Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, A League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2023-24

Melbourne City FC

0 – 0

Full Time

Newcastle United Jets FC

Sat 30 Mar 2024 · 06:30 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

James Jeggo 22' Y

Y 33' Callum Timmins

Y 45' Dane Ingham

Terry Antonis 65' Y

Leo Natel 75' Y

Y 75' Kosta Grozos

Overview

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Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Newcastle United Jets FC 26 games · 48 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee
Referee Richard Naumovski (Australia)

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

2024-03-30 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC 2023-12-03 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC 2023-04-02 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Newcastle United Jets FC 2022-11-12 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC 2022-02-18 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Newcastle United Jets FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Mar	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	0–0	D
12 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	7–0	W
09 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	1–0	W
01 Mar	Macarthur FC	A	0–2	L
24 Feb	Sydney FC	A	1–1	D
17 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	H	0–0	D

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Mar	Melbourne City FC	A	0–0	D
15 Mar	Adelaide United FC	H	0–1	L
09 Mar	Perth Glory FC	A	2–2	D
02 Mar	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	0–1	L
25 Feb	Macarthur FC	H	2–2	D
16 Feb	Western United FC	A	0–2	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

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Newcastle United Jets FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Newcastle United Jets FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/1

31-45

2/2

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC

Max Caputo	8 G	1 A
Marcus Younis	7 G	3 A
Medin Memeti	5 G	1 A

Newcastle United Jets FC

Eli Adams	10 G	4 A
Clayton Taylor	9 G	3 A
Lachlan Rose	8 G	1 A
Xavier Bertoncello	7 G	1 A
Lachlan Bayliss	5 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to AAMI Park that hosts another battle between Melbourne City FC and Newcastle United Jets FC.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
15' Newcastle United Jets FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' Melbourne City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
22' James Jeggo was booked on 22.
27' It’s high time Mike van Houten made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
32' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
33' Poor challenge from Callum Timmins. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
38' It looks surprising Melbourne City FC does not make any changes. Callum Talbot has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
43' James Jeggo, a Australia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Dane Ingham catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
50' Reno Piscopo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Newcastle United Jets FC tonight.
55' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Newcastle United Jets FC winning 50% of all matches.
62' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Max Caputo by Jamie MacLaren on 62 minute.
65' A meaty challenge results in booking for Terry Antonis on 65.
70' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
75' Leo Natel catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 75.
76' Newcastle United Jets FC make a change. Reno Piscopo trudges off to be replaced by Archie Goodwin on 76 minutes.
77' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Leo Natel exits the field as Mathew Leckie enters on 77.
80' Brandon O'Neill is ready to make an impact after coming on for Callum Timmins at the 80 minute mark.
85' Newcastle United Jets FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
90' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nuno Reis suffering a number of foals already.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike van Houten

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robert Stanton

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	11
Beka Mikeltadze	4
Florin Berenguer	3
Mathew Leckie	2
Riley McGree	2
Steven Ugarkovic	2
Luke Brattan	2
Roy O'Donovan	2

Head to Head

Melbourne City FC Form

2024-03-30 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2024-03-12 Melbourne City FC 7–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2024-03-09 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2024-03-01 Macarthur FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC L 2024-02-24 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2024-02-17 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory FC D

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

2024-03-30 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2024-03-15 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Adelaide United FC L 2024-03-09 Perth Glory FC 2–2 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2024-03-02 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2024-02-25 Newcastle United Jets FC 2–2 Macarthur FC D 2024-02-16 Western United FC 2–0 Newcastle United Jets FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.61 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.09 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC51% Draw26% Newcastle United Jets FC23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Newcastle United Jets FC

49%

Melbourne City FC or Newcastle United Jets FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne City FC34% Draw46% Newcastle United Jets FC20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

8.6%

0 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

3 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Newcastle United Jets FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	22%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	15%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

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