Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

Newcastle United Jets FC

0 – 2

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Wellington Phoenix FC

Sun 28 Feb 2021 · 07:10 UTC McDonald Jones Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+8'

Y 36' Joshua Laws

Mathew Millar 52' Y

Connor O'Toole 58' Y

Y 67' Alex Rufer

Y 75' Tomer Hemed

Johnny Koutroumbis 76' Y

Y 90' Oliver Sail

Overview

Match Preview

Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC — A League at McDonald Jones Stadium.

Newcastle United Jets FC 26 games · 48 pts (2025/26)
Wellington Phoenix FC 26 games · 33 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Shaun Evans
Referee Stephen Lucas
Referee James Cleal
Referee Jonathon Barreiro
Referee Ryan Gallagher
Referee

18 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/game

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

Newcastle United Jets FC 17 games · Avg 3.4 goals Wellington Phoenix FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-02-28 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2020-08-13 Newcastle United Jets FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix FC 2020-01-24 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC 2019-03-30 Wellington Phoenix FC 4–1 Newcastle United Jets FC 2019-02-07 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC

Recent Form

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	0–2	L
21 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–0	W
14 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–0	D
07 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	1–0	W
13 Aug	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	3–0	W
02 Aug	Western United FC	H	1–0	W

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–0	W
24 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	A	0–2	L
21 Feb	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–2	D
14 Feb	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	0–2	L
08 Feb	Sydney FC	A	1–2	L
22 Aug	Perth Glory FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Newcastle United Jets FC		Wellington Phoenix FC
#1	Position	#8
48	Points	33
26	Played	26
15 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	9 / 6 / 11
55	Scored	36
39	Conceded	48
+16	GD	-12
1.85	PPG	1.27
58%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Newcastle United Jets FC this season

15% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

Newcastle United Jets FC are 1st (48 pts). Wellington Phoenix FC are 8th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Wellington Phoenix FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

–/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Wellington Phoenix FC

Ifeanyi Eze	10 G	1 A
Carlo Armiento	5 G	2 A
Corban Piper	4 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to McDonald Jones Stadium that hosts another battle between Newcastle United Jets FC and Wellington Phoenix FC.
5' Clayton Lewis has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Newcastle United Jets FC and Wellington Phoenix FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' Newcastle United Jets FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Wellington Phoenix FC backline.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
22' David Ball adds to his 0 season tally! Wellington Phoenix FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
27' The energy levels are beginning to show. Craig Deans might look to freshen things up shortly.
32' Newcastle United Jets FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Wellington Phoenix FC's shape.
36' Joshua Laws picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' James McGarry needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
46' Time for substitution for Wellington Phoenix FC. Joshua Laws is replaced by James McGarry.
51' It looks surprising Wellington Phoenix FC does not make any changes. Luka Prso has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
52' The referee shows Newcastle United Jets FC player a Yellow card on 52.
53' Ben Waine makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Wellington Phoenix FC are in front.
58' Newcastle United Jets FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
60' Newcastle United Jets FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos is hanging Roy O'Donovan on the field on 60 minute.
61' Another substitution for Newcastle United Jets FC to replace Mathew Millar by Lucas Mauragis on 61 minute.
66' The home supporters are growing impatient. Newcastle United Jets FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
67' Controversy at the stadium! Alex Rufer argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
69' Time for substitution for Newcastle United Jets FC. Luka Prso is replaced by Ali Abbas.
70' Tete Yengi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Valentino Yuel at the 70 minute mark.
75' Tomer Hemed catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 75.
76' A moment of madness from Johnny Koutroumbis on 76 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Newcastle United Jets FC will be frustrated.
81' Matt Ridenton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Clayton Lewis on 81 minute.
82' The Newcastle United Jets FC manager makes a substitution. Connor O'Toole departs to be replaced by Archie Goodwin.
87' Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alex Rufer at the 87 minute mark.
90' Wellington Phoenix FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
It finishes all square. Newcastle United Jets FC and Wellington Phoenix FC share the spoils 0-2.

Lineups

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

24
Connor O'Toole ↓ Archie Goodwin 82'
16
Mathew Millar ↓ Lucas Mauragis 61'
4
Nigel Boogaard C
2
Johnny Koutroumbis
44
Nikolai Topor-Stanley
6
Steven Ugarkovic
32
Angus Thurgate
9
Roy O'Donovan ↓ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 60'
17
Valentino Yuel ↓ Tete Yengi 70'
23
Jack Duncan
21
Luka Prso ↓ Ali Abbas 69'

Bench

22
Lachlan Jackson
1
Lewis Italiano
33
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos ↑ 60'
14
Ali Abbas ↑ 69'
27
Lucas Mauragis ↑ 61'
15
Tete Yengi ↑ 70'
26
Archie Goodwin ↑ 82'

Coach Craig Deans

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

9
David Ball
23
Clayton Lewis ↓ Matt Ridenton 81'
20
Oliver Sail
14
Alex Rufer ↓ Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi 87'
16
Louis Fenton
2
Liam McGing
18
Ben Waine ↓ Tomer Hemed 61'
6
Tim Payne
7
Reno Piscopo
10
Ulises Davila C
21
Joshua Laws ↓ James McGarry 46'

Bench

Coach Ufuk Talay

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
David Williams	4
Olivier Boumal	3
Kosta Barbarouses	3
Callan Elliot	2
David Ball	2
Oskar Zawada	2
Ben Waine	2
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	2

Head to Head

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

2021-02-28 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–2 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2021-02-21 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2021-02-14 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2021-02-07 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC W 2020-08-13 Newcastle United Jets FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2020-08-02 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Western United FC W

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2021-02-28 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2021-02-24 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2021-02-21 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2021-02-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–2 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2021-02-08 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2020-08-22 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Perth Glory FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

2.16 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Newcastle United Jets FC52% Draw24% Wellington Phoenix FC24%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Newcastle United Jets FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Wellington Phoenix FC

48%

Newcastle United Jets FC or Wellington Phoenix FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Newcastle United Jets FC41% Draw40% Wellington Phoenix FC19%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–2 not predicted

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.6%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

3 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

6.1%

1 – 0

1 – 2

5.7%

3 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

4 – 1

3.6%

0 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Newcastle United Jets FC

Handicap	Newcastle United Jets FC covers	Push	Wellington Phoenix FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	17%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	21%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✗

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