ALM 2025/26 | MD 8 |Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets | 14/12/25
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 Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
| Ryan Scott |
Joshua Oluwayemi |
| Phillip Cancar |
Corban Piper |
| Kosta Grozos |
Isaac Hughes |
| Aleksandar Susnjar |
Scott Wotton |
| Kota Mizunuma |
Sam Sutton |
| Daniel Wilmering |
Alex Rufer |
| Lachlan Bayliss |
Tim Payne |
| Callum Timmins |
Matthew Sheridan |
| Eli Adams |
Kazuki Nagasawa |
| Thomas Aquilina |
Hideki Ishige |
| Lachlan Rose |
Kosta 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
| Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
Minutes per Goal Contribution |
Position |
| 1 |
James Delianov |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1110 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
GK |
| 5 |
Joe Shaughnessey |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
271 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DF |
| 7 |
Eli Adams |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
161 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
53.6666666666667 |
MF |
| 8 |
Lachlan Bayliss |
10 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
379 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
DF |
| 9 |
Lachlan Rose |
11 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
482 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
241 |
FW |
| 11 |
Ben Gibson |
11 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
548 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
91.3333333333333 |
FW |
| 13 |
Clayton Taylor |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
107 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MF |
| 14 |
Max Burgess |
12 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
968 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
193.6 |
FW |
| 15 |
Aleksandar Susnjar |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
840 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
DF |
| 17 |
Kosta Grozos |
11 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
858 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
858 |
MF |
| 18 |
Kota Mizunuma |
5 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
413 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
103.25 |
MF |
| 19 |
Alexander Badolato |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
961 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
120.125 |
MF |
| 21 |
Noah James |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
GK |
| 22 |
Joel Bertolissio |
7 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
394 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MF |
| 23 |
Daniel Wilmering |
12 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
1095 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
182.5 |
DF |
| 24 |
Alex Nunes |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
90 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
MF |
| 25 |
Oscar Fryer |
6 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
207 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
103.5 |
FW |
| 28 |
Will Dobson |
11 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
599 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
149.75 |
MF |
| 33 |
Mark Natta |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
390 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DF |
| 39 |
Thomas Aquilina |
9 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
615 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
307.5 |
DF |
| 41 |
Lucas Scicluna |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MF |
| 42 |
Max Cooper |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
720 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
DF |
| 43 |
Xavier Bertoncello |
12 |
11 |
1 |
11 |
728 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
242.666666666667 |
FW |
| 45 |
Christian Bracco |
7 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
280 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MF |
| 46 |
Ethan Debono |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MF |
| 60 |
Garang Arou |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DF |
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)
