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

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A League · 2020-21

Newcastle United Jets FC

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Western United FC

Mon 5 Apr 2021 · 07:05 UTC McDonald Jones Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+7'

Luka Prso 13' Y

Nikolai Topor-Stanley 45' Y

Y 67' Brendan Hamill

Mathew Millar 73' Y

Ali Abbas 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Newcastle United Jets FC 26 games · 48 pts (2025/26)
Western United FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Craig Zetter
Referee Ben Abraham
Referee James Cleal
Referee Ryan Gallagher
Referee

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 14 games · Avg 2.4 goals Western United FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-04-05 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Western United FC 2020-08-02 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Western United FC 2020-02-01 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–0 Western United FC 2019-11-16 Western United FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC

Recent Form

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Western United FC	H	0–1	L
27 Mar	Perth Glory FC	A	1–2	L
21 Mar	Adelaide United FC	H	1–4	L
13 Mar	Sydney FC	A	1–2	L
05 Mar	Adelaide United FC	A	1–2	L
28 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	0–2	L

Western United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–0	W
01 Apr	Melbourne City FC	H	2–1	W
20 Mar	Macarthur FC	A	1–2	L
14 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	H	1–0	W
10 Mar	Sydney FC	A	0–2	L
07 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	0–1	L

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Newcastle United Jets FC this season

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Newcastle United Jets FC host Western United FC — let the battle begin!
1' A goal from the Australia international Lachlan Wales! He fires home on 1 to make it 0-1!
6' Roy O'Donovan is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Western United FC so far.
11' Supporters expect more eagerness from Mathew Millar, as he is very good at scoring at McDonald Jones Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
13' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Luka Prso.
18' Western United FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
23' Western United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 23.
28' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
33' Valentino Yuel has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
38' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
43' Dylan Pierias has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
45' That is a Yellow card for Newcastle United Jets FC. Nikolai Topor-Stanley will be fuming at that decision.
50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Western United FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
52' The supporters are chanting for Alessandro Diamanti. He replaces Iker Guarrotxena on 52 minute.
57' Western United FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
62' 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.
65' Andrew Durante makes way for Brendan Hamill at the 65 minute mark. A tactical switch from Western United FC.
67' It’s a booking for Western United FC player. Brendan Hamill gets a Yellow card.
68' Magnificent from Besart Berisha! That is 30 goals in 335 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
70' Newcastle United Jets FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jason Hoffman is hanging Apostolos Stamatelopoulos on the field on 70 minute.
73' It’s a booking for Newcastle United Jets FC player. Mathew Millar gets a Yellow card.
76' Another change for Newcastle United Jets FC made on 76 minute. Ramy Najjarine leaves to be changed by Ali Abbas.
81' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
86' Newcastle United Jets FC have won 277 goals from 206 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
88' Another change for Western United FC made on 88 minute. Lachlan Wales leaves to be changed by Kaine Sheppard.
89' A change in the Western United FC ranks — Steven Lustica exits the field as Sebastian Pasquali enters on 89.
90' Ali Abbas catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Western United FC take all three points.

Lineups

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

24
Connor O'Toole
16
Mathew Millar ↓ Syahrian Abimanyu 89'
22
Lachlan Jackson
44
Nikolai Topor-Stanley C
32
Angus Thurgate
9
Roy O'Donovan
1
Lewis Italiano
33
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos ↓ Jason Hoffman 70'
11
Ramy Najjarine ↓ Ali Abbas 76'
17
Valentino Yuel ↓ Archie Goodwin 76'
21
Luka Prso ↓ Jason Hoffman 70'

Bench

3
Jason Hoffman ↑ 70'
23
Jack Duncan
14
Ali Abbas ↑ 76'
26
Archie Goodwin ↑ 76'
8
Liridon Krasniqi ↑ 70'
51
Jordan Lennon
20
Syahrian Abimanyu ↑ 89'

Coach Craig Deans

Western United FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Connor Pain
4
Andrew Durante ↓ Brendan Hamill 65'
7
Besart Berisha
6
Tomoki Imai
5
Dylan Pierias ↓ Aaron Calver 88'
8
Lachlan Wales ↓ Kaine Sheppard 88'
25
Luke Duzel
10
Steven Lustica ↓ Sebastian Pasquali 89'
30
Ryan Scott
22
Tomislav Uskok C
34
Iker Guarrotxena ↓ Alessandro Diamanti 52'

Bench

23
Alessandro Diamanti ↑ 52'
2
Aaron Calver ↑ 88'
13
Ivan Vujica
3
Brendan Hamill ↑ 65'
1
Filip Kurto
9
Kaine Sheppard ↑ 88'
21
Sebastian Pasquali ↑ 89'

Coach Marko Rudan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Noah Botic	8
Leo Lacroix	3
Daniel Stynes	2
Angus Thurgate	2
Rhys Bozinovski	2
Lachlan Wales	2
Trent Buhagiar	2
Riku Danzaki	2

Head to Head

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

2021-04-05 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Western United FC L 2021-03-27 Perth Glory FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2021-03-21 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–4 Adelaide United FC L 2021-03-13 Sydney FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2021-03-05 Adelaide United FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2021-02-28 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–2 Wellington Phoenix FC L

Western United FC Form

2021-04-05 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Western United FC W 2021-04-01 Western United FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC W 2021-03-20 Macarthur FC 2–1 Western United FC L 2021-03-14 Western United FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2021-03-10 Sydney FC 2–0 Western United FC L 2021-03-07 Western United FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.98 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.05 Western United FC xG

I would bet for: Western United FC or Draw 68% + Under 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Newcastle United Jets FC32% Draw32% Western United FC36%

Actual: Western United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes42% 0% No58%

Avg goals/match: 2.03

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	85%	15%
± 1.5	61%	39%
± 2.5	33%	67%
± 3.5	16%	84%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

Newcastle United Jets FC or Draw

64%

Draw or Western United FC

68%

Newcastle United Jets FC or Western United FC

68%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Newcastle United Jets FC22% Draw54% Western United FC24%

Actual: Western United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

15.5%

1 – 1

14.5%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

11.5%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.4%

2 – 0

2 – 2

3.5%

1 – 3

2.5%

0 – 3

2.4%

3 – 1

2.1%

Asian Handicap — Newcastle United Jets FC

Handicap	Newcastle United Jets FC covers	Push	Western United FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	19%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	21%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Western United FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

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