Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets

OKAYAMA. Brisbane Roar was in the end too strong for Newcastle Jets with the goal of Henry Hore (35′), Jay O’Shea (70′ pen) and Stefan Scepovic (90′). Newcastle Jets was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Kanko Stadium stadium in Okayama. The referee was Shane Skinner with the support of Andrew Lindsay and Owen Goldrick. The 4th official was Alex King. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Newcastle Jets had a superior ball possession 61% while Brisbane Roar was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle Jets was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Brisbane Roar was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Brisbane Roar shot 18 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Newcastle Jets shot 8 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Brisbane Roar received 2 yellow cards (Scott Neville and Kai Trewin). Talking about the opposition, Newcastle Jets didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Brisbane Roar will have 26 points like Newcastle Jets, Western United and Macarthur to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Newcastle Jets will stay with 26 points like Brisbane Roar, Western United and Macarthur to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Brisbane Roar will play away with Melbourne Victory on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).

Newcastle Jets will play away agasint Sydney on the 29th of April with a 28-9 head to head in favor of Sydney (12 draws).

Brisbane Roar – Formation

Brisbane Roar started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Nick Green decided to play with the following team: Jordan Holmes (6.6), Jack Hingert (6.8), Scott Neville (6.7), Tom Aldred (7.4), Noah Smith (7.0), Kai Trewin (7.6), Henry Hore (7.8), Taras Gomulka (7.3), Jay O’Shea (7.8), Jez Lofthouse (5.2) and Stefan Šćepović (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Carlo Armiento, Marcel Canadi, Joseph Knowles (6.8), Macklin Freke, Nikola Mileusnic, Jordan Courtney-Perkins (6.4) and Rahmat Akbari (6.6).

Substitutions

Brisbane Roar made 4 changes: Noah Smith for Jordan Courtney-Perkins (54′), Jez Lofthouse for Joe Knowles (75′), Jay O’Shea for Yared Abetew (88′) and Henry Hore for Rahmat Akbari (87′).

Best player: Jay O’Shea​

The most impressive player for Brisbane Roar was Jay O’Shea.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 38 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Newcastle Jets – Formation

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

Arthur Thomas Papastamatis played with: Michael Weier (6.8), Thomas Kevin Aquilina (6.9), Carl Jenkinson (6.9), Matthew Jurman (7.0), Dane Ingham (6.8), Kosta Grozos (6.1), Angus Thurgate (6.3), Brandon O’Neill (7.3), Manabu Saito (6.5), Trent Buhagiar (6.4) and Reno Piscopo (6.8).

They had on the bench: Mohamed Al-Taay, Jaushua Sotirio (6.9), Jason Hoffman (6.6), Jack Duncan, Callum Timmins (6.6), Mark Natta and Daniel Stynes (7.1).

Substitutions

Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: Thomas Aquilina for Jason Hoffman (54′), Manabu Saito for Jaushua Sotirio (55′), A. Thurgate for Callum Timmins (71′), R. Piscopo for Daniel Stynes (71′) and D. Ingham for Mark Natta (88′).

Best player: Brandon O’Neill​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle Jets was Brandon O’Neill.

His rating is (7.3) with 76 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Macarthur – Western Sydney Wanderers – 2-2
• Brisbane Roar – Newcastle Jets – 3-0