2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 4 Match Preview – Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 4
Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Friday 30th October, 2015
Where: AAMI Park, Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne, VIC
Kickoff: 740pm AEDST
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #MCYvNEW #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Melbourne, please join us at our official venue – Sydney Junction Hotel (SJ’s) at Hamilton and watch the game LIVE. SJ’s is our venue for all away Newcastle Jets fixtures. The game will be shown on the big screen and all ages are welcome (u18’s must be accompanied by an adult). All supporters will be able to purchase $5 house beers, wine and spirits and $10 meals are available from the bistro.

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 15 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, City Wins – 6, Drawn – 3

In Newcastle – 8 matches.
Jets Wins – 5, City Wins – 2, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 7
Jets Wins – 1, City Wins – 4, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9899
Average Away A-League Crowd – 6866

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 23, City – 27
In Melbourne –
Jets – 8, City – 16

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City – 7

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 45 (44 yellow, 1 red), City 22 (21 yellow, 1 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LWLW (6 points from last 9)
City – WDLLW (4 points from last 9)

Leading Scorers
Jets – David Carney (2)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (3)

Last Result –
Jets 0 – City 4 (Jaliens 18′, Novillo 47′, Williams 63′, Ramsay 87′) at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 21

Newcastle Jets Melbourne City
Ben Kennedy Tando Velaphi
Scott Neville Jack Clisby
Jacob Pepper Patrick Kisnorbo
Daniel Mullen Kew Jaliens
Ki-Je Lee Aaron Mooy
Enver Alivodic Harry Novillo
Ben Kantarovski Robert Koren
Zenon Caravella Jonathan Germano
Andrew Hoole Paulo Retre
Mitch Cooper Joshua Kennedy
Radovan Pavicevic Mate Dugandzic

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 3 (Goodwin 56’, Zadkovich 52’, R Griffith 87’ pen) – City 0, Round 19, Season 2011/12 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 2 (Montano 71’, Neumann 79’) – City 5 (Mooy 4’ pen, Koren 9’, 63’ 74’, Duff 24’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 13, Season 2014/15, 30/12/2014.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Ryan Griffiths (6)
City – Mate Dugandzic (5)

2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS

Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red – Second Bookable Straight Red
1 Mark Birighitti 2 2 0 1 169 0 0 0 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 2 2 0 0 167 0 0 0 1 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 3 2 1 0 208 0 0 2 0 0
6 Cameron Watson 2 2 0 1 152 0 0 0 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 1 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 3 3 0 1 269 1 0 0 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 3 3 0 3 244 0 1 0 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 2 1 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ki-Je Lee 1 1 0 0 90 0 1 0 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 3 0 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lachlan Jackson 1 1 0 1 68 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 3 3 0 1 268 2 1 1 0 0
24 Nicholas Cowburn 1 0 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Pawiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller – 0 wins, John Van’t Schip – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – No matches
  • Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – No matches
  • Craig Deans – 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)

Melbourne City Coach Record – John Van’t Schip 45% win ratio (5 wins, 2 drawn, 4 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • While the Jets haven’t beaten City in Melbourne since 2010/11 Season, their last trip to AAMI park produced a win against the Victory.
  • There has never been a scoreless draw between these teams, and only one of the games has had less than 2 goals.
  • Melbourne City have scored 9 goals in the last 2 matches against the Jets (2-5 and 0-4)
  • When leading at half time, the Jets have never lost. However, the Jets haven’t scored a first half goal in the last 4 matches against City.
  • The Jets have won 3 of their last 4 away games.

Players

  • Lachlan Jackson became the 134th player to make an A-League appearance for the Jets.
  • Should he play this week, Mark Birrighitti will equal the number of appearances of Ante Covic.
  • A visa player has scored for the Jets in the last 4 away matches.

Coaches

  • Scott Miller has equalled the best start to a season by any Jets coach. He is equal with Craig Deans and Gary Van Egmond (v2). A win this weekend will equal the start from 2012/13.