A-League 15/16 Round 8 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 32 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 13, Roar Wins - 12, Drawn - 7
In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins - 4, Roar Wins - 9, Drawn - 5
In Brisbane - 14
Jets Wins - 9, Roar Wins - 3, Drawn - 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9218
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11163
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, Roar - 37
In Newcastle -
Jets – 16, Roar - 30
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 17, Roar - 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 78 (72 yellow, 6 red), Roar 46 (42 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - WWLDD (8 points from last 15)
Roar - LWDWD (8 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (4)
Roar – Brandon Borello (4)
Last Result -
Jets 1 (Montano 77') – Roar 2 (Danning 71', Jackson 86') at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 27, 24/04/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 27
Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar Ben Kennedy Jamie Young Nick Cowburn Jerome Polenz Taylor Regan Daniel Bowles Daniel Mullen Lachlan Jackson Ki-Je Lee George Lambadaridis Enver Alivodic Adam Sarota Jacob Pepper Steven Lustica Allan Welsh Shannon Brady Mitch Cooper Dimitri Petratos Edson Montano Patrick Theodore Andrew Hoole Jean Carlos Solorzano
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Bridge 9’, J Griffiths 53’, Bridge 77’) – Roar 0 at Suncorp Stadium, Round 16, Season 2006/07, 07/12/2006.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Roar 5 (Reinaldo 10’, Richter 44’, Brosque 52’, McKay 83’, Murdocca 90+1’), Round 20, Season 2005/06 at Energy Australia Stadium, 26/01/2006.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (8)
Roar - Reinaldo (7)
2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS
Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red - Second Bookable Straight Red 1 Mark Birighitti 6 6 0 1 529 0 0 1 0 0 2 Daniel Mullen 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 1 0 0 3 Jason Hoffman 7 7 0 0 630 0 0 2 0 0 4 Nigel Boogaard 6 6 0 1 519 0 0 0 1 0 5 Ben Kantarovski 6 5 1 1 447 1 0 4 0 0 6 Cameron Watson 6 4 2 2 394 0 0 2 0 0 7 Enver Alivodic 7 7 0 0 630 1 0 1 0 0 8 Mateo Poljak 7 7 0 0 630 0 1 1 0 0 9 Milos Trifunovic 7 7 0 2 627 4 0 3 0 0 10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 5 5 0 4 362 0 1 0 0 0 11 Labinot Haliti 2 1 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 12 Andy Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Ki-Je Lee 5 5 0 0 450 0 1 1 0 0 14 Mitch Cooper 4 1 3 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Radovan Pavicevic 2 0 2 0 64 0 0 2 0 0 18 Josh Barresi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 22 Lachlan Jackson 4 4 0 1 338 0 0 0 0 0 23 David Carney 7 7 0 1 628 2 3 4 0 0 24 Nick Cowburn 2 0 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 27 Braedyn Crowley 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 Ryan Kitto 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 29 Andrew Pawiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Blake Tuxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, John Aloisi - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- 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 (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The last match between these teams was the first loss in Brisbane in almost 2.5 years.
- Brisbane won all 3 matches against the Jets last year.
- The Jets have scored only 1 first half goal against the Roar in the last 3 years, which was a James Donachie own goal, and are currently on a 6 game streak without scoring a first half goal.
- But when the Jets have scored the first goal in the fixture, they have gone on to win the last 4 times, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
- Just under one third of the Roar's goals against the Jets have been scored between the 76th and 90th minute.
Players
- Lachlan Jackson scored the winner the last time these two teams met.
- Radovan Pavicevic's goal last season in Round 10 was the lsat scored by a Jets substitute.
- Mark Birighitti has kept 4 clean sheets in 6 appearances against Brisbane.
- Ryan Kitto became the 135th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
- David Carney and Ben Kantarovski are one booking from an automatic one week suspension.
Coaches
- Adam Taggart scored a hat-trick against the last John Aloisi lead team to play at Hunter Stadium
- Scott Miller has the second best record of a Jets coach after their first 7 games, behind Gary Van Egmond.
- The Jets are undefeated in 3 consecutive away matches. The last time this was achieved was back in 2011/12.
