ALM 2025/26 | MD 7 | Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City | 06/12/25

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2025/26 Match Day 7 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall ? 43 fixtures between the two teams. Of this, the teams have met on 42 occasions in the A-League and on 1 occasions in the Australia Cup, on 0 occasions in the NSL, on 0 occasions in the Asian Champions League, on 0 occasions in the Pre-Season Cup and on 0 in the OCC.
Jets Wins - 15, City Wins - 22, Drawn - 6


In Newcastle ? 22 matches.
Jets Wins - 11, City Wins - 10, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 21 matches
Jets Wins - 4, City Wins - 12, Drawn - 5
In Neutral venues 0 matches
Jets Wins - 0, City Wins - 0, Drawn - 0

Average Home A-League Crowd ? 8559
Average Away A-League Crowd - 6065

Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 51, City - 80
In Newcastle -
Jets ? 31, City - 38

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 18, City - 24

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 105 (102 yellow, 3 red), City 84 (79 yellow, 5 red)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 1 (Rose 69') - Melbourne City 0 at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 19, Season 2024/25

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2024/25 Match day 19

Newcastle JetsMelbourne City
Noah JamesPatrick Beach
Phillip CancarNathaniel Atkinson
Kosta GrozosSamuel Souprayen
Mark NattaKai Trewin
Thomas AquilinaAziz Behich
Daniel WilmeringMathew Leckie
Charles M'MombwaSteven Ugarkovic
Callum TimminsKavian Rahmani
Eli AdamsAndreas Kuen
Clayton TaylorMarco Tilio
Lachlan RoseMax Caputo



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 3 (Goodwin 56?, Zadkovich 52?, R Griffith 87? pen) ? City 0, Round 19, Season 2011/12 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 ? City 4 (Jaliens 18', Novillo 47', Williams 63', Ramsay 87') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015, Jets 0 - City 4 (Mooy 43', Fornaroli 56', Mooy 59', Fornaroli 62') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/15, Jets 0 - City 4 (Cahill 12', Fitzgerald 65', Fornaroli 75' pen, Fornaroli 81') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 23 18/3/2017 and Jets 0 - City 4 (Luna 3', Luna 28', Cabrera 47', Maclaren 59') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 15/12/2019

Leading Scorers in fixture ?


Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Bruno Fornaroli (10)



2025/26 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubbed OnSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed CardsMinutes per Goal ContributionPosition
1James Delianov111100102000000GK
5Joe Shaughnessey431027100000DF
7Eli Adams4040116121038.6666666666667MF
8Lachlan Bayliss945437600200DF
9Lachlan Rose104643992000199.5FW
11Ben Gibson10737541511090.1666666666667FW
13Clayton Taylor30308500000MF
14Max Burgess1111088812310176.2FW
15Aleksandar Susnjar990084000500DF
17Kosta Grozos108217680111768MF
18Kota Mizunuma55044133100103.25MF
19Alexander Badolato1010028715330108.875MF
21Noah James0000000000GK
22Joel Bertolissio624230400000MF
23Daniel Wilmering11110110052410167.5DF
24Alex Nunes606090110045MF
25Oscar Fryer61512072000103.5FW
28Will Dobson106465312200132.75MF
33Mark Natta330030000000DF
39Thomas Aquilina97236150210307.5DF
41Lucas Scicluna20201800000MF
42Max Cooper770063000100DF
43Xavier Bertoncello11101106833000227.666666666667FW
45Christian Bracco725128000000MF
46Ethan Debono10102800000MF
60Garang Arou0000000000DF



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head ? 0 matches
Mark Milligan - 0 wins, Aurelio Vidmar - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records ?

Mark Milligan - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
Robert Stanton - 4 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 2 defeats = 25% win ratio)
Arthur Papas - 4 matches (0 win, 1 drawn, 3 defeats = 0% win ratio)
Carl Robinson - 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 defeats = 100% win ratio)
Ernie Merrick - 8 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 5 defeats = 25% win ratio)
Mark Jones - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 defeats = 33% win ratio)
Scott Miller - 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 defeat = 67% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats = 0% win ratio)
Clayton Zane ? 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 defeats = 100% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond ? 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 defeats = 43% win ratio)
Craig Deans - 4 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 2 defeats = 50% win ratio)
Branko Culina ? 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 defeat = 33% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
Richard Money - No matches

Melbourne City A-League Coach Record ? Aurelio Vidmar 38% win ratio (5 wins, 4 drawn, 4 losses)

[Jetmaster]

So....a home team that wears gold is playing a team that is usually sky blue. No colour clash at all. But the home team will wear a blue third strip (only for marketing purposes and despite most of the fans now back in gold) and the away team will probably wear a white strip if they have one, or their own third strip.

Words fail me.

[Jeterpool]

But think of the money we will make from the Sydney FC kit

[Jetmaster]

For maximum impact should have worn the third kit next home game v Smurfs. Their fans would be keen to buy.

[Bremsstrahlung]

So....a home team that wears gold is playing a team that is usually sky blue. No colour clash at all. But the home team will wear a blue third strip (only for marketing purposes and despite most of the fans now back in gold) and the away team will probably wear a white strip if they have one, or their own third strip.

Words fail me.

Desperately need to get back to a world where clubs have a “main” kit. Then design the “alternate” kit for those you clash against - eg as gold is pretty light, we’d probably go with a darker jersey. Let clubs have fun with a third kit if they want. But I think teams should always wear their “main” kit even for away games.

I get its money. But it’s so stupid.

[belchardo]

Desperately need to get back to a world where clubs have a “main” kit. Then design the “alternate” kit for those you clash against - eg as gold is pretty light, we’d probably go with a darker jersey. Let clubs have fun with a third kit if they want. But I think teams should always wear their “main” kit even for away games.

I get its money. But it’s so stupid.

I think we should take the concept to it's logical absurdity. 4 new kits each and every game. 1st kit worn in the first half, 2nd kit in the second half. In the event of drinks breaks, the 1st kit is swapped for the third at the time drinks are taken, and the same happens for the 2nd and 4th in the second half. Obviously, during finals there will need to be an additional 4 new kits to cover extra time and shootouts.

Actually, penalties opens up a whole new area...think of the marketing and engagement opportunities if you could vote on the shirt the player will wear to take the penalty...

Anybody got infantino's number? This could get me a peace prize.

[Jetmaster]

Newcastle Jets club colours.....gold, navy, white, red, royal blue, emerald, cinnamon, grey, brown, black, sky blue. What have I missed?

A wonder we haven't done the Knights "tradie" strip yet.

[samcan]

Newcastle Jets club colours.....gold, navy, white, red, royal blue, emerald, cinnamon, grey, brown, black, sky blue. What have I missed?

A wonder we haven't done the Knights "tradie" strip yet.

Was late but post of the year. We have no identity.

[baldrick]

Day for it

1901

[Superdylan]

This has a 3000 crowd written all over it.

Will probably conceed 4 or 5 goals too.

[Jeterpool]

This has a 3000 crowd written all over it.

Will probably conceed 4 or 5 goals too.

More room in your pool if there's fewer there.

[My2BobsWorth]

CEO needs to go, no better than Shitshow. If anyone shows up to the ground in that shirt, they should be denied entry or shot on sight

[Jeterpool]

Two subs after 80 minutes in a stinking day. Good call Mark

[My2BobsWorth]

Was late but post of the year. We have no identity.

That's all down to Constantine changing the strip in the early days. If he had left the original colours, we would have a better identity. Neutrals outside this forum identify the Jets as Blue and Red

[StannyCFCJET]

That's all down to Constantine changing the strip in the early days. If he had left the original colours, we would have a better identity. Neutrals outside this forum identify the Jets as Blue and Red

Anyone who knows about the Jets in Newcastle always mentions the gold from what I see

[plague]

That's all down to Constantine changing the strip in the early days.

You know what else Con did?

Yeah, signed Griff and won.

y'all keep bitching about shirt colours while Craig Deans remains rotting away training JDL kids.

Even the commentators have dumped that David Keating bloke as his stats crush.

Now old ben is swooning over some andrew bloke. Prob a gypo too just to rub it in.


joke of a club.

Fold the joint.

[belchardo]

Never really seemed like we were in that one.

[Hunter403]

How many goals have we conceded this year from a f#c$ed up pass out from the back?

[anfield]

Today's temperature was predicted days ago, plenty of time to move the game. I wonder how hot it has to be before a game is moved? Player welfare must be preferred over television.

[mic22]

How many goals have we conceded this year from a f#c$ed up pass out from the back?

All of them?

[My2BobsWorth]

Shitshow Shane started this arvo games for the kiddies bullshit. It's to save money on the lights, fuk the players and fans. No team wants arvo games. New CEO is rubbish

[Jetmaster]

The club wanted "family friendly" times at 5pm in particular. It is what it is, though it was noticeable how few "families" actually turned up yesterday. At kickoff there was one sole family on the northern hill.

Adelaide have got it right.

[Jeterpool]

I think it's time for a starting lineup change.

Bertoncello needs to be replaced. As soon as Adams came on we looked far more progressive and dangerous down that side - it was only the left before that. Either Taylor or Adams should come in for me with Dobson retaining his spot and swapping sides.

Bertolissio, while solid, should be replaced by Aquilina. I don't know why he's been dropped but I think Aquilina again offers more for us.

Finally, I'm dropping Burgess for Bayliss. I feel Burgess is getting in the way at times (he's got to touch EVERY second pass), diminishes Badolato's impact and is over-playing things.

Oh and Delianov...

[Mark325]

I think it's time for a starting lineup change.

Bertoncello needs to be replaced. As soon as Adams came on we looked far more progressive and dangerous down that side - it was only the left before that. Either Taylor or Adams should come in for me with Dobson retaining his spot and swapping sides.

Bertolissio, while solid, should be replaced by Aquilina. I don't know why he's been dropped but I think Aquilina again offers more for us.

Finally, I'm dropping Burgess for Bayliss. I feel Burgess is getting in the way at times (he's got to touch EVERY second pass), diminishes Badolato's impact and is over-playing things.

Oh and Delianov...

I said similar last week about our right side. Now that Adams and Taylor are healthy we for sure need to remove Bertoncello, and Bertolissio getting a start over Aquilina is very puzzling and needs to be changed.

I still don't think we've sorted out our centreback situation either. I'd like to see Cooper stay in the starting line and see how he pairs with Shaughnessy.

[Macca]

I said similar last week about our right side. Now that Adams and Taylor are healthy we for sure need to remove Bertoncello, and Bertolissio getting a start over Aquilina is very puzzling and needs to be changed.

I still don't think we've sorted out our centreback situation either. I'd like to see Cooper stay in the starting line and see how he pairs with Shaughnessy.

I think Cooper has made a lot of poor turnover passes, but if we want to keep persisting with him hoping he'll work through that phase given time, I'm OK with that.
I've liked Natta being back in general, he did have a couple of stinker turnovers but everyone in our backline has had that happen this year.

We look so so vulnerable when the turnovers happen though, there was a 5 or 6 on 2 or 1.5 against City on the weekend, and there seems to be multiple 3v2 or worse chances we concede each week.
I think we need to explore having another body back during possession buildup - whether that's going to 3 at the back which would allow Susjnar/Shaugnessy to come back in alongside the two young blokes and bring a bit more steel and organisation, OR stay with the current formation but have Grozos drop in between the back 2 similar to a Man City possession setup to create a back 3 only during possession.

We can hope that errors will be reduced and minimised but they won't be cut out altogether, but we have to change something so that when the mistake does happen we are not handing such high value chances over.

I also prefer Aquilina to Bertolissio, thought he was our best player last year.
I haven't seen enough from Bertoncello yet to rate him highly, maybe he kills it at training but he hasn't brought it on game day yet for me. Seemed OK during the cup run but that was largely against a lower level of opposition.

[My2BobsWorth]

We need to stop playing out from the back, or replace the whole backline. I'm convinced that if we played long balls out of from the back, we would be in the top 6

[StannyCFCJET]

We need to stop playing out from the back, or replace the whole backline. I'm convinced that if we played long balls out of from the back, we would be in the top 6

Easy. Sack Milligan. He is another Pep disciple with the play out from the back at all costs mentality. He will never change it IMO (Happy to be proven wrong). We should be looking at managers who are pragmatic and develop a style to suit the cattle at hand.