Sydney FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, A League 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Sydney FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC — A League at Sydney Football Stadium.
- Sydney FC 26 games · 39 pts (2025/26)
- Newcastle United Jets FC 26 games · 48 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Alex King
- Referee Daniel Elder
- Referee Casey Reibelt
- Assistant 1 Ashley Beecham
- Assistant 2 Daniel Ilievski (Australia)
- 4th Official
24 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Newcastle United Jets FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Auckland FC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Perth Glory FC H 0–0 D 11 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 2–0 W 02 Apr Brisbane Roar FC A 0–0 D 22 Mar Newcastle United Jets FC H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Sydney FC A 1–1 D 25 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC H 4–0 W 17 Apr Melbourne Victory FC A 2–2 D 11 Apr Adelaide United FC H 1–1 D 02 Apr Macarthur FC A 2–3 L 22 Mar Sydney FC A 2–1 W Season Stats
Sydney FC Newcastle United Jets FC #5 Position #1 39 Points 48 26 Played 26 11 / 6 / 9 W / D / L 15 / 3 / 8 33 Scored 55 25 Conceded 39 +8 GD +16 1.50 PPG 1.85 42% Win % 58% Key Stats
65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this season18% Clean Sheets
Newcastle United Jets FC this seasonSydney FC are 5th (39 pts). Newcastle United Jets FC are 1st (48 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sydney FC0-15–/–16-301/–31-45–/–46-602/261-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNewcastle United Jets FC0-151/116-303/131-452/246-601/161-75–/376+4/–■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Sydney FCTiago Quintal 5 G 3 A Al Hassan Toure 5 G 1 A Campuzano 4 G 3 A Joe Lolley 4 G 2 A Patrick Wood 4 G 1 A Newcastle United Jets FCEli 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' It’s Showtime! The match between Sydney FC and Newcastle United Jets FC is underway.
- 5' It’s high time Mark Milligan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' Sydney 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.
- 15' 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.
- 17' It’s gonna be a card for Paul Okon-Engstler.
- 22' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Newcastle United Jets FC winning 66.67% of all matches.
- 27' 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 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos suffering a number of foals already.
- 32' 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.
- 37' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 42' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 42 minutes.
- 47' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sydney FC that had 213 games and scored 340 goals.
- 50' Goal! Apostolos Stamatelopoulos scores his 24 goal in 205 matches.
- 55' It looks like no one’s ball. Sydney FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 58' GOAL! Eli Adams scores on 58.
- 63' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Newcastle United Jets FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 68' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 73' Joe Shaughnessy was booked on 73.
- 78' Sydney FC is showing some good football. However, Sydney FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 83' Tiago Quintal needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Yellow cards this season.
- 88' Sydney FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Sydney FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 23
- 17
- 4
- 41
- 8
- 80
- 12
- 24
- 20
- 44
- 7
Bench
- 10
- 70
- 9
- 16
- 13
- 36
- 1
Coach Patrick KisnorboNewcastle United Jets FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 5
- 1
- 14
- 23
- 33
- 7
- 22
- 13
- 8
- 28
- 11
Bench
- 10
- 18
- 17
- 40
- 42
- 24
- 43
Coach Mark Milligan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Adam Le Fondre 5 Anthony Caceres 2 Joe Lolley 2 Max Burgess 2 Eli Adams 2 Kosta Barbarouses 2 Clayton Taylor 2 Milos Ninkovic 2 Head to Head
Sydney FC Form
Newcastle United Jets FC Form
2026-05-09 Sydney FC 1–1 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2026-04-25 Newcastle United Jets FC 4–0 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2026-04-17 Melbourne Victory FC 2–2 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2026-04-11 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Adelaide United FC D 2026-04-02 Macarthur FC 3–2 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2026-03-22 Sydney FC 1–2 Newcastle United Jets FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.56 Sydney FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.45 Newcastle United Jets FC xGI would bet for: Sydney FC or Newcastle United Jets FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.01Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Sydney FC or Draw 66%Draw or Newcastle United Jets FC 61%Sydney FC or Newcastle United Jets FC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.3%1 – 2 7.8%1 – 0 6.8%0 – 0 6.7%0 – 1 6.3%2 – 2 6.1%2 – 0 5.9%0 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.3%1 – 3 3.8%3 – 2 3.2%Asian Handicap — Sydney FC
Handicap Sydney FC covers Push Newcastle United Jets FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 19% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 18% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Sydney FC keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.