ALM 2025/26 | MD 8 |Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets | 14/12/25

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2025/26 Match Day 8 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall ? 52 fixtures between the two teams. Of this, the teams have met on 51 occasions in the A-League and on 0 occasions in the Australia Cup, on 0 occasions in the NSL, on 0 occasions in the Asian Champions League, on 1 occasions in the Pre-Season Cup and on 0 in the OCC.
Jets Wins - 17, Phoenix Wins - 27, Drawn - 8


In Newcastle ? 25 matches.
Jets Wins - 11, Phoenix Wins - 10, Drawn - 4
In New Zealand - 27 matches
Jets Wins - 6, Phoenix Wins - 17, Drawn - 4
In Neutral venues 0 matches
Jets Wins - 0, Phoenix Wins - 0, Drawn - 0

Average Home A-League Crowd ? 7898
Average Away A-League Crowd - 7501

Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 74, Phoenix - 91
In New Zealand -
Jets ? 25, Phoenix - 55

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 21, Phoenix - 29

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 102 (95 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 90 (86 yellow, 4 red)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 1 (Oluwayemi 65' o.g.) - Wellington Phoenix 2 (Barbarouses 34', Nagasawa 41') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 22, Season 2024/25

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2024/25 Match day 22

Newcastle JetsWellington Phoenix
Ryan ScottJoshua Oluwayemi
Phillip CancarCorban Piper
Kosta GrozosIsaac Hughes
Aleksandar SusnjarScott Wotton
Kota MizunumaSam Sutton
Daniel WilmeringAlex Rufer
Lachlan BaylissTim Payne
Callum TimminsMatthew Sheridan
Eli AdamsKazuki Nagasawa
Thomas AquilinaHideki Ishige
Lachlan RoseKosta Barbarouses



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, Roy O'Donovan, Jason Hoffman (4)
Phoenix - Shane Smeltz (6)



2025/26 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubbed OnSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed CardsMinutes per Goal ContributionPosition
1James Delianov121200111000000GK
5Joe Shaughnessey431027100000DF
7Eli Adams5050161121053.6666666666667MF
8Lachlan Bayliss1046437900200DF
9Lachlan Rose115654822000241FW
11Ben Gibson11747548511091.3333333333333FW
13Clayton Taylor404010700000MF
14Max Burgess1212099682310193.6FW
15Aleksandar Susnjar990084000500DF
17Kosta Grozos119218580111858MF
18Kota Mizunuma55044133100103.25MF
19Alexander Badolato1111029615340120.125MF
21Noah James0000000000GK
22Joel Bertolissio734239400000MF
23Daniel Wilmering12120110952410182.5DF
24Alex Nunes606090110045MF
25Oscar Fryer61512072000103.5FW
28Will Dobson117475992200149.75MF
33Mark Natta440039000000DF
39Thomas Aquilina97236150210307.5DF
41Lucas Scicluna20201800000MF
42Max Cooper880072000100DF
43Xavier Bertoncello12111117283000242.666666666667FW
45Christian Bracco725128000000MF
46Ethan Debono10102800000MF
60Garang Arou0000000000DF



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head ? 0 matches
Mark Milligan - 0 wins, Giancarlo Italiano - 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 - 5 matches (3 win, 0 drawn, 2 defeat = 60% win ratio)
Arthur Papas - 5 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 3 defeat = 20% win ratio)
Carl Robinson - 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 defeats = 100% win ratio)
Ernie Merrick - 6 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats = 33% win ratio)
Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 defeats = 0% win ratio)
Scott Miller - 3 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 0 defeats = 100% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats = 0% win ratio)
Clayton Zane ? 2 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 1 defeat = 50% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond ? 12 matches (3 wins, 3 drawn and 6 defeats = 25% win ratio)
Craig Deans - 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 3 defeat = 25% win ratio)
Branko Culina ? 7 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 5 defeats = 29% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
Richard Money - No matches

Wellington Phoenix A-League Coach Record ? Giancarlo Italiano 60% win ratio (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss)

[Jeterpool]

Referee is Alex King

[Jeterpool]

Newcastle Jets squad: 1. James DELIANOV, 5. Joe SHAUGHNESSY, 7. Eli ADAMS, 8. Lachlan BAYLISS, 9. Lachlan ROSE, 11. Ben GIBSON, 13. Clayton TAYLOR, 14. Max BURGESS, 15. Aleksandar ŠUŠNJAR, 17. Kosta GROZOS, 19. Alex BADOLATO, 22. Joel BERTOLISSIO, 23. Daniel WILMERING, 28. Will DOBSON, 33. Mark NATTA, 37. Oli COCKLE, 39. Thomas AQUILINA, 40. Jordan BAYLIS, 42. Max COOPER, 43. Xavier BERTONCELLO

Ins: 37. Oli COCKLE,

Outs: 18. Kota MIZUNUMA, 20. Alex NASSIEP, 24. Alexandro NUNES, 25. Oscar FRYER, 21. Noah JAMES, 41. Lucas SCICLUNA, 45. Christian BRACCO

[Mark325]

Newcastle Jets squad: 1. James DELIANOV, 5. Joe SHAUGHNESSY, 7. Eli ADAMS, 8. Lachlan BAYLISS, 9. Lachlan ROSE, 11. Ben GIBSON, 13. Clayton TAYLOR, 14. Max BURGESS, 15. Aleksandar ŠUŠNJAR, 17. Kosta GROZOS, 19. Alex BADOLATO, 22. Joel BERTOLISSIO, 23. Daniel WILMERING, 28. Will DOBSON, 33. Mark NATTA, 37. Oli COCKLE, 39. Thomas AQUILINA, 40. Jordan BAYLIS, 42. Max COOPER, 43. Xavier BERTONCELLO

Ins: 37. Oli COCKLE,

Outs: 18. Kota MIZUNUMA, 20. Alex NASSIEP, 24. Alexandro NUNES, 25. Oscar FRYER, 21. Noah JAMES, 41. Lucas SCICLUNA, 45. Christian BRACCO

Aquilina is out, Mizumuma is in

[Jetmaster]

BTW, "original rivalry". Who decided that was a thing?

[belchardo]

How long are we wearing this horrible kit for?

[Retro Jet]

Brothels...
Fists full of 50's......

[belchardo]

Thought they'd stuffed up another chance then

[Retro Jet]

Brothels...
Fists full of 50's......

Chi Ching!

[Retro Jet]

And again!

Woot woot!!
:woo:

[Retro Jet]

0-3 an a hangover :pissup:

[belchardo]

Clayton playing brilliantly.

They are on the ropes, time to dine out.

[baldrick]

There must be a glitch in the Matrix.

[Retro Jet]

Ahhh....bugger.

[evolution]

Back to our rightful place in 7th.

[Retro Jet]

Get in!
Puts us above the sCCuM and the Tards.
:brrr:

[Frodo]

Not bad a result considering our best player (P.Uddle) didn't make the squad.


Noticeable that Natta seems to make that backline function a bit better. He and Cooper look to have a decent balance to them, with Cooper improving on the ball lately I hope they can turn into a decent partnership.

3 games together, 3 goals conceded, 6 points. Not perfect but much better than what we had with Susnjar and Shawn Nessie.

[Frodo]

Also, although it's sad to see Burgess injured I still think he and Badalato can't fit on a pitch together. Badalato looked a lot better having that space to himself and Dobson did great filling that wider space and even the deeper gap between Grozos and Badalato in the second half when we stopped hoofing it quite as much.

[ForeverRed]

Not sure noticeable it was but Milligan changed it up a bit today, we were far more direct and it payed off nicely

[Frodo]

Not sure noticeable it was but Milligan changed it up a bit today, we were far more direct and it payed off nicely

Finally started playing to Rose's strengths and it definitely paid off in the second half, a young back 3 attempting to play a high line was always going to struggle with a barrage of longballs over the top.

[R Ramjet]

Great win. Do we need to consider moving all future home games to NZ ?

[Jeterpool]

Not sure noticeable it was but Milligan changed it up a bit today, we were far more direct and it payed off nicely

I wonder if that would have been the case had Burgess stayed on the field. But, as you say, it worked.