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2016/17 Hyundai A-League – Match Preview Round 22 – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Brisbane Roar

2016/2017 Hyundai A-League
Season 12 Round 22
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Brisbane Roar FC

When: Sunday 5th March, 2017
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 7pm AEDST (gates open 6pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Prematch: Premier Hotel, 1 Brunker Rd, Broadmeadow from 4pm

Join fellow Jets supporters at The Premier Hotel for pre-match drinks. All supporters are welcome – u18’s will need to be accompanied by a supervising adult.
If you sign up to become a Premier Hotel member for $10, you receive $10 in credit on your card. Ask for a membership form at the bar. A Premier Hotel membership gets you a 5% discount on food & drink not only at Premier but also at Junction Hotel & Sunnyside Tavern. You can purchase members only schooner cards – 10 schooners of local tap beers $55 or 10 schooners of craft tap beers $65.

Watch: LIVE on FoxSports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Radio online/app or EON Sports app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvBRI

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 36 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 14, Roar Wins – 13, Drawn – 9

In Newcastle – 19 matches.
Jets Wins – 4, Roar Wins – 9, Drawn – 6
In Brisbane – 17 matches
Jets Wins – 10, Roar Wins – 4, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9714
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11436

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 43, Roar – 44
In Newcastle –
Jets – 20, Roar – 31

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 19, Roar – 15

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 83 (76 yellow, 7 red), Roar 52 (48 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WLDLD (5 points from last 15)
Roar – WDDDL (6 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout (7)
Roar – Jamie Maclaren (11)

Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 3 (Hoole 45+1′, Nabbout 72, Nordstrand 84′) – Brisbane Roar 2 (Oar 15′, Maclaren 82′ pen) at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 14, Season 2016/17

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 14

Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar
Jack Duncan Michael Theo
Jason Hoffman Jack Hingert
Nigel Boogaard Jade North
Lachlan Jackson Luke DeVere
Nick Cowburn Corey Brown
Wayne Brown Matt McKay
Steven Ugarkovic Thomas Kristensen
Mateo Poljak Dimitri Petratos
Andrew Hoole Tom Oar
Andrew Nabbout Thomas Broich
Morten Nordstrand Jamie Maclaren

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 4 (Hingert 8′ o.g, Boogaard 62′, Ugarkovic 71′, Clut 86′) – Roar 0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, Round 2, Season 2016/17, 16/10/2016.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Roar 5 (Reinaldo 10’, Richter 44’, Brosque 52’, McKay 83’, Murdocca 90+1’), Round 20, Season 2005/06 at Energy Australia Stadium, 26/01/2006.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Joel Griffiths (8)
Roar – Reinaldo (7)

2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS

Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red – Second Bookable Straight Red
2 Daniel Mullen 11 10 1 1 904 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 20 19 1 2 1686 1 0 2 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 15 15 0 1 1314 2 1 5 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 8 5 3 3 491 0 1 0 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 19 18 1 3 1576 1 0 6 0 0
7 Andrew Hoole 20 20 0 0 1800 5 2 6 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 20 16 4 6 1453 1 0 1 0 0
9 Aleksandr Kokko 10 4 6 4 336 1 0 1 0 0
10 Wayne Brown 17 14 3 4 1232 2 1 5 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 3 1 2 0 116 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 2 1 1 1 95 0 0 0 0 0
12 Harrison Sawyer 3 0 3 0 47 0 0 1 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 10 9 1 3 775 0 0 1 0 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 18 17 1 6 1448 7 4 3 0 0
16 Nick Cowburn 13 11 2 1 1039 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ma Leilei 13 7 6 6 679 1 2 5 0 0
19 Morten Nordstrand 17 14 3 10 1209 3 2 1 0 0
20 Jack Duncan 20 20 0 0 1800 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 11 10 1 1 877 0 0 2 0 0
23 Devante Clut 18 7 11 6 689 1 2 0 0 0
24 Kristian Brymora 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
26 Iain Fyfe 3 3 0 2 205 0 0 1 0 0
28 John Koutroumbis 18 9 9 1 920 0 0 4 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Mark Jones – 2 wins, John Aloisi – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Mark Jones – 2 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 1% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller – 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (9 wins, 3 drawn and 5 losses = 53% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 wins, 4 drawn, 1 losses = 17% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Craig Deans – No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)

Brisbane Roar Coach Record – John Aloisi 22% win ratio (2 wins, 3 drawn, 4 losses)

TALKING POINTS:

General

  • Newcastle have a chance to complete a clean sweep against Brisbane, by winning all 3 games against the Roar in the season.
  • 13 different players have scored the 13 goals for the Jets across the last 3 seasons.
  • Newcastle are undefeated at home in the last 6 matches.

Players

  • Aleksandr Kokko became the 71st goal scorer for the Jets in the A-League. This was also the 200th goal scored by the Jets at MJ Stadium
  • Tomislav Arcaba (149) and Joel Allwright (150) made their A-League debuts for the club.
  • John Koutroumbis remains 1 yellow card from an automatic 1 weeks suspension.
  • Jason Hoffman became the 24th Jets captain in the A-League.