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2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 17 Match Preview – Adelaide United FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 17
Adelaide United FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 31st January, 2016
Where: Cooper Stadium, Holden St, Hindmarsh, SA
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (Local time 430pm)
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #ADLvNEW #NTUA

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 10, United Wins – 13, Drawn – 10

In Newcastle – 15 matches.
Jets Wins – 7, United Wins – 5, Drawn – 3
In Adelaide – 18
Jets Wins – 3, United Wins – 8, Drawn – 7

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10308
Average Away A-League Crowd – 9925

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, United – 43
In Adelaide –
Jets – 17, United – 30

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 15, United – 13

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 85 (83 yellow, 2 red), United 50 (47 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LLLWL (3 points from last 15)
United – WDWWW (13 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (6)
United – Craig Goodwin, Marcelo Carrusca & Pablo Sanchez (4)

Last Result –
Jets 0 – United 0 at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 11, 18/12/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 11

Newcastle Jets Adelaide United
Mark Birighitti Eugene Galekovic
Jason Hoffman Michael Marrone
Lachlan Jackson Dylan McGowan
Nigel Boogaard Jordan Elsey
Nick Cowburn Tarek Elrich
Mateo Poljak Isaias
Ben Kantarovski Marcelo Carrusca
Ryan Kitto James Jeggo
David Carney Sergio Cirio
Enver Alivodic Pablo Sanchez
Milos Trifunovic Craig Goodwin

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Kemp 12’og, Carle 22’, Zelic 68’, Carle 89’) – Adelaide 2 (Valkanis 38, Corbo 67’og) at Hindmarsh Stadium, Round 8, Season 2005/06, 14/10/2005.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Adelaide 7 (Djite 2’, 54’, Carrusca 23’, 28’, Boogaard 35’, Cirio 70’, Isais 90+3’) at Hindmarsh Stadium, A-League Season 2014/15 Round 15, 24/01/2015.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Joel Griffiths, Nick Carle, Mark Bridge, Matt Thompson (3)
United – Carl Veart, Marcelo Carrusca (4)

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 15 15 0 1 1339 0 0 1 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 9 9 0 0 810 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 15 15 0 1 1347 0 0 6 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 12 12 0 1 1014 0 0 1 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 14 13 1 2 1125 2 0 4 1 0
6 Cameron Watson 14 10 4 6 846 0 0 3 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 16 16 0 3 1376 1 1 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 16 16 0 0 1440 0 1 4 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 15 15 0 5 1278 6 0 4 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 9 7 2 6 561 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 8 8 0 0 720 0 1 1 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 6 1 5 1 116 0 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 5 0 5 0 82 0 0 2 0 0
18 Josh Barresi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 12 10 2 2 908 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 15 15 0 3 1334 3 4 6 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 11 4 7 1 484 0 0 1 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
27 Braedyn Crowley 8 1 7 0 202 0 0 0 0 0
28 Ryan Kitto 10 7 3 6 568 1 1 0 0 0
29 Andrew Pawiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Blake Tuxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Guillermo Amor – 0 wins, 2 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Scott Miller – 2 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (5 wins, 7 drawn and 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Branko Culina – 6 matches (2 wins, 2 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Craig Deans – No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)

Adelaide United Coach Record – Guillermo Amor 0% win ratio (0 wins, 2 drawn, 0 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • Newcastle haven’t scored against Adelaide in the last 4 matches.
  • Both results this season have 0-0 draws.
  • Last week’s defeat was the club’s heaviest defeat at home and the second worst defeat in the club’s history. It came exactly 1 year after the 7-0 loss to Adelaide.
  • The Jets haven’t scored away from home since Rd4 against Melbourne City

Players

  • Mateo Poljak, Ben Kantarovski and Milos Trifunovic are all 1 booking away from an automatic suspension
  • Ben Kantarovski equals Matt Thompson’s number of A-League appearance (121) for the Jets this weekend.
  • Steven Ugarkovic could become the 136th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
  • Milos Trifunovic has a goals per minute ratio of 1 goal every 213 minutes. Some notable comparisons are Joel Griffith (198), Adam Taggart (168), Milton Rodriguez (200) and Sasho Petrovski (137).
  • Nigel Boogaard set a new club record as the quickest player to receive 2 red cards for the Jets. Boogaard took 12 matches while the previous holder, Mateo Corbo, took 14.

Coaches

  • Scott Miller’s Jets remain the least potent goalscorers in the club’s history.

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets have only received 1 penalty in this fixture’s history.
  • At least one Jets player has received a booking in every match in this fixture’s history.
  • Newcastle have lost their last 3 matches on the road.
  • Newcastle have never defeated Adelaide on a Sunday.
  • I’m ordering Indian food Sunday because that’s my tradition for Adelaide away games following last year’s thrashing.

Adelaide United

  • With 3 wins on the trot and being undefeated in 8 matches, Adelaide are the current form team in the league.
  • Eugene Galekovic has kept 10 clean sheets against the Jets.