Timeline
- 48' Jack Clisby Yellow Card
- 53' Nick Fitzgerald for Paulo Retre
- 55' Osama Malik Yellow Card
- 62' Jason Hoffman Yellow Card
- 63' Morten Nordstrand for Leonardo
- 64' Jacob Melling Red Card
- 64' Thomas Sorensen Yellow Card
- 67' Ivan Franjic Yellow Card
- 72' Milos Trifunovic assist Morten Nordstrand
- 73' Ben Garuccio for Michael Zullo
- 74' Steven Ugarkovic Yellow Card
- 79' Bruno Fornaroli assist Nick Fitzgerald
- 80' Jason Trifiro for Osama Malik
- 85' Radovan Pavicevic for Mitch Cooper
- 90'+2' Nick Cowburn Yellow Card
Match stats
45.9%
Possession
54.1%
17
Shots
16
6
On target
4
13
Fouls
19
3
Yellow cards
4
0
Red cards
1
4
Offsides
1
3
Saves
4
276
Accurate passes
336
Lineups
Newcastle Jets
4-2-3-1
1
Birighitti
24
Cowburn
4
Boogaard
2
Mullen
3
Hoffman
8
Poljak
16
Ugarkovic
14
Cooper
10
Leonardo
7
Alivodic
9
Trifunovic
Melbourne City
3-4-1-2
1
Sorensen
22
Clisby
33
Malik
24
Kisnorbo
11
Zullo
25
Melling
18
Retre
5
Franjic
8
Mooy
23
Fornaroli
9
Novillo
Newcastle Jets
4-2-3-1
- 1 Mark Birighitti G
- 4 Nigel Boogaard CD-L
- 2 Daniel Mullen CD-R
- 24 Nick Cowburn LB
- 3 Jason Hoffman RB
- 10 Leonardo ▼ AM
- 8 Mateo Poljak LM
- 16 Steven Ugarkovic RM
- 9 Milos Trifunovic F
- 14 Mitch Cooper ▼ AM-L
- 7 Enver Alivodic AM-R
Came on
- 19 Morten Nordstrand ▲ SUB
- 17 Radovan Pavicevic ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 20 Ben Kennedy SUB
- 22 Lachlan Jackson SUB
- 6 Cameron Watson SUB
Melbourne City
3-4-1-2
- 1 Thomas Sorensen G
- 33 Osama Malik ▼ CD
- 22 Jack Clisby CD-L
- 24 Patrick Kisnorbo CD-R
- 25 Jacob Melling CM-L
- 18 Paulo Retre ▼ CM-R
- 8 Aaron Mooy AM
- 11 Michael Zullo ▼ LM
- 5 Ivan Franjic RM
- 23 Bruno Fornaroli CF-L
- 9 Harry Novillo CF-R
Came on
- 27 Nick Fitzgerald ▲ SUB
- 16 Jason Trifiro ▲ SUB
- 19 Ben Garuccio ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
- 17 Wade Dekker SUB
- 20 Dean Bouzanis SUB
Commentary
- 90'+5' Second Half ends, Newcastle Jets 2, Melbourne City FC 1.
- 90'+4' Offside, Newcastle Jets. Radovan Pavicevic tries a through ball, but Enver Alivodic is caught offside.
- 90'+2' Nick Cowburn (Newcastle Jets) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2' Hand ball by Nick Cowburn (Newcastle Jets).
- 90'+2' Morten Nordstrand (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2' Foul by Jack Clisby (Melbourne City FC).
- 90' Morten Nordstrand (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90' Foul by Jason Trifiro (Melbourne City FC).
- 89' Foul by Harry Novillo (Melbourne City FC).
- 89' Enver Alivodic (Newcastle Jets) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87' Corner, Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Nick Cowburn.
- 87' Attempt missed. Radovan Pavicevic (Newcastle Jets) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Enver Alivodic with a cross following a corner.
Recent form
Newcastle Jets
L
L
W
L
L
- L Melbourne Victory 1-0 A-League Men
- L at Sydney 2-0 A-League Men
- W Wellington Phoenix 3-1 A-League Men
- L Perth Glory 6-1 A-League Men
- L at Adelaide United 1-0 A-League Men
Melbourne City
L
W
D
W
D
- D Sydney 2-2 A-League Men
- W Western Sydney Wanderers 3-2 A-League Men
- D at Perth Glory 2-2 A-League Men
- W Wellington Phoenix 3-1 A-League Men
- L at Western Sydney Wanderers 4-3 A-League Men
Head to head
MBC leads series 3-2
- 7 Feb 2016 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City 2015-16 Australian A-League
- 13 Dec 2015 Newcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City 2015-16 Australian A-League
- 30 Oct 2015 Melbourne City 2–3 Newcastle Jets 2015-16 Australian A-League
- 14 Mar 2015 Melbourne City 4–0 Newcastle Jets 2014-15 Australian A-League
- 30 Dec 2014 Newcastle Jets 2–5 Melbourne City 2014-15 Australian A-League
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