2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Elimination Semi Final
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC
When: Friday 27th April, 2018
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 750pm AEDST (gates open 650pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: ONE, FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvMCY #ALeagueFinals
Referee: Shaun Evans
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Brown
Fourth Official: Jarred Gillett
Video Assistant Referee: Chris Beath
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 9, City Wins – 11, Drawn – 4
Jets Wins – 7, City Wins – 5, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 11 matches
Jets Wins – 2, City Wins – 6, Drawn – 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9536
Average Away A-League Crowd – 7251
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 34, City – 48
In Newcastle –
Jets – 20, City – 22
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, City – 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 67 (66 yellow, 1 red), City 41 (39 yellow, 2 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WLLLW (6 point from last 15)
City – WWWLW (12 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos (10)
City – Bruno Fornalo, Stefan Mauk, Macin Budzinski, Dario Vidosic (5)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 0 – Melbourne City 3 (Fornaroli 42′, Vidosic 53′, Vidosic 77′) at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 25, Season 2017/18
SQUADS
NEWCASTLE JETS
Ins: 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (returns from injury), 8.Ronald VARGAS (returns from injury), 13.Ivan VUJICA (promoted), 32.Angus THURGATE (promoted)
Outs: 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI (hamstring – 3 weeks), 10.Wayne BROWN (calf – 2 weeks)
Unavailable: Nil
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Jack DUNCAN (Gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimi PETRATOS, 8.Ronald VARGAS, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 11.Patricio RODRIGUEZ, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 16.Nick COWBURN, 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 20.Glen MOSS (Gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 24.Joseph CHAMPNESS, 27.Riley MCGREE, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (c)
**two to be omitted**
MELBOURNE CITY
Ins: 22.Michael JAKOBSEN (returns from injury), 11.Bruce KAMAU (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Dean BOUZANIS (Gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Scott JAMIESON, 4.Harrison DELBRIDGE, 5.Bart SCHENKEVELD, 6.Osama MALIK, 7.Nick FITZGERALD, 8.Oliver BOZANIC, 10.Dario VIDOSIC, 11.Bruce Kamau, 13.Stefan MAUK, 14.Daniel ARZANI, 18.Eugene GALEKOVIC (Gk), 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI, 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Marcin BUDZINSKI, 37.Nathaniel ATKINSON
**two to be omitted**
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 25
Newcastle Jets | Melbourne City |
Jack Duncan | Dean Bouzanis |
Daniel Georgievski | Nathaniel Atkinson |
Ben Kantarovski | Bart Schenkeveld |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Michael Jakobsen |
Ivan Vujica | Scott Jamieson |
Steven Ugarkovic | Oliver Bozanic |
Nick Cowburn | Luke Brattan |
Ronald Vargas | Stefan Mauk |
Riley McGree | Dario Vidosic |
Dimitri Petratos | Bruno Fornaroli |
Roy O’Donovan | Daniel Arzani |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
City – Bruno Fornaroli (9)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number | Name | Appearances | Starts | Subbed On | Subbed off | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
1 | Jack Duncan | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Jason Hoffman | 23 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 1834 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
4 | Nigel Boogaard | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1882 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Ben Kantarovski | 22 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1769 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
6 | Steven Ugarkovic | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2383 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
7 | Dimitri Petratos | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 2232 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
8 | Ronald Vargas | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 419 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Roy O’Donovan | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1087 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
10 | Wayne Brown | 20 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 957 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
11 | Patricio Rodriguez | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 651 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Mario Shabow | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Ivan Vujica | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1700 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
15 | Andrew Nabbout | 22 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1902 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
16 | Nick Cowburn | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Daniel Georgievski | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1452 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
18 | John Koutroumbis | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 553 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | Kosta Petratos | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Glen Moss | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Lachlan Jackson | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 468 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Devante Clut | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Joe Champness | 25 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1242 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
27 | Riley McGree | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 706 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Angus Thurgate | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2430 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
COACHING
Ernie Merrick – 0 wins, Warren Joyce – 2 wins, 1 drawNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Mark Jones – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Scott Miller – 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
- Richard Money – No matches
- Branko Culina – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – No matches
- Craig Deans – 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Melbourne City Coach Record – Warren Joyce 66% win ratio (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 5-1-5.
- Newcastle have won their last 3 home finals matches.
- It has been 2973 days since the Jets last appeared in the finals.
- The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 5-1-5.
- The 57 goals scored by the Jets this season surpassed the combined total of goals scored in the previous 2 seasons (56).
Key Stats from Previous Round
- The Jets achieved a number of records in the win over the Mariners. Firstly, they achieved a clear sweep over the Mariners – the first either team has achieved this in the fixture.
- The match set an A-League record for most aggregate goals (10).
- It was also the first time an away team scored 7+ goals.
- The Jets scored the most goals in a single season for regular season fixtures between two teams with 15.
- Newcastle scored 13 goals in the two matches held at Gosford this season. By comparison, the Mariners scored 14 goals in Gosford all season.
- 8-2 surpassed the Jets previous biggest winning margin – 5-0 against the Phoenix on 22/3/14.
- Newcastle scored in all regular season away fixtures this season.
Players
- Riley McGree became the 5th Jets player to score an A-League hattrick.
- Dimi Petratos became the 4th Jets player to score 10 goals in an A-League season.
- Petratos is now equal 10th in the Jets overall A-League goal scoring list alongside Emile Heskey.
- Lachlan Jackson became the 14th different Jets player to score this season – a new record for a single season.
- He also became the 79th player to score in the A-League for the club. Both of his A-League goals have been scored in the final round of the season. His first was for the Roar against the Jets in season 2014/15.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle have kept 3 clean sheets in their 11 finals appearances. They’ve also been kept scoreless in 3 matches.
- Ben Kantarovski and Nikolai Topor-Stanley are the only 2 surviving players from the Jets last appearance in the finals.
- Joel Griffiths and Matt Thompson hold the record of most goals for the club in Finals football (3).
- Newcastle haven’t scored at home in 214 minutes.
Melbourne City
- City are the only team the Jets haven’t defeated this season.
- City (Heart) have lost 3 and won 1 of their “away” finals games.
- Bruno Fornaroli has been on the scoresheet in his last 6 matches against the Jets. He has scored 9 goals during that time.
- On average, this fixure produces 3 goals when played in Newcastle.