Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC, A League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 6 Apr 2025 · 07:00 UTC McDonald Jones Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 54' Alex Rufer

Kota Mizunuma 83' Y

Overview

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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 Alireza Faghani
Referee

20 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

2025-04-06 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2024-12-28 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC 2024-04-19 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC 2024-01-27 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC 2023-12-09 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–3 Newcastle United Jets FC

Recent Form

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	1–2	L
28 Mar	Macarthur FC	A	3–3	D
16 Mar	Western United FC	H	2–6	L
12 Mar	Melbourne City FC	A	1–0	W
09 Mar	Auckland FC	H	1–1	D
21 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–1	W

Wellington Phoenix FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–1	W
29 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	2–2	D
16 Mar	Sydney FC	A	1–1	D
08 Mar	Western United FC	A	1–4	L
28 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	0–1	L
22 Feb	Auckland FC	A	1–6	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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Newcastle United Jets FC launch into their encounter with Wellington Phoenix FC.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Wellington Phoenix FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Newcastle United Jets FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
20' It is a cagey affair so far. Newcastle United Jets FC in their trying to find a way past Wellington Phoenix FC's compact .
25' Newcastle United Jets FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Wellington Phoenix FC backline.
30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Newcastle United Jets FC that had 206 games and scored 277 goals.
34' What composure from Kosta Barbarouses! The New Zealand international strokes it home. 0-1.
39' Lachlan Bayliss is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Wellington Phoenix FC tonight.
41' Kazuki Nagasawa is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
46' A change in the Newcastle United Jets FC ranks — Phillip Cancar exits the field as Clayton Taylor enters on 46.
51' It looks like no one’s ball. Wellington Phoenix FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
54' Alex Rufer has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 54.
59' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Newcastle United Jets FC and Wellington Phoenix FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
62' Wellington Phoenix FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luke Brooke-Smith is hanging Kazuki Nagasawa on the field on 62 minute.
65' The deadlock is broken! Joshua Oluwayemi gets on the scoresheet on 65 minutes.
70' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
73' The crowd applauds Matt Sheridan as he leaves the pitch. Paulo Retre steps in for Wellington Phoenix FC.
78' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Wellington Phoenix FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
83' It’s gonna be a card for Kota Mizunuma.
88' 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.
90' Another change for Newcastle United Jets FC made on 90 minute. Kota Mizunuma leaves to be changed by Wellissol.
Newcastle United Jets FC will have plenty to reflect on. Wellington Phoenix FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Noah James
18
Kota Mizunuma ↓ Wellissol 90'
23
Daniel Wilmering
19
Callum Timmins
9
Lachlan Rose
4
Phillip Cancar ↓ Clayton Taylor 46'
39
Thomas Aquilina
7
Eli Adams
15
Aleksandar Susnjar
17
Kosta Grozos
37
Lachlan Bayliss ↓ Charles M'Mombwa 46'

Bench

Coach Robert Stanton

Wellington Phoenix FC Lineups

Starting XI

4
Scott Wootton
7
Kosta Barbarouses
14
Alex Rufer
9
Hideki Ishige ↓ Lukas Kelly-Heald 62'
25
Kazuki Nagasawa ↓ Luke Brooke-Smith 62'
6
Tim Payne
19
Sam Sutton
1
Joshua Oluwayemi
15
Isaac Hughes
27
Matt Sheridan ↓ Paulo Retre 73'
3
Corban Piper

Bench

Coach Giancarlo Italiano

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
David Williams	4
Olivier Boumal	3
Kosta Barbarouses	3
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	2
Jaushua Sotirio	2
Trent Buhagiar	2
Callan Elliot	2
David Ball	2

Head to Head

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

2025-04-06 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2025-03-28 Macarthur FC 3–3 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2025-03-16 Newcastle United Jets FC 2–6 Western United FC L 2025-03-12 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2025-03-09 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Auckland FC D 2025-02-21 Newcastle United Jets FC 3–1 Brisbane Roar FC W

Wellington Phoenix FC Form

2025-04-06 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2025-03-29 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC D 2025-03-16 Sydney FC 1–1 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2025-03-08 Western United FC 4–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2025-02-28 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC L 2025-02-22 Auckland FC 6–1 Wellington Phoenix FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.51 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Newcastle United Jets FC50% Draw23% Wellington Phoenix FC27%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Newcastle United Jets FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Wellington Phoenix FC

50%

Newcastle United Jets FC or Wellington Phoenix FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Newcastle United Jets FC43% Draw36% Wellington Phoenix FC21%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

1 – 1

7.3%

3 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

6.4%

3 – 2

5.3%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

5.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

4 – 1

4.1%

1 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.5%

4 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Newcastle United Jets FC

Handicap	Newcastle United Jets FC covers	Push	Wellington Phoenix FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	16%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	19%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	12%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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