, Western United took all three points courtesy of a 71st-minute goal by Australian midfielder Steven Lustica.
The result leaves Patrick Kisnorbo’s side sitting in sixth place ahead of this round of games.
City’s form has been patchy in recent times as they have taken just six points from the last available 15. Only WS Wanderers have taken fewer points than they did in that period.
They will look to turn around that poor form by picking up maximum points from this game.
Possible Melbourne City starting line-up
Tom Glover; Carl Jenkinson, Nuno Reis, Rostyn Griffiths, Scott Jameiseon; Taras Gomulka, Aiden O’Neil, Jordan Bos, Florin Berenguer, Scott Galloway, Stefan Colakovski.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Newcastle Jets 1-1 Melbourne City
