Biggest Win

Heaviest Defeat

Leading Scorers in fixture –

• Ernie Merrick – 2 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
• Mark Jones – 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 66% 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 25% win ratio (3 wins, 3 drawn, 6 losses)

SQUADS (INS/OUTS)

NEWCASTLE JETS

Ins: 13.Ivan VUJICA (returns from illness),18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS (promoted), 32.Angus THURGATE (promoted)

Outs: 11.Patricio RODRIGUEZ (calf – 5 weeks)

Unavailable: 8.Ronald VARGAS (ankle – indefinite)

Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Jack DUNCAN (Gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimitri PETRATOS, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 10.Wayne BROWN, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Riley MCGREE, 15.Andrew NABBOUT, 16.Nick COWBURN, 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 20.Glen MOSS (Gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 24.Joseph CHAMPNESS, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY

**two to be omitted**

BRISBANE ROAR

Ins: 5.Corey BROWN (promoted), 33.Henrique SILVA (new signing), 36.Daniel LECK (promoted)

Outs: 2.Dane INGHAM (not selected)

Unavailable: 1.Michael THEO (Gk) (finger – TBC), 3.Luke DEVERE (knee – TBC), 16.Mitchell OXBORROW (foot – 1-2 weeks), 18.Joe CALETTI (ankle – 2 weeks), 24.Connor O’TOOLE (foot – 1 week), 26.Nick D’AGOSTINO (ankle – 2-4 weeks)

 Brisbane Roar FC squad: 4.Daniel BOWLES, 5.Corey BROWN, 6.Avram PAPADOPOULOS, 7.Thomas KRISTENSEN, 9.Massimo MACCARONE, 10.Brett HOLMAN, 11.Corey GAMEIRO, 13.Jade NORTH, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 17.Matt MCKAY (c), 19.Jack HINGERT, 20.Shannon BRADY, 21.Jamie YOUNG (Gk), 22.Eric BAUTHEAC, 31.Brendan WHITE (Gk), 33.Henrique SILVA, 36.Daniel LECK, 77.Ivan FRANJIC

**two to be omitted**

General

• The Jets have scored the first goal in 7 of the last 10 games.
• The Jets can complete a clean-sweep of wins against the Roar for the 2nd time in their history. The last was in Season 20013/14.
• Newcastle have earned 15 points from losing positions this season.
• The Jets have drawn their last 3 away games 2-2.
• They’re also winless in their last 4 away games, conceding 2 goals on each of those occasions.

Key Stats from Previous Round

• Last weekend was the 6th time in A-League history the Jets have conceded 2 penalities in a match. Both penalties were scored on 5 of these occasions.
• The Jets are now 27 away games in the A-League without a clean sheet.

Players

• Ben Kantarovski, Andrew Nabbout and Nikolai Topor-Stanley are 1 yellow card from a week suspension.
• Andrew Nabbout is on the cusp of becoming the 3rd player in the club’s history to score 10 or more goals in an A-League season.
• The Jets have not lost when Roy O’Donovan has played.
• Jason Hoffman is in line to equal the number of A-League appearances as Ruben Zadkovich, with 97. He will become equal 9th most-capped player for the club in the league.

Newcastle Jets

• A win for the Jets will secure finals football for the first time in 7 years.
• The Jets haven’t lead at half time, away from home, since the last match against the Roar in round 3.

Brisbane Roar

• The Roar have lost to the Jets once with Jamie Young in goals.