Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, A League 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2018-19

Melbourne City FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Newcastle United Jets FC

Sun 2 Dec 2018 · 08:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 17' Lachlan Jackson

Y 45' Daniel Georgievski

Y 74' Ben Kantarovski

Y 90' Nikolai Topor-Stanley

Overview

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Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC — A League .

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2026/27)
Newcastle United Jets FC 26 games · 48 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
Referee Alex King
Referee Lachlan Keevers
Referee Andrew Meimarakis
Referee George Lakrindis

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Newcastle United Jets FC	26	48
2	Adelaide United FC	26	43
3	Auckland FC	26	42
4	Melbourne Victory FC	26	40
5	Sydney FC	26	39
6	Melbourne City FC	26	38
7	Macarthur FC	26	34
8	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	33
9	Central Coast Mariners FC	26	32
10	Perth Glory FC	26	31
11	Brisbane Roar FC	26	26
12	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	26	21

Head-to-Head

Melbourne City FC 19 games · Avg 2.5 goals Newcastle United Jets FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-12-02 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Newcastle United Jets FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Dec	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	3–0	W
24 Nov	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–2	L
09 Nov	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	2–0	W
02 Nov	Sydney FC	H	0–3	L
27 Oct	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	1–1	D
20 Oct	Melbourne Victory FC	A	2–1	W

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Dec	Melbourne City FC	A	0–3	L
23 Nov	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	2–0	W
10 Nov	Sydney FC	H	1–1	D
03 Nov	Melbourne Victory FC	H	0–1	L
26 Oct	Adelaide United FC	A	1–1	D
21 Oct	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC		Newcastle United Jets FC
#6	Position	#1
38	Points	48
26	Played	26
10 / 8 / 8	W / D / L	15 / 3 / 8
33	Scored	55
33	Conceded	39
+0	GD	+16
1.46	PPG	1.85
38%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Newcastle United Jets FC are 1st (48 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Melbourne City FC host Newcastle United Jets FC — let the battle begin!
2' What composure from Riley McGree! The Australia international strokes it home. 1-0.
7' The travelling Newcastle United Jets FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
12' Australia international Dario Vidosic has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
17' Poor challenge from Lachlan Jackson. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
22' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Melbourne City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
27' Ivan Vujica has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
32' Melbourne City FC have won 386 goals from 208 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
37' Newcastle United Jets FC is showing some good football. However, Newcastle United Jets FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
42' Newcastle United Jets FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
45' A goal from the Australia international Luke Brattan! He fires home on 45 to make it 2-0!
45' Daniel Georgievski picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
48' A goal from the Australia international Luke Brattan! He fires home on 45 to make it 3-0!
53' Florin Berenguer is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Melbourne City FC so far.
58' Melbourne City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Newcastle United Jets FC's shape.
59' Matt Ridenton is ready to make an impact after coming on for Steven Ugarkovic at the 59 minute mark.
64' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
69' Kearyn Baccus has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
71' Rostyn Griffiths gets the nod from Melbourne City FC. He replaces Dario Vidosic and will look to change the dynamic.
72' Newcastle United Jets FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Angus Thurgate is hanging Jason Hoffman on the field on 72 minute.
74' Ben Kantarovski catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 74.
75' The Australia Lachlan Wales breaks the deadlock on 75 minutes. 4-0!
75' Lachlan Jackson makes way for Ivan Vujica at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Newcastle United Jets FC.
80' It’s high time Ernie Merrick made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
82' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Luke Brattan exits the field as Anthony Caceres enters on 82.
87' Fresh legs for Melbourne City FC! Curtis Good comes on to replace Lachlan Wales.
90' Newcastle United Jets FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Warren Joyce

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Ivan Vujica ↑ 75'
18
Johnny Koutroumbis
32
Angus Thurgate ↑ 72'
20
Lewis Italiano
23
Matt Ridenton ↑ 59'

Coach Ernie Merrick

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	11
Beka Mikeltadze	4
Florin Berenguer	3
Adrian Luna	2
Mathew Leckie	2
Riley McGree	2
Steven Ugarkovic	2
Luke Brattan	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.92 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.18 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC54% Draw24% Newcastle United Jets FC22%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.1

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Newcastle United Jets FC

46%

Melbourne City FC or Newcastle United Jets FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC39% Draw43% Newcastle United Jets FC18%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.2%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

4.6%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Newcastle United Jets FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, A League 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Clean Sheet