Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets result

Full-time · Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Newcastle Jets

A-League · Sun, 14 Dec 2025 02:00 GMT

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Wellington Phoenix · Newcastle Jets · Head-to-head

Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Newcastle Jets — Newcastle Jets won this A-League match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Newcastle Jets won 3–1 at Wellington Phoenix in the A-League on Sunday 14 December. It is Newcastle Jets’s first win over Wellington Phoenix since 9 December 2023, after four meetings without one (the 6 prior meetings TACTIX holds).

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time. The goals — Newcastle Jets: Eli Adams (50’, assisted by A. Badolato), Lachlan Rose (54’, assisted by Kosta Grozos) and Clayton Taylor (57’, assisted by Daniel Wilmering); Wellington Phoenix: Ifeanyi Eze (69’, assisted by Fin Conchie).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) agree with the result: Wellington Phoenix 1.39, Newcastle Jets 2.99, from 16 shots to 20 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

A. King showed no yellow cards — against 4.4 yellows a game across the last 16 matches refereed (this competition).

What it changes

Wellington Phoenix move down from eighth to 11th (eight league matches played).

Newcastle Jets move up from 11th to eighth (eight league matches played).

Newcastle Jets’s two-goal margin was the biggest of round 8, across six matches.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Lachlan Rose (Newcastle Jets) 9.3, Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix) 9.0 and Daniel Wilmering (Newcastle Jets) 8.1 led the match.

Next up

Wellington Phoenix next host Melbourne Victory on 18 October 2026.

Newcastle Jets next host Macarthur on 24 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Wellington Phoenix: Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory, Sunday 18 October — the preview. Next for Newcastle Jets: Newcastle Jets v Macarthur, Saturday 24 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Newcastle Jets · A-League
Referee: A. King
Head-to-head (last 6): Wellington Phoenix 4 · draws 1 · Newcastle Jets 1 · 2.83 goals/game
Recent form: Wellington Phoenix 1W 1D 3L · Newcastle Jets 1W 0D 4L

Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Newcastle Jets (A-League): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.13 / 1.5

Goals

against 1.63 / 2.13 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.71 / 5.43

Corners

against 4.57 / 5.57 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

4.86 / 4.43

Shots on target

against 4.86 / 5.14 · 3 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

1.57 / 1

Cards

against 2 / 2.57 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

4.38 yellows

Referee · A. King

2.25 home / 2.13 away

over 16 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 December 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 December 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Wellington Phoenix for / against	Line	Newcastle Jets for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.5 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.71 for · 4.57 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	5.43 for · 5.57 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	14.86 for · 11.14 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	13.71 for · 16.14 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	4.86 for · 4.86 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.43 for · 5.14 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	9.86 for · 14.29 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	9.43 for · 11.86 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	1.57 for · 2 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1 for · 2.57 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: A. King — 4.38 yellow cards a game, 0.13 red cards, 21.5 fouls over 16 matches (2.25 to the home side, 2.13 to the away side).

Home 2.25Away 2.13

Wellington Phoenix

Wellington Phoenix — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Ifeanyi Eze n 6	88.3	3.2 6/6	1 5/1	—
Corban Piper n 8	30.8	2.2 5/1	2.6 6/1	—
Dan Edwards n 3	51.3	1.8 1/1	0.6 1/0	—
H. Ishige n 8	38.4	1.8 3/2	2.3 5/2	—
M. James n 6	82.7	1.3 4/1	0.5 2/1	—

Wellington Phoenix — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Carlo Armiento n 7	87.4	2.2 6/4	1.6 5/4
Ifeanyi Eze n 6	88.3	2 5/4	0.8 3/2
Luke Brooke-Smith n 4	26.5	1.7 2/0	0.8 1/0
Ramy Najjarine n 8	57.9	1.4 4/2	0.6 2/1
T. Loke n 5	53.4	1.3 2/2	0 0/0

Wellington Phoenix — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Corban Piper n 8	30.8	0 0/0	0.7 1/1
Tim Payne n 8	72	0.2 1/0	0.3 2/0
Kazuki Nagasawa n 8	81.6	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0
A. Rufer n 8	88.9	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
Ifeanyi Eze n 6	88.3	0.3 2/0	0 0/0

Wellington Phoenix — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Luke Brooke-Smith n 3	20.7	4.4 2/1
H. Ishige n 8	38.4	4.1 5/3
Fin Conchie n 8	51	2.9 8/4
T. Loke n 5	53.4	2.7 4/2
Lukas Kelly-Heald n 8	79.8	2.5 6/5

Newcastle Jets

Newcastle Jets — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Bracco n 4	22	3.1 3/0	4.1 3/1	—
A. Susnjar n 6	88.7	1.9 5/4	1.5 3/2	—
Clayton Taylor n 5	38	1.9 2/2	1.9 2/1	—
Eli Adams n 3	32.3	1.9 1/1	0.9 1/0	—
Lachlan Bayliss n 7	38	1.7 3/2	1 3/0	—

Newcastle Jets — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Ben Gibson n 7	41.4	2.2 5/1	1.9 5/1
L. Rose n 8	41.4	1.9 5/1	0.8 3/0
Clayton Taylor n 5	38	1.9 2/1	0.9 2/0
Max Burgess n 8	75.4	1.6 6/4	0.3 2/0
A. Badolato n 8	84.9	1.5 6/3	0.9 4/1

Newcastle Jets — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Eli Adams n 3	32.3	0 0/0	0.9 1/0
O. Fryer n 3	39.7	0.8 1/0	0 0/0
Will Dobson n 6	70.8	0.2 1/0	0.4 2/0
A. Badolato n 8	84.9	0.5 2/1	0.1 1/0
Ben Gibson n 7	41.4	0.6 2/0	0 0/0

Newcastle Jets — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
T. Aquilina n 6	52.5	4 6/4
Joel Bertolissio n 7	52.1	3.2 5/3
C. Bracco n 4	22	3.1 2/1
Daniel Wilmering n 8	80	2.3 8/4
A. Badolato n 8	84.9	2 8/2

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Wellington Phoenix		Newcastle Jets
51%	Possession	49%
1.39	Expected goals (xG)	2.99
16	Shots	20
10	Shots on target	9
2	Shots off target	8
4	Blocked shots	3
13	Shots inside the box	17
7	Corners	3
3	Offsides	7
12	Fouls	9
4	Saves	7
453	Passes	441
76%	Pass accuracy	78%

Wellington Phoenix player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Rating
Joshua Oluwayemi	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.9
Matthew Sheridan	90	0	0	0	0	0	6	7.2
Lukas Kelly-Heald	90	0	0	0	0	1	4	8
J. Smith	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	7.5
A. Rufer	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	7.2
Kazuki Nagasawa	90	0	0	1	1	3	5	7.2
Ifeanyi Eze	90	1	0	6	5	1	0	7.3
Corban Piper	90	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.3
Carlo Armiento	84	0	0	2	2	1	0	5.9
Ramy Najjarine	59	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.7
T. Loke	58	0	0	1	1	0	1	6.5
Luke Brooke-Smith sub	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Fin Conchie sub	31	0	1	0	0	1	2	7.2
G. Sloane-Rodrigues sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2

Newcastle Jets player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Rating
James Delianov	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5
Joel Bertolissio	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
Mark Natta	90	0	0	0	0	0	4	7.7
Daniel Wilmering	90	0	1	0	0	4	3	7.9
Kosta Grozos	90	0	1	0	0	1	2	6.6
A. Badolato	90	0	1	2	1	4	3	7
Max Cooper	84	0	0	0	0	0	2	7.2
L. Rose	84	1	0	3	1	4	2	7.2
Will Dobson	71	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.2
Clayton Taylor	71	1	0	2	1	1	1	7.3
Max Burgess	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
Eli Adams sub	85	1	0	6	3	1	1	7.6
Lachlan Bayliss sub	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	6.6
Kota Mizunuma sub	19	0	0	2	1	1	0	6.3
Joe Shaughnessy sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
Ben Gibson sub	11	0	0	1	1	0	1	6.7

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Wellington PhoenixDLLWL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Newcastle JetsLLLWL

Last 5: 1W 0D 4L · 0.8 scored / 2.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Wellington Phoenix 4 · 1 draw · Newcastle Jets 1 · 2.83 goals/game

2025-04-06 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Wellington Phoenix
2024-12-28 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Newcastle Jets
2024-04-19 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Wellington Phoenix
2024-01-27 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Wellington Phoenix
2023-12-09 Wellington Phoenix 0–3 Newcastle Jets
2023-03-04 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Newcastle Jets

League standing · 2025/26

Wellington Phoenix#8 pos33 pts26 pl-12 GD

Newcastle Jets#1 pos48 pts26 pl+16 GD

Goals per game

Wellington Phoenix scored1.38

Newcastle Jets scored2.12

Wellington Phoenix conceded1.85

Newcastle Jets conceded1.5

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What is the head-to-head record between Wellington Phoenix and Newcastle Jets?: In their last 6 meetings, Wellington Phoenix won 4, Newcastle Jets won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Wellington Phoenix and Newcastle Jets?: Recent form — Wellington Phoenix 1W 1D 3L; Newcastle Jets 1W 0D 4L.

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