📏 Form Guide

Newcastle United Jets

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Newcastle United Jets will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 3-2 A-League loss in their previous game against Sydney FC.

In that match, Newcastle United Jets had 48% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Newcastle United Jets, goals were scored by Lachlan Rose (18') and Kota Mizunuma (22'). On the other side, Sydney FC got 25 shots on goal with 6 on target. Douglas Costa (36'), Adrian Segecic (55') and Jaiden Kucharski (83') scored for Sydney FC.

Newcastle United Jets haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 15 during that period and have conceded a total of 14.

Going into this one, Newcastle United Jets have not won against Western Sydney Wanderers in their last 6 league games.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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In their previous game, Western Sydney Wanderers drew 2-2 in the A-League match with Melbourne City.

In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers had 37% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers was Nicolas Milanović (9'). Melbourne City got 20 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Kai Trewin (13' Own goal, 36', 86') scored for Melbourne City.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Western Sydney Wanderers have bagged a tally of 15 goals. Western Sydney Wanderers have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve had 8 goals scored by their opponents. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, however.

Their previous form shows that Western Sydney Wanderers:

• are winless against Newcastle United Jets in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• remain unbeaten by Newcastle United Jets when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 20/04/2022 tells us that Newcastle United Jets have won 0 of these and Western Sydney Wanderers 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The previous league fixture between these sides was A-League match day 4 on 08/11/2024 when it ended Western Sydney Wanderers 4-1 Newcastle United Jets.

In that match, Western Sydney Wanderers had 53% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Nicolas Milanović (22', 33', 75') and Zac Sapsford (55').

Newcastle United Jets had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Kosta Grozos (67') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Jack Morgan.

ℹ️ Team News: Newcastle United Jets

There’s just the sole fitness concern for the Newcastle United Jets boss Robert Stanton to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Oscar Fryer (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play.

🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers

Western Sydney Wanderers boss Alen Stajčić has not got a full squad to pick from. Tae-wook Jeong (Ankle injury) and Dylan Scicluna (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Newcastle United Jets will manage to find the net against this Western Sydney Wanderers side, but a single goal might not be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a 1-2 winning margin for Western Sydney Wanderers after 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

Lucas Pereira, 06:04 26/04/2025