2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 11
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Adelaide United FC
When: Friday 18th December, 2015
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 740pm AEDST (Gates open 640pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvADL
Active support is located in Bay 60.
Anyone wishing to enter Bay 60 needs to hold a Bay 60 membership or a valid ticket.
If you are already a Jets Member, please go to Members Services to the left of Western Stand gates to be issued a gameday Bay 60 ticket.
For non-members you can purchase a Bay 60 ticket via ticketmaster or the dedicated Bay 60 ticket window to the right of the Western Stand gates.
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 10, United Wins – 13, Drawn – 9
Jets Wins – 7, United Wins – 5, Drawn – 2
In Adelaide – 18
Jets Wins – 3, United Wins – 8, Drawn – 7
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10521
Average Away A-League Crowd – 9925
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, United – 43
In Newcastle –
Jets – 16, United – 13
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 15, United – 13
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 82 (80 yellow, 2 red), United 49 (46 yellow, 3 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – DDDLL (3 points from last 15)
United – LDLWW (7 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (4)
United – Pablo Sanchez (3)
Last Result –
Jets 0 – United 0 at Coopers Stadium, A-League, Round 7, 22/11/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 4
| Newcastle Jets | Adelaide United |
| Mark Birighitti | Eugene Galekovic |
| Jason Hoffman | Michael Marrone |
| Nigel Boogaard | Dylan McGowan |
| Lachlan Jackson | Osama Malik |
| Ki-Je Lee | Tarek Elrich |
| Mateo Poljak | Isaias |
| Ben Kantarovski | George Mells |
| Cameron Watson | James Jeggo |
| David Carney | Sergio Cirio |
| Milos Trifunovic | Bruce Djite |
| Enver Alivodic | Craig Goodwin |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 799 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Mullen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 717 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cameron Watson | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enver Alivodic | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 859 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mateo Poljak | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Milos Trifunovic | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 807 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 527 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | David Carney | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 898 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nick Cowburn | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Brandon Lundy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Braedyn Crowley | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ryan Kitto | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 135 | 0 | 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
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Guillermo Amor – 0 wins, 1 drawNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller – 1 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 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, 1 draw, 0 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The Jets set a record last week, having now failed to score in the first half of the last 9 matches.
- In the corresponding fixture last year (Rd 11 19/12/15), the Jets registered their first win of the campaign against Adelaide.
- Newcastle have won at home twice in the last 12 months.
- The Jets have defeated Adelaide in 5 of the last 6 home matches on a Friday night.
- Both teams have met 16 times on a Friday night. The W-D-L record for the Jets is 7-3-6.
Players
- Jason Hoffman joins David Carney and Ben Kantarovski to be only 1 yellow card away from an automatic suspension.
- Ben Kantarovski last weekend because the player with the 3rd most A-League appearances for the Jets
- Captain Nigel Boogaard received 3 bookings and was dismissed twice while playing for Adelaide.
- Bruce Djite has scored 6 goals against the Jets, 3 of those were scored while playing for Adelaide.
- Eugene Galekovic has 11 clean sheets in 26 appearances against the Jets.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets failed to have a shot during the last match against Adelaide.
- The Jets have scored 1 goal more than at the same point last season.
Adelaide United
- Adelaide have kept the Jets scoreless in the last 3 meetings.
