
McDonald Jones Stadium
Newcastle · Fri 26 Dec, 19:35 AET · A-League Men · Cap 33,000
MAC deserved this on chance quality. The open-play gap sat with MAC. NEW held the pressure for most of the night.
GENERATED 11 Aug 14:59
Open play split 1.72–2.57.
MAC created the better looks (0.20–0.11 xG per shot).
Shots
17 – 13
xG / shot
0.11 – 0.20
On target
8 – 5
Inside box
11 – 10
Outside box
6 – 3
Blocked
5 – 2
Woodwork
1 – 0
Big chances
4 – 5
Big missed
2 – 1
Expected goals prevented is not stored for this match.
The first arrived in the 15', and they scored again.
First half
Second half
NEW have the extra midfielder.
NEW · 4-1-4-1MAC · 4-4-1-1
The averages finished 6.2–6.7. Brattan led the card at 7.6.
NEW
| 11 | Ben Gibson | FW | 11 | 7.4 | 1 |
| 43 | Xavier Bertoncello | FW | 21 | 7.1 | 1 |
| 7 | Eli Adams | MF | 69 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 19 | Alex Badolato | MF | 90 | 6.7 | 3 |
| 8 | Lachlan Bayliss | FW | 44 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 17 | Kosta Grozos | MF | 46 | 6.6 | 1 |
| 18 | Kota Mizunuma | MF | 35 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 28 | Will Dobson | MF | 55 | 6.4 | 2 |
| 5 | J. Shaughnessy | DF | 44 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 34 | R. Nkomo | DF | 46 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 33 | Mark Natta | DF | 90 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 9 | Lachlan Rose | FW | 79 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 13 | Clayton Taylor | MF | 90 | 6.2 | 1 |
| 42 | Max Cooper | DF | 90 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 22 | Joel Bertolissio | DF | 90 | 5.9 | 0 |
| 1 | James Delianov | GK | 90 | 5.2 | 0 |
MAC
| 26 | Luke Brattan | MF | 90 | 7.6 | 2 |
| 11 | Bernardo | MF | 63 | 7.5 | 1 |
| 8 | Luke Vickery | MF | 90 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 22 | Liam Rose | MF | 90 | 7.2 | 1 |
| 18 | Walter Scott | DF | 83 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 10 | Anthony Caceres | MF | 27 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 24 | Dean Bosnjak | FW | 79 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 23 | Frans Deli | MF | 10 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 28 | Harrison Sawyer | FW | 27 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 29 | Zane Helweh | FW | 11 | 6.7 | 1 |
| 19 | Harry Politidis | DF | 7 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 13 | Rafael Duran | FW | 63 | 6.6 | 1 |
| 3 | Damien Da Silva | DF | 90 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 6 | Tomislav Uskok | DF | 90 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 12 | Filip Kurto | GK | 90 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 25 | Callum Talbot | DF | 90 | 5.5 | 1 |
No sidelined players stored for this match.
It came against the run of pressure.
The ball spent 36% of the night in MAC's third and 26% in NEW's.
MAC had the better chances.
Possession
63% – 37%
Lge 50.0%
Passes
503 – 286
Lge 425.4
Corners
4 – 5
Lge 5.1
Tackles
14 – 29
Lge 17.4
npxG
1.91 – 2.57