NEWCASTLE. Adelaide United prevails over Newcastle Jets 4-2.

The match was played at the McDonald Jones Stadium stadium in Newcastle on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Elder with the collaboration of Kearney Robinson and Matthew McOrist. The 4th official was Sam Kelly. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Newcastle Jets was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Adelaide United that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle Jets was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Adelaide United managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Newcastle Jets shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Adelaide United shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Newcastle Jets received 5 yellow cards (Jason Hoffman, Kosta Grozos, Matthew Jurman, Thomas Aquilina and Mohamed Al-Taay). On the opposite side, Adelaide United received 3 yellow cards (Ben Halloran, Ben Warland and J. Gauci).

Standings

After this match, Newcastle Jets will stay with 24 points like Macarthur to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Adelaide United will have 34 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Newcastle Jets will play away with Sydney on the 29th of April with a 28-9 head to head stats in favor of Sydney (12 draws).

Adelaide United will host Central Coast Mariners on the 29th of April with a 23-22 head to head stats in favor of Adelaide United (5 draws).

Newcastle Jets – Formation

Newcastle Jets started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager Arthur Thomas Papastamatis decided to play with the following team: Jack Duncan (5.5), Dane Ingham (6.4), Carl Jenkinson (6.2), Matthew Jurman (6.2), Jason Hoffman (6.6), Angus Thurgate (6.6), Brandon O’Neill (6.1), Trent Buhagiar (6.8), Manabu Saito (5.9), Kosta Grozos (6.6) and Beka Mikeltadze (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Callum Timmins, Mark Natta (7.0), Mohamed Al-Taay (6.4), Michael Weier, Daniel Stynes (6.7), Thomas Kevin Aquilina (6.2) and Beka Dartsmelia (6.4).

Substitutions

Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: Kosta Grozos for Beka Dartsmelia (46′), Jason Hoffman for Thomas Aquilina (70′), Brandon O’Neill for Mohamed Al-Taay (71′), Matthew Jurman for Mark Natta (71′) and Manabu Saito for Daniel Stynes (80′).

Best player: Mark Natta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was Mark Natta.

His rating is (7.0) with 15 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 71′.

Adelaide United – Formation

Adelaide United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Thomas Veart played with: Joe Gauci (6.4), Javi López (6.6), Lachlan Barr (6.6), Ben Warland (6.5), Ryan Kitto (5.8), Isaías (6.9), Louis D’Arrigo (7.6), Ben Halloran (6.8), Zach Clough (7.4), Craig Goodwin (9.6) and Luka Jovanovic (7.1).

They had on the bench: Musa Toure, Ethan Alagich (6.8), James Delianov, Nestory Irankunda (7.6), Alexandar Popovic, Luke Duzel and Jay Barnett (7.0).

Substitutions

Adelaide United made 4 changes: Ben Halloran for Nestory Irankunda (46′), Zach Clough for Jay Barnett (58′), Luka Jovanovic for Ethan Alagich (58′) and L. D’Arrigo for Luke Duzel (83′).

Best player: Craig Goodwin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Adelaide United was Craig Goodwin.

His rating is (9.6) with 1 goal, 40 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League.​

• Newcastle Jets – Adelaide United – 2-4
• Central Coast Mariners – Macarthur – 4-1