20/21 AL MD5 | Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets | Sun 24/01/21

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2020/21 Match Day 4 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 39 fixtures between the two teams. Of this, the teams have met on 39 occasions in the A-League and on 0 occasions in the FFA Cup.
Jets Wins - 12, Phoenix Wins - 21, Drawn - 6


In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins - 8, Phoenix Wins - 7, Drawn - 3
In New Zealand - 21 matches
Jets Wins - 4, Phoenix Wins - 14, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 8903
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8404

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 51, Phoenix - 75
In New Zealand -
Jets – 16, Phoenix - 47

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 15, Phoenix - 23

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 77 (70 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 65 (61 yellow, 4 red)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 3 (Fitzgerald 45', Ibini 76', Hoffman 79') - Wellington Phoenix 0 at Jubilee Stadium, A-League, Round 24, Season 2019/20

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2019/20 Match day 24

Newcastle JetsWellington Phoenix
Noah JamesStefan Marinovic
John KoutroumbisCallan Elliot
Nigel BoogaardSteven Taylor
Nikolai Topor-StanleyLuke DeVere
Jason HoffmanLiberto Cacace
Connor O'TooleMatti Steinmann
Angus ThurgateCameron Devlin
Steven UgarkovicReno Piscopo
Dimitri PetratosCallum McCowatt
Nick FitzgeraldDavid Ball
Abdiel ArroyoUlises Davila
Roy O'DonovanBen Waine
Kosta PetratosJaushua Sotirio
Lucas MauragisAlex Rufer
Bernie Ibini-IseiWalter Scott



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Heskey 36’, Griffiths 46’, Taggart 57’, Taggart 77’, Bridges 90+3’) – Phoenix 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 24, Season 2013/14, 22/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Phoenix 5 (Barbarouses 24', Finkler 36', Ridenton 49', Hoffman 66' o.g, Bonevacia 86'), Round 24, Season 2016/17 at Westpac Stadium, 26/03/2017.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Joel Griffiths, Jason Hoffman (4)
Phoenix - Shane Smeltz (6)



2020/21 A-LEAGUE SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubbed OnSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed Cards
1Lewis Italiano000000000
2John Koutroumbis22001800000
3Jason Hoffman33031300000
4Nigel Boogaard33002701020
5Ben Kantarovski000000000
6Steven Ugarkovic44003600010
9Roy O'Donovan44033180030
11Ramy Najjarine44013470200
13Maki Petratos4040370000
14Ali Abbas3030540010
15Tete Yengi3030630000
16Matthew Millar000000000
17Valentino Yuel44023242000
18Jack Armson000000000
19Kosta Petratos32121430010
22Lachlan Jackson21101080000
23Jack Duncan44003600000
24Connor O'Toole44013520010
25Jack Simmons000000000
26Archie Goodwin000000000
27Lucas Mauragis41312120010
28Blake Archbold1010170000
32Angus Thurgate44033250010
44Nikolai Topor-Stanley44003600000

[Hunter403]

new record pending - 5 losses in a row.

[Jeterpool]

new record pending - 5 losses in a row.

Nah, we lost 6 under Jones at the very end of the season.

[StannyCFCJET]

Hopefully Deans stops us playing all age hoof ball

[Frodo]

Hopefully Deans stops us playing all age hoof ball

Bit hard to improve on all age style of football with all age quality players littered around the squad?

[Thomas477]

Bit hard to improve on all age style of football with all age quality players littered around the squad?

That’s harsh on all age tbh

[Couscous]

Second last game with Deans as coach.

[Tommyjet]

Second last game with Deans as coach.

Have you come up with any new ideas in your time away from a-league coaching Gary?

[380]

Have you come up with any new ideas in your time away from a-league coaching Gary?

Probs not, winning the back pass stat between fullbacks and keeper will be of the highest priority.

Wake me up when its over.

[My2BobsWorth]

Saw Cous hangin round out the front the other night ???

[My2BobsWorth]

You guys need to have a look at world soccer, the long ball is being used by the best teams in the world. If it works , use it

[Ghost of Plague]

You guys need to have a look at world soccer, the long ball is being used by the best teams in the world. If it works , use it

What tactics do the worst teams in the world use? We should prob be aiming there.

[Couscous]

Yuel ticks my boxes. Works hard. Tactically disciplined.

[monz6]

Huuuuuge save from Duncan!

[Couscous]

Still not enough, Roy. You're in debt.

[Aegon]

what an awful unneccessary tackle

[mic22]

We scored 2.
They only scored 1.
The game is finished.
The foz is clearly in shock.

[BP Super Dynamos]

Loving Ramy's set pieces. Far more dangerous than Dimi's. He was a bit off in general play, but to expected from a player of his age/experience. We really lack depth, not much on offer coming from the bench. Much rather see Maki than Kosta

[Couscous]

We did not do that well. Scarily reliant on Duncan and Sotirio.

[380]

We did not do that well. Scarily reliant on Duncan and Sotirio.

What will you do differently after Deans's last match Gary ?.

[Bremsstrahlung]

Duncan played a great game. Kept us in the contest, which is exactly what you want from a keeper. Imo, some of those shots were more dangerous than the goals we have conceded, so it was good to see our keeper pull off some saves, largely contributes to us taking 3 points.

Yuel showed good pace and composure to slot his goal. Textbook finish. Keeper covered the angles really well too.
Roy contributed more. It was a better game from him. Not a great game yet, but hopefully gets some confidence.

Agree with BP that Naj’s free kicks and corners are 10x more effective. I like that he keeps the ball in play and clears the first defender. Almost like he’s heard that tactic in under 10s and taken it with him.

[belchardo]

A few players did a lot to redeem themselves. Roy in particular. Awesome save by Duncan. Shaky but better.

[Jeterpool]

Is it just me, or do we seem to be getting over run in midfield? I keep getting the feeling that we are a player short in that area.

[Jeterpool]

But like others say, nice to get the monkey off the back. IT wasn't pretty but we got the result - something we struggled to do.

Duncan played well - will boost his confidence and I hope it continues. Clear PotM.

[Tommyjet]

Is it just me, or do we seem to be getting over run in midfield? I keep getting the feeling that we are a player short in that area.

Yeah I reckon we need that holding number 6 type player. Thurgate and ugarkovic are both box to box number 8 types who cover a lot of ground but quick passing and longer cross field passing can catch even those 2 short of making up the ground

[The Dunster]

Yeah I reckon we need that holding number 6 type player. Thurgate and ugarkovic are both box to box number 8 types who cover a lot of ground but quick passing and longer cross field passing can catch even those 2 short of making up the ground

Like Kanta only medically cleared to play.

[Bremsstrahlung]

Like Kanta only medically cleared to play.

What happened to him? I have blocked it from my memory.

[belchardo]

Yeah I reckon we need that holding number 6 type player. Thurgate and ugarkovic are both box to box number 8 types who cover a lot of ground but quick passing and longer cross field passing can catch even those 2 short of making up the ground

Here's a question I've been pondering. Should we stop playing Uga and start looking for somebody to fill his position? Koutroumbis was originally a DM wasn't he? If we try him and he's no good, then at least we have time to buy a new DM.

You can probably tell I'm pretty much resigned to 1 win every 5 matches this season.

[StannyCFCJET]

Is it just me, or do we seem to be getting over run in midfield? I keep getting the feeling that we are a player short in that area.

Yep Ugar and Gus getting dragged around and teams with an extra man in there are just strolling through. But that's largely cause Rami isn't that attacking

[StannyCFCJET]

Yep Ugar and Gus getting dragged around and teams with an extra man in there are just strolling through. But that's largely cause Rami isn't that attacking

Rami isn't defensive*

[Mark325]

Well what style of mid is Prso? I have it in my head that he's a box to box type but not really seen that confirmed anywhere

[Alton]

Well what style of mid is Prso? I have it in my head that he's a box to box type but not really seen that confirmed anywhere

He will be the Ugarkovic replacement

[Mark325]

Here's a question I've been pondering. Should we stop playing Uga and start looking for somebody to fill his position? Koutroumbis was originally a DM wasn't he? If we try him and he's no good, then at least we have time to buy a new DM.

You can probably tell I'm pretty much resigned to 1 win every 5 matches this season.

I'd very much rate this as an idea, also allows for Thurgate to become a sub which i reckon would work better for him at this stage

[Ghost of Plague]

Great finish from Yuel. Some good Odonovan moments too.
Keeper obviously exceptional.
Don't like the Uga/Thurgate combo. It just doesn't work. It doesn't mean either player is bad, but their combined strengths don't help the team.
Topor and Boogaard very clever at the back in key moments.
Wellington look awful and their coach is a clown.

[380]

Not a fan of the Ugangus either but when you look at how deep our squad goes for half decent quality what other options has there been ?.

We have certain starters that would be lucky to make the 17 anywhere else.

[Ghost of Plague]

Not a fan of the Ugangus either but when you look at how deep our squad goes for half decent quality what other options has there been ?.

We have certain starters that would be lucky to make the 17 anywhere else.

Oh for sure i can't argue there. I meant it more as in if the squad gets an update eventually, I'd be fixing that spot first.