2014/15 A-League Round 7 Preview – Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets
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2014/2015 Hyundai A-League
Season 10 Round 7
Western Sydney Wanderers vs Newcastle United Jets FC
When: Saturday 22nd November, 2014
Where: Pirtek Stadium, O’Connell St, Parramatta
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 4pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link using offer code flores10
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #WSWvNEW #NTUA
For those travelling to the game:
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 6 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 2, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 1
In Western Sydney – 3 games
Jets Wins – 2, Wanderers Wins – 1, Drawn – 0
Average Away A-League crowd – 10560
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 7, Wanderers – 9
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 12 (10 Yellow, 2 Red), Wanderers – 5 (5 Yellow, 0 Red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LDLLD
Wanderers – DLLLL
Leading Scorers
Jets – Joel Griffiths 2, Wanderers – Mark Bridge 2
Last Result -
Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0 at Pirtek Stadium, A-League, Round 21, 02/03/2014.
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0, Round 21, Season 9 at Pirtek Stadium, 02/03/2014.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 8 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 3 (Adam Taggart)
Wanderers – 4 (Mark Bridge)
2014/15 SEASON STATISTICS
Appearances
- 6 Mark Birrighiti, Kew Jaliens, Sam Gallagher, David Carney, Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano, Andrew Hoole,
- 5 Andrew Hoole, Taylor Regan, Jeronimo Neumann, Zenon Caravella,
- 4 Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Marco Flores, James Virgili
- 3 Allan Wesh, Ben Kantarovski
- 2 Jonny Steele, Sam Gallaway,
- 1 Adrian Madaschi, Billy Celeski
Goals
- 2 Joel Griffiths
- 1 Edson Montano, Kew Jaliens, Jeronimo Neumann
Assists
- 1 Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Taylor Regan
Yellow Cards
- 3 Taylor Regan,
- 2 Jeronimo Neumann, Jacob Pepper, Marcos Flores, Edson Montano, Kew Jaliens,
- 1 Jonny Steele, David Carney, Allan Welsh, Ben Kantarovski
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Phil Stubbins - 0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses
Tony Popovic - 0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins - 0 Matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 0 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - 0 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Tony Popovic 50% win ratio (3 win, 1 drawn, 2 losses).
KEY FACTS:
- The Jets have scored 2 gaosl in their last two matches against the Wanderers.
- The Jets record on a Saturday against the Wanderers in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
- The Wanderers have only scored 1 goal in the last 3 A-League matches.
- The last meeting between the teams was the first clean sheet the Jets had kept against the Wanderers.
- Mark Birighitti and Ante Covic are the only two keepers to have featured in this fixture.
- The Jets have scored two very late goals in this fixture (90th minute or later).
- There have been no penalties awarded so far in this fixture.
- The Jets have only won against Western Sydney when they are ahead at half time.
- This weekend could mark the 30th A-League appearance for Kew Jaliens and the 90th for Ben Kantarovski.
- Adrian Madaschi and Billy Celeski became the 117th and 118th players to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
Jets v Wanderers Trivia:
1. Who scored the first goal in this fixture?
2. Who are the two players to have received the most bookings in this fixture?
3. Who was the first Jets captain in this fixture?