Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Newcastle Jets (1st, 48 pts) and Wellington Phoenix (8th, 33 pts). Newcastle Jets ranked just 6th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Newcastle Jets were scoring 2.12 and conceding 1.5, Wellington Phoenix 1.38 and 1.85, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Newcastle Jets, winners of their last three, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Newcastle Jets, 1 draw and 8 for Wellington Phoenix, at 3.43 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 86% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 71%. Goals have dried up lately: 2.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.43 across the full history.
The venue was McDonald Jones Stadium, with room for 33,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Newcastle Jets led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 4-1.
Goal scorers
Newcastle Jets: Lachlan Bayliss (1'), Clayton Taylor (56'), Eli Adams (70'), Xavier Bertoncello (89') · Wellington Phoenix: Sander Kartum (86')
Key stats
Possession: Newcastle Jets 50% · Wellington Phoenix 50% · Total shots: 24-17 · On target: 8-7 · Corners: 6-4