A-League 2017/18 Round 20 Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 17 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 4, Wanderers Wins - 8, Drawn - 5

In Newcastle – 9 matches.
Jets Wins - 1, Wanderers Wins - 5, Drawn - 3
In Sydney - 8 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 3, Drawn - 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 13760
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11099

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 19, Wanderers - 25
In Sydney -
Jets – 10, Wanderers - 11

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 5, Wanderers - 12

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 36 (34 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 26 (26 yellow, 0 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - WWLDW (10 point from last 15)
Wanderers - DLLWW (7 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout (8)
Wanderers – Oriol Riera (9)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 4 (Koutroumbis 11', Hoffman 60', Kantarovski 68', Ugarkovic 84') - Western Sydney Wanderers 0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 12, Season 2017/18

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 12
Newcastle Jets Western Sydney Wanderers
Glen Moss Vedran Janjetovic
John Koutroumbis Brendan Hamill
Nigel Boogaard Jonathan Aspropotamitis
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Michael Thwaite
Ivan Vujica Raul Llorente
Steven Ugarkovic Keanu Baccus
Ben Kantarovski Roly Bonevacia
Dimitri Petratos Alvaro Cejudo
Joe Champness Jumpei Kusukami
Andrew Nabbout Mark Bridge
Jason Hoffman Brendon Santalab

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Koutroumbis 11', Hoffman 60', Kantarovski 68', Ugarkovic 84') – Wanderers 0, Round 12, Season 2017/18 at McDonald Jones Stadium, 22/12/2017.

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013 & Jets 0 - Wanderers 3 (Corthwaite 40', Sotirio 42', Corthwaite 50'), Round 25, Season 2016/17 at Hunter Stadium, 1/4/2017.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets - Adam Taggart (3)
Wanderers - Mark Bridge (6)


2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number Name Appearances Starts Subbed On Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red Cards
1 Jack Duncan 10 10 0 0 900 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 16 14 2 7 1219 4 1 2 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 18 18 0 0 1620 1 0 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 16 15 1 4 1319 3 0 4 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 19 19 0 3 1696 1 2 1 0
7 Dimitri Petratos 18 18 0 4 1607 7 6 2 0
8 Ronald Vargas 3 3 0 3 197 0 1 0 0
9 Roy O'Donovan 8 7 1 1 636 7 2 3 0
10 Wayne Brown 15 8 7 6 718 0 0 3 0
11 Patricio Rodriguez 5 3 2 2 329 1 1 0 0
12 Mario Shabow 7 0 7 0 90 0 0 1 0
13 Ivan Vujica 18 17 1 2 1515 0 2 5 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 19 19 0 6 1654 8 7 4 0
16 Nick Cowburn 5 0 5 0 104 0 0 0 0
17 Daniel Georgievski 11 11 0 4 822 1 2 5 0
18 John Koutroumbis 10 5 5 2 463 2 0 2 0
19 Kosta Petratos 4 0 4 0 27 0 0 0 0
20 Glen Moss 9 9 0 0 810 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 7 2 5 1 235 0 0 0 0
23 Devante Clut 5 1 4 1 59 0 0 0 0
24 Joe Champness 17 11 6 9 996 3 1 1 0
27 Riley McGree 2 0 2 0 54 1 0 0 0
32 Angus Thurgate 3 0 3 0 30 0 0 0 0
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 19 19 0 0 1710 1 0 3 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Ernie Merrick - 1 win, Josep Gombau - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • Ernie Merrick - 2 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses = 0.5% win ratio)
  • Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
  • Richard Money - No Matches
  • Branko Culina - No Matches
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos - No Matches
  • Craig Deans - No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)


Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Josep Gombau 42% win ratio (3 wins, 0 drawn, 4 losses)


TALKING POINTS:
General
  • There have been 13 different players score for the Jets this season, equaling the current record.
  • The Jets have scored in 19 consecutive matches.
  • It has been 31 away fixtures since the Jets last kept a clean sheet.
  • Newcastle have conceded 8 second half goals so far this season.
  • The Jets have scored the first goal in 7 of the last 10 matches.

Key Stats from Previous Round
  • The Jets' last 7 clean sheets have come at home.
  • The 37 points achieved this season is the most in a single season for the Jets.

Players
  • Riley McGree became the 78th player to score for the Jets in the A-League.
  • Nigel Boogaard, last round, scored the Jets 400th A-League goal.

Western Sydney Wanderers
  • Western Sydney have score a goal on the cusp of half time in their last 3 home fixtures against the Jets.
  • The 4-0 loss to the Jets was the first time in 14 matches Vedran Janjetovic was on the losing side of a fixture against Newcastle.