Newcastle Jets vs Western United, 2023-24 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

Dec 30, 2023, 6:30 AM · Australian A-League Men

9': Trent Buhagiar
22': Trent Buhagiar
58': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos

FT
2 - 0

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Newcastle Jets are hosting Western United at McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, starting on Saturday 30 Dec 2023 6:30 AM UTC+00:00 . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
4': Foul by Steven Lustica (Western United).
4': Attempt missed. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kosta Grozos with a cross following a set piece situation.
6': Offside, Western United. Lachlan Wales is caught offside.
6': Offside, Newcastle Jets. Trent Buhagiar is caught offside.
9': Goal! Newcastle Jets 1, Western United 0. Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dane Ingham with a cross.
11': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Kane Vidmar.
12': Attempt blocked. Phillip Cancar (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Mauragis with a cross.
12': Attempt saved. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Phillip Cancar.
12': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Dane Ingham.
13': Attempt missed. Tomoki Imai (Western United) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Riku Danzaki with a headed pass following a corner.
14': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Angus Thurgate.
15': Clayton Taylor (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Foul by Riku Danzaki (Western United).
16': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Jacob Tratt.
16': Attempt missed. Phillip Cancar (Newcastle Jets) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Mauragis with a cross following a corner.
16': Attempt saved. Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
17': Attempt saved. Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Aquilina.
17': Attempt missed. Clayton Taylor (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
21': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Thomas Aquilina.
22': Goal! Newcastle Jets 2, Western United 0. Trent Buhagiar (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kosta Grozos following a fast break.
24': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Angus Thurgate.
25': Delay in match because of an injury Kane Vidmar (Western United).
25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
25': Attempt blocked. Phillip Cancar (Newcastle Jets) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Mauragis with a cross.
26': Attempt saved. Clayton Taylor (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dane Ingham.
26': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Tom Heward-Belle.
26': Attempt missed. Thomas Aquilina (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
28': Foul by Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets).
28': Kane Vidmar (Western United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
30': Offside, Western United. Ben Garuccio is caught offside.
31': Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Angus Thurgate (Western United).
33': Offside, Western United. Noah Botic is caught offside.
36': Offside, Western United. Noah Botic is caught offside.
37': Delay in match because of an injury Riku Danzaki (Western United).
39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
40': Substitution, Western United. Matthew Grimaldi replaces Riku Danzaki because of an injury.
41': Foul by Thomas Aquilina (Newcastle Jets).
41': Matthew Grimaldi (Western United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Daniel Penha (Western United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Foul by Kosta Grozos (Newcastle Jets).
43': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Lucas Mauragis.
43': Attempt missed. Ben Garuccio (Western United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Penha following a corner.
43': Attempt blocked. Tomoki Imai (Western United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthew Grimaldi.
43': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Kosta Grozos.
44': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Jacob Tratt (Western United).
45': Jacob Tratt (Western United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Daniel Penha (Western United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+1': Foul by Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets).
45'+1': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
45'+5': First Half ends, Newcastle Jets 2, Western United 0.
45': Second Half begins Newcastle Jets 2, Western United 0.
50': Attempt blocked. Lucas Mauragis (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked.
51': Attempt saved. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Clayton Taylor.
51': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Tom Heward-Belle.
52': Daniel Penha (Western United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Foul by Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets).
54': Foul by Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets).
54': Noah Botic (Western United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Attempt saved. Daniel Penha (Western United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
56': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
56': Foul by Tomoki Imai (Western United).
57': Foul by Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets).
57': Kane Vidmar (Western United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Second yellow card to Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets) for a bad foul.
59': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Brandon O'Neill replaces Callum Timmins.
59': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Archie Goodwin replaces Trent Buhagiar.
61': Brandon O'Neill (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Foul by Steven Lustica (Western United).
61': Attempt saved. Thomas Aquilina (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Archie Goodwin.
63': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Mark Natta.
64': Delay in match (Western United).
64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Substitution, Western United. Michael Ruhs replaces Steven Lustica.
65': Attempt saved. Noah Botic (Western United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Penha.
66': Attempt blocked. Michael Ruhs (Western United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lachlan Wales.
66': Attempt saved. Daniel Penha (Western United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
67': Attempt blocked. Lucas Mauragis (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Archie Goodwin.
68': Corner, Newcastle Jets. Conceded by Ben Garuccio.
73': Delay in match because of an injury Archie Goodwin (Newcastle Jets).
74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Thomas Aquilina.
78': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Brandon O'Neill.
78': Substitution, Western United. Connor O'Toole replaces Kane Vidmar.
79': Substitution, Western United. Rhys Bozinovski replaces Matthew Grimaldi.
79': Attempt missed. Jacob Tratt (Western United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ben Garuccio following a corner.
80': Attempt saved. Archie Goodwin (Newcastle Jets) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clayton Taylor with a through ball.
81': Attempt blocked. Daniel Penha (Western United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
82': Ben Garuccio (Western United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
82': Foul by Thomas Aquilina (Newcastle Jets).
83': Michael Ruhs (Western United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
85': Substitution, Newcastle Jets. Daniel Wilmering replaces Clayton Taylor.
86': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Daniel Wilmering.
86': Attempt missed. Jacob Tratt (Western United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Penha with a cross following a corner.
90'+2': Connor O'Toole (Western United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2': Foul by Thomas Aquilina (Newcastle Jets).
90'+2': Thomas Aquilina (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Noah Botic (Western United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Garuccio with a cross.
90'+3': Attempt blocked. Michael Ruhs (Western United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Tratt.
90'+3': Corner, Western United. Conceded by Phillip Cancar.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Ben Garuccio (Western United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Tratt.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Newcastle Jets 2, Western United 0.
0': Match ends, Newcastle Jets 2, Western United 0.

Statistics

WTU		NEW
6	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
4	Offsides	1
9	Corner Kicks	7
7	Saves	4
69.1	Possession	30.9
14	SHOTS	17
4	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
528	Accurate Passes	180
609	Passes	271
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	5
32	Crosses	14
0.2	Cross %	0.4
39	Long Balls	50
21	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
5	Blocked Shots	4
12	Effective Tackles	15
19	Tackles	22
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
10	Interceptions	6
18	Effective Clearances	43
18	Clearances	43

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men
6:30 AM, Sat, Dec 30, 2023
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium
Location: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Attendance: 6,453

A-League Men Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	18	+19	40
2	Western United	19	+9	32
3	Adelaide United	18	+4	32
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	19	+11	31

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Newcastle Jets (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Ryan Scott (GK)
33	Mark Natta
22	Philip Cancar
5	Lucas Mauragis
14	Dane Ingham
19	Callum Timmins
17	Kosta Grozos
13	Clayton Taylor
39	Thomas Aquilina
8	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
7	Trent Buhagiar

Newcastle Jets Substitutes:

Archie Goodwin, Justin Vidic, Brandon O'Neill, Carl Jenkinson, Michael Weier, Daniel Stynes, Daniel Wilmering.

Western United (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Tom Heward-Belle (GK)
22	Kane Vidmar
6	Tomoki Imai
17	Ben Garuccio
27	Jacob Tratt
32	Angus Thurgate
10	Steven Lustica
77	Riku Danzaki
8	Lachlan Wales
38	Noah Botic
11	Daniel Penha

Western United Substitutes:

Max Bisetto, Jake Najdovski, Rhys Bozinovski, Connor O'Toole, Matthew Sutton, Matthew Grimaldi, Michael Ruhs.

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