NEWCASTLE. Central Coast Mariners defeats Newcastle Jets 1-0 after J. Nisbet scored just 1 goal (75′). Central Coast Mariners was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the McDonald Jones Stadium stadium in Newcastle on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Adam Kersey with the collaboration of Ryan Gallagher and Hugh White. The 4th official was Nathan Shakespear. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.7 degrees Celsius or 81.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Central Coast Mariners had a superior ball possession 61% while Newcastle Jets was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Central Coast Mariners had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Central Coast Mariners won the match.​

Newcastle Jets shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Central Coast Mariners shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Newcastle Jets received 2 yellow cards (Brandon O’Neill and Phillip Čančar). On the other side, Central Coast Mariners received 3 yellow cards (Maximilien Balard, Brad Tapp and Brian Kaltak).

Standings

After this match, Newcastle Jets stays with 19 points like Adelaide United to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Central Coast Mariners will has 37 points like Wellington Phoenix to move up in the 2nd place.

Next matches

Newcastle Jets – Formation

Newcastle Jets started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Robert Stanton decided to play with the following team: Ryan Scott (7.0), Dane Ingham (7.5), Phillip Čančar (6.4), Mark Natta (7.0), Lucas Mauragis (6.6), Thomas Kevin Aquilina (6.7), Callum Timmins (7.0), Brandon O’Neill (6.8), Archie Goodwin (6.4), Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (7.3) and Daniel Wilmering (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jason Hoffman, Trent Buhagiar (6.6), Reno Piscopo (6.6), Clayton Taylor (6.4), Kosta Grozos (6.8), Michael Weier and Nathan Grimaldi.

Newcastle Jets could not rely on the presence of Reno Piscopo (injured).

Substitutions

Newcastle Jets made 4 changes: Callum Timmins for Trent Buhagiar (59′), Archie Goodwin for Kosta Grozos (59′), Daniel Wilmering for Clayton Taylor (59′) and Thomas Kevin Aquilina for Reno Piscopo (82′).

Player of the match: Dane Ingham​

The player that probably impressed the most for Newcastle Jets was Dane Ingham.

His rating is 7.5 with 40 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Central Coast Mariners – Formation

Central Coast Mariners started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Mark Graham Jackson played with: Maximilian Mehring (7.5), Storm Roux (7.3), Daniel Hall (7.3), Brian Kaltak (7.5), Jacob Farrell (8.1), Mikael Doka (8.5), Maximilien Balard (7.1), Brad Tapp (7.5), Ángel Torres (7.5), Joshua Nisbet (8.1) and Jing Reec (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Christian Theoharous, Harrison Steele (6.8), William Wilson, Jack Warshawsky, Nathan Paull, Miguel Di Pizio (7.1) and Ryan Edmondson (7.3).

Substitutions

Central Coast Mariners made 4 changes: Jing Reec for Ryan Edmondson (68′), Storm Roux for Miguel Di Pizio (68′), Brad Tapp for Harrison Steele (87′) and Ángel Torres for Christian Theoharous (90′).

Player of the match: Mikael Doka​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Central Coast Mariners was Mikael Doka even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 56 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Western United – Perth Glory – 1-0
• Newcastle Jets – Central Coast Mariners – 0-1
• Western Sydney Wanderers – Sydney – 1-4