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

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A League · 2024-25

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Wellington Phoenix FC

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 4 games · 2 pts (2026/27)
Wellington Phoenix FC 4 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Alireza Faghani
Referee

8 games this season 🟨 4.1/game ⚽ 12.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Wellington Phoenix FC	4	10
2	Sydney FC	4	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	7
5	Perth Glory FC	4	6
6	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	4	5
7	Macarthur FC	4	5
8	Auckland FC	4	5
9	Melbourne Victory FC	4	3
10	Newcastle United Jets FC	4	2
11	Central Coast Mariners FC	4	2
12	Adelaide United FC	3	1

Head-to-Head

Newcastle United Jets FC 18 games · Avg 3.3 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
#10	Position	#1
2	Points	10
4	Played	4
0 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	3 / 1 / 0
4	Scored	7
8	Conceded	1
-4	GD	+6
0.50	PPG	2.50
0%	Win %	75%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Newcastle United Jets FC this season

75% Clean Sheets
Wellington Phoenix FC this season

Newcastle United Jets FC are 10th (2 pts). Wellington Phoenix FC are 1st (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Newcastle United Jets FC

0-15

1/2

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

1/2

61-75

–/1

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Wellington Phoenix FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/–

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Newcastle United Jets FC

Patrick Wood	1 G
Nikolaos Vergos	1 G
Xavier Bertoncello	1 G

Wellington Phoenix FC

Corban Piper	3 G
Riley Bidois	2 G
Nathan Walker	1 G	1 A
Rafael Duran	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Newcastle United Jets FC welcome Wellington Phoenix FC for this crunch clash at McDonald Jones Stadium.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Newcastle United Jets FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Hideki Ishige is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Wellington Phoenix FC tonight.
15' Joshua Oluwayemi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
20' New Zealand international Luke Brooke-Smith has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
34' The New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses breaks the deadlock on 34 minutes. 0-1!
39' The energy levels are beginning to show. Robert Stanton might look to freshen things up shortly.
41' The Japan Kazuki Nagasawa breaks the deadlock on 41 minutes. 0-2!
46' Clayton Taylor gets the nod from Newcastle United Jets FC. He replaces Phillip Cancar and will look to change the dynamic.
51' It looks surprising Wellington Phoenix FC does not make any changes. Alex Rufer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
54' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Alex Rufer.
59' The home supporters are growing impatient. Newcastle United Jets FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
62' The Wellington Phoenix FC bench stirs into life. Kazuki Nagasawa is withdrawn and Luke Brooke-Smith gets his opportunity.
65' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Joshua Oluwayemi makes it 0-3.
70' Sam Sutton has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
73' Paulo Retre gets the nod from Wellington Phoenix FC. He replaces Matt Sheridan and will look to change the dynamic.
78' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Scott Wootton made 345 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
83' The referee calls foul for Kota Mizunuma. He receives a card.
88' Newcastle United Jets FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
90' Newcastle United Jets FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Wellissol is hanging Kota Mizunuma on the field on 90 minute.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Newcastle United Jets FC 1-2 Wellington Phoenix FC.

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
Kosta Barbarouses	3
Olivier Boumal	3
Jaushua Sotirio	2
Trent Buhagiar	2
Callan Elliot	2
David Ball	2
Oskar Zawada	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

4 / 4

1.04 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.12 Wellington Phoenix FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Newcastle United Jets FC22% Draw25% Wellington Phoenix FC53%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.16

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Newcastle United Jets FC or Draw

47%

Draw or Wellington Phoenix FC

78%

Newcastle United Jets FC or Wellington Phoenix FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Newcastle United Jets FC15% Draw41% Wellington Phoenix FC44%

Actual: Wellington Phoenix FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

9.5%

0 – 1

8.5%

1 – 3

6.7%

0 – 3

6.5%

0 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

4.9%

2 – 1

4.7%

1 – 0

3.7%

1 – 4

3.6%

2 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Newcastle United Jets FC

Handicap	Newcastle United Jets FC covers	Push	Wellington Phoenix FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	11%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	39%	—	61%
+1	39%	22%	38%
+1.5	62%	—	38%
+2	62%	19%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Wellington Phoenix FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

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