Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

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Newcastle United Jets FC

Thu 10 Jun 2021 · 09:05 UTC Netstrata Jubilee Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Y 13' Jordan O'Doherty

Aiden O'Neill 37' Y

Alec Mills 88' Y

Overview

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Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC — A League at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.

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

Match Details

Referee Wilson Brown
Referee Stephen Lucas
Referee Alex King
Referee Lachlan Keevers
Referee Andrew Meimarakis

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

2021-06-10 Melbourne City FC 1–2 Newcastle United Jets FC 2021-04-29 Melbourne City FC 3–1 Newcastle United Jets FC 2021-02-07 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC 2020-03-23 Newcastle United Jets FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC 2020-01-18 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Newcastle United Jets FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Jun	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	1–2	L
06 Jun	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–1	D
25 May	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–3	L
16 May	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	2–2	D
13 May	Adelaide United FC	H	4–1	W
09 May	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–2	W

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Jun	Melbourne City FC	A	2–1	W
05 Jun	Perth Glory FC	H	1–1	D
01 Jun	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	2–0	W
21 May	Brisbane Roar FC	H	1–2	L
15 May	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	0–1	L
08 May	Sydney FC	H	1–1	D

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!
5' Scott Jamieson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 23 Yellow cards this season.
9' GOAL! Stefan Colakovski scores on 9.
13' Jordan O'Doherty catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 13.
17' Time for substitution for Melbourne City FC. Rostyn Griffiths is replaced by Alec Mills.
20' Blake Archbold is replacing Jason Hoffman for the Newcastle United Jets FC side.
21' Another change for Newcastle United Jets FC made on 21 minute. Jason Hoffman leaves to be changed by Blake Archbold.
23' Archie Goodwin adds to his 1 season tally! Newcastle United Jets FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
28' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne City FC in their trying to find a way past Newcastle United Jets FC's compact .
32' The Australia Johnny Koutroumbis breaks the deadlock on 32 minutes. 1-2!
37' The referee calls foul for Aiden O'Neill. He receives a Yellow card.
42' Melbourne City FC have won 386 goals from 208 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
46' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Nathaniel Atkinson on, Andrew Nabbout off on 46 minutes.
51' Newcastle United Jets FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
56' Kosta Petratos has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
59' Assisted by Adrian Luna with the perfectly-timed delivery and Scott Jamieson makes no mistake. 2-2!
60' Ben Garuccio is replacing Stefan Colakovski for the Melbourne City FC side.
61' Ben Garuccio gets the nod from Melbourne City FC. He replaces Stefan Colakovski and will look to change the dynamic.
63' Newcastle United Jets FC ring the changes. Luka Prso has done his job and it is now time for Ali Abbas to step up.
64' A tactical swap from Newcastle United Jets FC — Kosta Petratos on, Ali Abbas off on 64 minutes.
68' Melbourne City FC ring the changes. Craig Noone has done his job and it is now time for Marco Tilio to step up.
69' The deadlock is broken! Jamie MacLaren gets on the scoresheet on 69 minutes.
73' Newcastle United Jets FC ring the changes. Valentino Yuel has done his job and it is now time for Lucas Mauragis to step up.
74' A tactical swap from Melbourne City FC — Florin Berenguer on, Connor Metcalfe off on 74 minutes.
75' Fresh legs for Melbourne City FC! Stefan Colakovski comes on to replace Andrew Nabbout.
77' Raphael Borges Rodrigues has so much to prove this time. He replaces Adrian Luna on 77 minute.
79' The supporters are chanting for Naoki Tsubaki. He replaces Jamie MacLaren on 79 minute.
81' Apostolos Stamatelopoulos makes way for Kosta Petratos at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from Newcastle United Jets FC.
86' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Melbourne City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
87' A stunning finish from Steven Ugarkovic — that came from absolutely nowhere!
88' The referee calls foul for Alec Mills. He receives a Yellow card.
89' Apostolos Stamatelopoulos adds to his 0 season tally! Newcastle United Jets FC lead 3-4 — and this changes everything.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Aiden O'Neill ↓ Anthony Lesiotis 77'
2
Scott Galloway
15
Andrew Nabbout ↓ Nathaniel Atkinson 46'
4
Nuno Reis
10
Florin Berenguer
3
Scott Jamieson
7
Rostyn Griffiths ↓ Alec Mills 17'
23
Marco Tilio
20
Adrian Luna ↓ Raphael Borges Rodrigues 77'
1
Tom Glover
17
Stefan Colakovski ↓ Ben Garuccio 61'

Bench

33
Matthew Sutton
19
Ben Garuccio ↑ 61'
39
Anthony Lesiotis ↑ 77'
13
Nathaniel Atkinson ↑ 46'
14
Naoki Tsubaki
35
Raphael Borges Rodrigues ↑ 77'
43
Alec Mills ↑ 17'

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

4
Nigel Boogaard
44
Nikolai Topor-Stanley
3
Jason Hoffman ↓ Blake Archbold 21'
32
Angus Thurgate
9
Roy O'Donovan
7
Jordan O'Doherty
23
Jack Duncan
14
Ali Abbas ↓ Kosta Petratos 64'
27
Lucas Mauragis
26
Archie Goodwin ↓ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 79'
16
Matthew Millar

Bench

Coach Craig Deans

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	11
Beka Mikeltadze	4
Florin Berenguer	3
Roy O'Donovan	2
Scott Jamieson	2
Adrian Luna	2
Mathew Leckie	2
Riley McGree	2

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2021-06-10 Melbourne City FC 1–2 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2021-06-06 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2021-05-25 Brisbane Roar FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2021-05-16 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2021-05-13 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Adelaide United FC W 2021-05-09 Melbourne City FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC W

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

2021-06-10 Melbourne City FC 1–2 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2021-06-05 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Perth Glory FC D 2021-06-01 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–2 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2021-05-21 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Brisbane Roar FC L 2021-05-15 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2021-05-08 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Sydney FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.49 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.75 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Newcastle United Jets FC 73% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC33% Draw27% Newcastle United Jets FC40%

Actual: Newcastle United Jets FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.24

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Newcastle United Jets FC

67%

Melbourne City FC or Newcastle United Jets FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC25% Draw42% Newcastle United Jets FC33%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

6.1%

0 – 2

0 – 0

5.5%

1 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

2 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Newcastle United Jets FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	17%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	20%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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