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2017/18 Hyundai A-League – Round 4 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers

2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Round 4
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC

When: Sunday 29th October, 2017
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 2pm, W-League kickoff 230pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link

Watch: LIVE on FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvWSW

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 15 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 8, Drawn – 4

In Newcastle – 7 matches.
Jets Wins – 0, Wanderers Wins – 5, Drawn – 2
In Sydney – 8 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 14645
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11099

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 14, Wanderers – 24
In Newcastle – 
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 13

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 11

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 31 (29 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 22 (22 yellow, 0 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WDW (7 point from last 9)
Wanderers – WDD (5 points from last 9)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Roy O’Donovan (5)
Wanderers – Oriol Riera (3)

Last Result – 
Newcastle Jets 0 – Western Sydney Wanderers 3 (Cornthwaite 40, Sotirio 42′, Corthwaite 50′) at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 25, Season 2016/17

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 25

Newcastle Jets Western Sydney Wanderers
Jack Duncan Vedran Janjetovic
Daniel Mullen Scott Neville
Nigel Boogaard Robert Cornthwaite
Lachlan Jackson Jonathan Aspropotamitis
Jason Hoffman Jack Clisby
Mateo Poljak Terry Antonis
Steven Ugarkovic Kearyn Baccus
Wayne Brown Nicolas Martinez
Andrew Hoole Jumpei Kusukami
Andrew Nabbout Jaushua Sotirio
Morten Nordstrand 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 & Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Corthwaite 40′, Sotirio 42′, Corthwaite 50′), Round 25, Season 2016/17 at Hunter Stadium, 1/4/2017.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

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

2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS

Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red – Second Bookable Straight Red
1 Jack Duncan 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 3 3 0 2 263 1 0 1 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 1 0 0
7 Dimitri Petratos 3 3 0 0 270 2 0 0 0 0
8 Ronald Vargas 3 3 0 3 197 0 1 0 0 0
9 Roy O’Donovan 3 3 0 0 270 5 1 2 0 0
10 Wayne Brown 3 0 3 0 73 0 0 1 0 0
12 Mario Shabow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 3 3 0 1 261 0 1 1 0 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 3 3 0 3 236 0 3 1 0 0
16 Nick Cowburn 2 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
17 Daniel Georgievski 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 2 0 0
18 John Koutroumbis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Kosta Petratos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Glen Moss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
23 Devante Clut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Joe Champness 3 0 3 0 34 1 0 1 0 0
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 3 3 0 0 270 0 0 0 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Ernie Merrick – 0 wins, Hayden Foxe – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Ernie Merrick – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
  • Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 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)

TALKING POINTS:

General

  • In the 15 times these two teams have met, the crowd has never been below 9000 – home and away.
  • Both teams are undefeated so far this season.
  • The Jets have conceded just one second half goal this season.
  • The Jets have claimed 1 point in the last 6 times these two teams have met.
  • The Jets A-League record at home in a Sunday 5:00pm kick off is 40 matches, 16 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses.

 

Key Stats from Previous Round

  • Roy O’Donovan became the first player since Edson Montano to score in 3 consecutive games.
  • Roy’s 5 shots on target this season have all resulted in goals.
  • This win was the Jets’ 100th in the A-League.
  • This was the 11th consecutive game the Jets have failed to keep a clean sheet.
  • The Jets scored the 1st goal in a match for the first time in 9 competitive matches.

 

Players

  • Jaushua Sotirio has scored in his last 3 games against the Jets.
  • A Wanderers defender scored in each of the 3 fixtures between these teams last season.
  • Roy O’Donovan can become the first player since Adam Taggart to score in 4 consecutive matches.
  • Nigel Boogaard will equal the most A-League appearances as captain, with 44.
  • Nick Cowburn could make his 50th appearance for the Jets this weekend.

 

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets have kept just 1 clean sheet in this fixture.
  • The Jets have scored in just one match of the last 5 times these two teams have met.