2016/17 Hyundai A-League – Round 25 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC

2016/2017 Hyundai A-League
Season 12 Round 25
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC

When: Saturday 1st April, 2017
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 535pm AEDST (gates open 435pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Prematch: Premier Hotel, 1 Brunker Rd, Broadmeadow from 3pm

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 #NEWvWSW

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 14 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 7, Drawn – 4

In Newcastle – 6 matches.
Jets Wins – 0, Wanderers Wins – 4, Drawn – 2
In Sydney – 8 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 15522
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11099

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 14, Wanderers – 21
In Newcastle –
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 10

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 10

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 28 (26 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 21 (21 yellow, 0 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – LDLLL (1 point from last 15)
Wanderers – WLDWW (10 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout (8)
Wanderers – Brendon Santalab (14)

Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 0 – Western Sydney Wanderers 2 (Scott 44′, Sotirio 68′) at Campbelltown Stadium, A-League, Round 16, Season 2016/17

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 16

Newcastle Jets Western Sydney Wanderers
Jack Duncan Vedran Janjetovic
Jason Hoffman Scott Neville
Nigel Boogaard Robert Cornthwaite
Lachlan Jackson Jonathan Aspropotamitis
Nick Cowburn Jack Clisby
Mateo Poljak Dimas
Steven Ugarkovic Kearyn Baccus
Devante Clut Nicolas Martinez
Aleksandr Kokko Jaushua Sotirio
Andrew Nabbout Mitch Nichols
Ma Leilei Lachlan Scott

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0, Round 21, Season 2013/14 at Pirtek Stadium, 02/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Adam Taggart (3)
Wanderers – Mark Bridge (5)

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 14 12 2 1 1129 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 22 21 1 2 1807 1 0 2 1 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 18 17 1 1 1534 2 1 6 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 10 7 3 5 614 0 1 0 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 22 21 1 4 1841 1 0 6 0 0
7 Andrew Hoole 23 23 0 1 2053 5 2 6 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 22 16 6 6 1475 1 0 1 0 0
9 Aleksandr Kokko 13 7 6 7 508 1 0 1 0 0
10 Wayne Brown 20 17 3 5 1483 2 1 7 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 21 20 1 6 1718 8 4 3 0 0
16 Nick Cowburn 13 11 2 1 1039 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ma Leilei 15 7 8 6 736 1 2 5 0 0
19 Morten Nordstrand 20 15 5 10 1357 3 2 2 0 0
20 Jack Duncan 22 22 0 0 1980 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 14 13 1 1 1147 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 21 12 9 2 1145 0 0 4 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Mark Jones – 0 wins, Tony Popovic – 1 win, 1 drawNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Mark Jones – 2 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 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 – Tony Popovic 50% win ratio (7 wins, 4 drawn, 3 losses)

TALKING POINTS:

General

  • Newcastle have never defeated the Wanderers in Newcastle.
  • The Jets have conceded goal at the rate of 1.92 per match this season – the second worst rate in their history.
  • With 9 points left to play for, the team are 8 points from equalling last season’s points tally.
  • Newcastle has conceded the first goal on 17 occasions this season.
  • The Jets have let in 11 second half goals in the last 5 rounds.

Key Stats from Previous Round (Courtesty of A-Leauge.com.au)

  • 12 goals conceded in the last 3 matches equals the previous worst run, achieved in 2014/15 with results of 2-5, 0-0 and 0-7.
  • Last weekend’s crowd of 4828 was the lowest attendance, home or away, at any Jets game this season.
  • Andrew Hoole became the first Jets player to break 2000 minutes played this season.

Players

  • Andrew Nabbout’s 6 goals is the most scored by a player at home in one season since Adam Taggart (12).
  • With Poljak’s absence last weekend, John Koutroumbis is current player with the most consecutive appearances for the club. He’s appeared in the last 21 matches.
  • Wayne Brown is one match from receiving his second suspension of the season after accruing 7 yellow cards this season.

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets have lost 4 consecutive matches only twice in their history.
  • The Jets have scored the first goal in 4 of the last 5 home games.
  • Newcastle have conceded 5 first half goals at home this season.

Western Sydney Wanderers

  • Brendon Santalab will be missing for Western Sydney after receiving an 8th booking for the season in the last match.